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California Counties Making Mask Mandates Grate Again
Five counties in California implemented mask mandates for some areas on Wednesday as a precautionary measure ahead of flu season, Los Angeles' KABC-TV News reported. Staff members at hospitals and doctors' offices in Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties must now wear masks when interacting with patients, according to KABC Channel 7. Santa Clara County… -
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California Taxpayers Paying to Fund LGBTQ Group Fighting Parental Notification
Over the summer, when a Southern California school board opposed a new state-determined social studies curriculum that included a bio of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a threatening tweet calling out the school board president by name. “This isn’t Texas or Florida. In the Golden State, our kids have the… -
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California School Tries to Keep 11-Year-Old Jewish Victims Quiet With Gag Order
A California school district forced four Jewish students to remain silent after they became targets of antisemitic harassment and now is misusing a federal law to prevent anyone from holding administrators accountable. The social media account Libs of TikTok posted a report Monday of a verbal attack on four 11-year-old Jewish students at a California… -
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California’s Environmental Regulations Are Crushing Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state. “We have no say,” complains Wanner in my new video. “We can’t do anything about it.” “No say” because Pennsylvania’s new rules don’t come from Pennsylvania. They come from California. “I… -
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California Freelancer Says She Questioned How She Would ‘Survive’ Under This State Law
A freelance writer and editor is speaking out about the negative effects of a recent California law, saying she questioned how she was “going to survive” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation, known as AB 5. “The law … was signed … on Sept. 18, 2019, and when I woke up that morning and… -
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Pirates in California? In 2023? The Coast Guard to the Rescue!
The city of Oakland, California, is dealing with pirates—not as a fantastical feature of a new Disney film, but as a genuine feature of liberal policies and weak district attorneys in American cities. They are not the sort of pirates swinging from ropes aboard tall ships like in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” but instead are… -
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Two Dueling Court Rulings on Parental Notification in California. What Happens Next?
A Southern California school district requires teachers and staff to notify parents when their children say they have been bullied, are considering self-harm, or decide to publicly identify as a gender opposite their biological sex at school. But California’s Democratic attorney general, Rob Bonta, sued the district to block that policy, claiming that it violates… -
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EXCLUSIVE: California AG Defies Court Order on Transgender Parental Notification, Lawyers Say
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—California Attorney General Rob Bonta has defied a court order by directing school districts to adopt policies that allow them to hide a student's claimed transgender identity from parents or guardians, despite a federal judge's ruling that such policies likely violate the U.S. Constitution, lawyers say. Bonta, a Democrat, sent a… -
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Gavin Newsom Sends a Clear Message to Parents in California
Will the government take your child away because you don’t buy into radical gender ideology? Well, if you live in California, it’ll certainly try. While Gov. Gavin Newsom surprisingly vetoed the bill that would have forced parents to accept their child’s gender identity, that veto can still be overridden by the state Legislature. In child… -
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California Sues Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers for Reversing Abortions
Have you ever wanted to be a political punching bag? Try opening a pro-life pregnancy resource center in California. Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, announced a lawsuit Thursday against two faith-based organizations, Heartbeat International and RealOptions Obria, that operate pro-life pregnancy resource centers in California and provide abortion pill reversal services. This is not the first… -
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Newsom Vetoes Bill Requiring California Parents to Affirm Kids’ ‘Gender Transitions’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a state measure on Friday that would have required parents to “affirm gender transitions” for their children or risk losing custody. State Democrats’ bill, AB 957, cleared both the California Senate and the Assembly along party lines two weeks earlier on Sept. 8. AB 957 would have added “gender affirmation”—a… -
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Biden Admin, California Regulators Aim to Force Carmakers to Produce ‘100% Electric’ Vehicles, Heritage Expert Warns
The Biden administration and regulators in California are “trying to force the auto industry to convert its production of vehicles from gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles,” warns Steve Bradbury, a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) “And they really have in mind a ramp… -
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‘Muzzling Speech’: Federal Appeals Court Shoots Down California Gun Ad Law
A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled against a California law banning certain gun advertisements. The California law prohibits firearm advertisements that could be construed as “designed, intended or reasonably appears attractive to minors.” But since minors can't purchase firearms, and California already takes steps to prevent youth gun violence, the laws serves the purpose of… -
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‘Double Standard’: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Christian Athletic Club Ousted From California School District
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a California school district violated the rights of a Christian athletics club by forcing it off campus. In 2019, the San Jose Unified School District derecognized the Fellowship for Christian Athletics after a teacher made complaints that the club was sharing its faith on campus, which included… -
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BEWARE: California Bills Headed to Newsom’s Desk Will Launch a Transgender Inquisition Targeting Parents
“We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children” might as well become the new slogan of the Golden State. California’s Legislature has passed—or is about to pass—a slew of bills aimed at undermining the rights of parents (and potential foster parents) who disagree with the transgender worldview. What would the state need to launch… -
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California Passes Bill Requiring Parents to Affirm Kids’ Gender ‘Transitions’
The California State Assembly passed a bill Friday that would require judges in child custody cases to consider whether a parent has affirmed a child’s “gender transition” by making “gender affirmation” an equal part of a child’s “health, safety, and welfare” under state law. Democratic lawmakers’ bill, AB 957, passed the Assembly by a vote… -
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5th California School District Says Teachers Must Notify Parents If Kids Identify as Trans
Parental rights triumphed over the transgender agenda in the shadow of California’s capital overnight, as the state’s fifth school district adopted a policy requiring teachers to notify parents if their children begin to identify as a member of another sex. Parents burst into cheers as the Rocklin Unified School District board of trustees adopted the policy by a… -
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California Mom Wins Settlement Against School District That Socially Transitioned Her Daughter
California mom Jessica Konen won a $100,000 settlement from her daughter’s school district, Spreckels Union School District, after Buena Vista Middle School had socially transitioned her 11-year-old daughter, Alicia, without her knowledge or consent. The school district still refuses to admit that it’s at fault. Many are calling this a landmark case, saying it will make… -
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Transgender Backlash: Parental Rights Advocates Launch New Strategy to Combat Gender Ideology in California
Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, California, has enacted policies endorsing "transgender" identity over the broad concerns of critics who claim the policies threaten parental rights, fairness in women's sports, and the long-term health of children. Those critics have launched a new strategy to counter the gender ideology policies by going directly to the voters of the… -
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California AG Sues School District to Stop Policy That Informs Parents of Student Gender Transitions
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chino Valley Unified School District for approving a policy that requires school officials to inform parents if their child wants to change their gender. The district’s board of education approved the policy in July after many parents weighed in, some in favor and some against, but…