California Politics & News
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California Implements Extreme New Sex Ed Curriculum
The California Board of Education implemented progressive sex and gender education curriculum in public schools across the state, regardless, in some cases, of parental knowledge or consent. Progressive groups, including Planned Parenthood, collaborated on AB-329 in 2016 and the recently introduced Health Education Framework in May as highlighted by a video created by the conservative group Our Watch. Both these…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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California Lawmakers Move to Expand Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants
The California Assembly voted 44-11 in favor of a bill last week that broadens state Medicaid coverage to include illegal immigrants to the tune of more than $3 billion annually. Under federal law, Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, provides health care to low-income citizens. Assembly Bill 4, if passed, would eliminate the existing citizenship…Kaylee Greenlee -
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California Democrat Proposes Tax Incentives for Hollywood Productions That Leave Pro-Life States
Turns out, California does believe in tax breaks—as long as they punish pro-lifers. One Democrat is so desperate to stop this new wave of abortion bans that she’s trying to offer incentives to any studios willing to move their productions out of places like Georgia and Alabama. Under her bill, California would sweeten the pot…Tony Perkins -
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California Considers Spending Billions on Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan for government-funded health care for illegal immigrants is frugal compared to proposals by other Democratic leaders in his state. Newsom, the progressive first-term governor of California and ardent opponent of the Trump administration, wants to offer free health care services to low-income illegal migrants between the ages of 19 and…Jason Hopkins -
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A Higher Minimum Wage Fails in California
Issues such as job losses and automation have become concerns for the American people as technology transforms our economy. Some have proposed universal basic income and other policies to salve these problems, but they risk sapping the dignity of work and creating a kind of bifurcated warehouse society with huge numbers of people barely skating…Jarrett Stepman -
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California Bill Would Turn College Health Centers Into Abortion Clinics
The California state Senate Education Committee recently approved Senate Bill 24, known as the College Student Right to Access Act. The bill would add a new chapter to state education code to require student health care clinics at all 34 California public colleges and universities to “offer abortion by medication techniques”—aka “the abortion pill”—starting on…Patrina Mosley -
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California’s War on Middle Class
For over six years, California has had a top marginal income tax rate of 13.3%, the highest in the nation. About 150,000 households in a state of 40 million people now pay nearly half of the total annual state income tax. The state legislature sold that confiscatory tax rate on the idea that it was…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Bizarre Conspiracy Theories Mark Climate Hustle in California
They’re back, and they’re more preposterous than ever. A federal judge last June tossed a lawsuit by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against five major energy companies—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil, and Royal Dutch Shell. The lawsuits were a ridiculous bid to single out a few energy companies and hold them exclusively responsible…Horace Cooper -
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Trump, Newsom Clash Over Illegal Immigration as President Visits California Wall Construction
President Donald Trump was greeted Friday by a friendly crowd of border security officials in California, the state where he has the most political opposition and which has declared itself a “sanctuary state.” He also toured the site of some border wall construction there. Trump was briefed by officials from the U.S. Border Patrol in…Fred Lucas -
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California Parents Outraged After Children in Middle School Attend LGBT Fair
“You did what?!” Parents across Santa Ana couldn’t believe it. In one house after another, the answer to “How was school today?” was nothing like they expected. Moms and dads listened in disbelief as their middle schoolers talked about going to an “LGBT Fair” that no one bothered to ask their permission for. There were…Tony Perkins -
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California Police Blame State’s Sanctuary Policies for San Jose Slaying
Local and federal authorities are imploring California lawmakers to revise the state’s “sanctuary” policies after another illegal immigrant with a known criminal record was charged in a brutal killing in the Democrat-controlled state. Police say Bambi Larson, 59, was stabbed to death in her home Feb. 28 by Carlos Eduardo Arevalo Carranza, 24, an illegal…Kelsey Bolar -
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California Audits DMV for 100,000 Voter Registration Errors
California’s secretary of state and Legislature have launched investigations of the state’s automatic voter registration system, which officials say enrolled noncitizens and minors and got addresses wrong. Democrats in Congress are promoting automatic voter registration nationally, as part of legislation dubbed the For the People Act, also known as HR 1. But a nonpartisan, nonprofit…Fred Lucas -
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America Doesn’t Need Automatic Voter Registration. Just Look to California.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have held up California’s new, error-plagued automatic voter registration program as a model for the nation, and are now pushing for a nationalized version of the program in a bill called the For the People Act. The bill would require all states to implement automatic voter registration systems, which advocates claim…Joanne Young -
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California Lawmaker Wants to Add Planned Parenthood Phone Number to Student IDs
Imagine forcing every kid to walk around holding an ad for Planned Parenthood. Well, in California, you don’t have to imagine it. California state Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel is doing everything he can to seal the single largest free publicity deal in the history of abortion: a Planned Parenthood phone number on every student ID. Including…Tony Perkins -
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Meet the California Lawyer Defending Covington Teens, Former Google Employee
What’s it like to be a conservative lawyer in a liberal bastion like San Francisco? That’s exactly what Harmeet Dhillon does every day, and her clients include a dozen of the Covington High School teens, pro-life activist David Daleiden, and many others. Listen to the interview in the podcast or read the transcript below. Plus:…Katrina Trinko -
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On the Cusp of Catastrophe, California Has No Margin for Error
Californians brag that their state is the world’s fifth-largest economy. They talk as reverentially of Silicon Valley companies Apple, Facebook, and Google as the ancient Greeks did of their Olympian gods. Hollywood and universities such as Caltech, Stanford, and Berkeley are cited as permanent proof of the intellectual, aesthetic, and technological dominance of West Coast…Victor Davis Hanson -
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California Parents Object to New Sex Ed Program in Public Schools
Fed-up California parents participated in a “Sexxx Ed Sit Out” Tuesday morning to protest the state’s sex education curriculum, calling it “pornographic,” “age-inappropriate,” “highly biased and medically inaccurate instruction.” In an open letter to principals, lawmakers, and state Department of Education officials, the grassroots effort organized by Informed Parents of California rebuked what’s being taught…Courtney Joyner -
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Trump Demands California Pay Back Federal Government for Canceled Bullet Train Project
President Donald Trump demanded that California pay back the federal government for its abandoned high-speed rail project, in a tweet Wednesday evening. “California has been forced to cancel the massive bullet train project after having spent and wasted many billions of dollars,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They owe the Federal Government three and a half billion dollars….Evie Fordham -
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California Restaurateur Compares MAGA Hats to White Hoods
Editor’s note: A California restaurateur tweeted this week that he wouldn’t serve anyone who came to his restaurant, Wursthall in San Mateo, if they wore a “Make America Great Again” hat. “It hasn’t happened yet, but if you come to my restaurant wearing a MAGA cap, you aren’t getting served, same as if you come…Dee Dee Bass Wilbon -
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The Top 5 Nutty New California Laws
Americans should be thankful for federalism. Not only does this aspect of our Constitution allow states and localities to find the right mix of laws and policies that fit their needs, but it is often an essential barrier to the nuttiness of their neighbors. On that front, California is Exhibit A. Some of its new…Jarrett Stepman