California lawmakers killed two bipartisan lobbying transparency bills without a hearing, blocking public access to records that ten other states already publish openly — while the state's own nonpartisan analysts confirm a structural deficit of $20–30 billion per year, the result of spending growth that outpaced revenue by 10 points since the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Legislature is advancing AB 2624, a bill that could expose journalists investigating taxpayer-funded immigration nonprofits to $4,000-per-violation fines with no press exemption. From fiscal accountability to free speech, Sacramento's actions this session raise serious questions about who the Legislature is actually working for.
Two bipartisan bills would have shown you who's lobbying your lawmakers. Sacramento killed them both.
The state's own nonpartisan analyst says spending outpaced revenue by 10 points. More taxation won't solve the problem.
AB 2624 just cleared committee. It could allow taxpayer-funded immigration NGOs to sue the journalists investigating them.
California's EDD lost $20 billion to fraud and still owes $21 billion on its federal pandemic loan — and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
SB 1074 bans Amazon, Apple, Google, and Meta from rigging their platforms against startups. The fight DC couldn't win lands in Big Tech's backyard.
ACA-7 would gut Prop 209's K-12 protections, letting race determine who gets into gifted programs. Voters said no twice. Sacramento doesn't care.
While virtue signaling politicians and their donors sip champagne, real builders walk the fire rubble of Pacific Palisades and work with startup founders to create jobs
Tom Steyer renamed a 1978 Democratic law after Donald Trump and called it a plan. The loophole is real. The history, and the math, are not.
Public sector unions are picking their next governor. Porter, Swalwell, and Steyer are lining up to perform. One Democrat is not: Matt Mahan
California bleeds $20-35 billion a year. Steyer wants to raise taxes. Mahan wants to stop lighting money on fire.