Campaign to Recall Gavin Newsom Picks up Steam
The recall effort aimed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom is steadily marching toward gathering the 1.5 million signatures needed to reach the ballot. The prospect that the effort may reach…
Newsom Recall Effort Nearly Two-Thirds of its Way Toward its Goal
California has lurched from crisis to crisis during the pandemic, and one result if the state government’s ham-fisted response is a concerted effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. The effort…
Recall Effort has Newsom Worried
There’s a brewing recall effort aimed at California Gov. Gavin Newsom. And Newsom’s people are now, officially, worried that with a little push, this effort just might make the ballot:…
Tech Companies and Entrepreneurs Moving Away From High Tax, High Regulation Silicon Valley
One of the great benefits of our federal system is that states compete with one another on the items within their control – regulation, taxation, and an overall business climate….
Some California COVID Restrictions are About Control, not Science or Data
Many states are tightening restrictions on individuals and businesses in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions, we are told, are rooted in science. Except when…
Federal Judge Overturns California DMV Ban on “Offensive” License Plates
California drivers may get to express themselves with a little more color and creativity on their license plates. A U.S. District Court judge ruled the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles…
California Law Enforcement Declining to Enforce Coronavirus Curfews
One of the under-reported aspects of some state and local coronavirus orders is how they will be enforced. More often than not, the responsibility falls to local law enforcement. In…
Newsom’s Big, Expensive Birthday Bash for a Lobbyists Friend was ‘Stunning Hypocrisy’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is facing scrutiny for attending a birthday dinner for a lobbyist friend that violated his own administration’s guidelines warning such events could spread the coronavirus….
California Voters use Initiatives to Thwart Democrat Pols
California voters used ballot initiatives to thwart the state’s dominant Democratic political class on the gig economy and racial preferences. As Reason’s Scott Shackford writes: The biggest blow: Proposition 22…
California Imposes Equity Criteria for Reopenings
California imposed an additional layer of requirements before counties can lift restrictions on businesses. As the Cato Institute’s Walter Olson writes, the new health equity metric requires counties to show:…
