On April 1, the new California $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect. In signing the bill, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected the view that such a wage hike — 25% above the state’s current minimum wage — hurts teenagers who disproportionately benefit from fast-food jobs and for whom […]
As regular readers know, there is a case about to be argued before the Supreme Court which could have a major impact on homelessness on the west coast. At the moment, decisions issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals make it impossible for cities to force homeless people to move (off sidewalks or out […]
What’s this now? California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday postponed his State of the State address scheduled for next week, as the fate of his signature mental health initiative from the primary ballot remains uncertain. No new date was given for the speech, which had been scheduled for Monday afternoon. Hey! I could have done […]
Hey, a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. But apparently not real progress. When I first started writing about California’s high-speed rail boondoggle thirteen years ago, its advocates claimed they could connect Los Angeles and San Francisco for $33 billion. After getting $3.5 billion from the […]
The state that wants to set aside tens of billions of dollars for slavery reparations can’t get its default budget under control. The prospect of a budget shortfall in the Golden State is certainly nothing new. Despite levying some of the highest taxes in the nation and being home to some of the most productive, […]
Last summer, a legislative battle broke out in California over the issue of a new generation of self-driving vehicles, specifically trucks capable of carrying freight. The legislature passed a bill that would require such vehicles to have a human “safety operator” in the cab while it was in operation, along with other restrictions. Governor Gavin […]
Maybe you’ve already seen this video circulating on X. It shows a brazen thief stealing dozens of iPhones from an Apple store in Oakland, CA in broad daylight. He walks out with is sweatpants overflowing with stolen goods, right past a police car which is parked out front. Masked man brazenly steals dozens of iPhones […]
Cities on the west coast have been fighting two 9th Circuit Court decisions which limit their ability to remove homeless encampments. The 2018 Boise decision and the 2022 Grants Pass, Oregon decision effectively mean that cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles can’t clear sidewalks or parks unless they have a bed to offer every […]
We are once again being reminded why the once prosperous state of California is falling into a budgetary black hole and bleeding residents at an increasing rate. (Though to be fair, some of those losses are being made up for by an army of illegal migrants who use up even more resources.) The Democrats who […]
Democrats and the establishment attack and distort the U.S. Constitution because they loathe the idea of restraints on their power. The Second Amendment, of course, constitutes the ultimate restraint in the hands of the sovereign people. The sovereign people, therefore, had cause to rejoice Wednesday when U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney issued a temporary injunction […]
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