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City of Los Angeles Paid Alleged 18th Street Gang Member $58K as a ‘Peace Ambassador’
A convicted murderer and alleged gang member was being paid by Los Angeles taxpayers to patrol neighborhoods as a “peace ambassador” until federal authorities arrested him Friday morning. Now, city leaders are facing questions about how he got the job in the first place. Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, aka “Diablo,” was arrested on Friday during… -
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Congress Investigates Alleged Taxpayer-Funded Prison Sex Scandal Newsom Funded
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has launched an investigation to determine whether Democrats are using American taxpayer dollars to fund an online, abusive sex scandal catering to inmates on death row. All California prisoners are given “free” government-issued tablets meant for “education, rehabilitation, family communication, and reentry support proven to reduce crime,”… -
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Newsom Expanded Medi-Cal While California Kids Lost Local Pediatric Beds, Report Reveals
Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom expanding Medi-Cal to record levels, community hospitals across California have been closing pediatric inpatient units, according to a new report from Defend Forgotten America. Since Newsom took office, total Medi-Cal spending has roughly doubled and is now approaching $200 billion annually. Yet multiple community hospitals have eliminated their inpatient pediatric departments in recent years. In… -
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Newsom’s Budget Houdini Act: All Smoke, Mirrors, and Wishful Thinking
Gavin Newsom has once again pulled off a dazzling feat of financial gymnastics. In his May 14 revised budget for fiscal year 2026-27, California’s governor stood tall and declared victory: no deficit this year, no deficit next year, and the dreaded structural deficit magically erased through July 2028. With general fund spending at $246.6 billion and a… -
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Gavin Newsom Has a Kamala Harris Problem
Former Vice President Kamala Harris recently dropped several not-too-subtle hints that she wants to run for president in 2028. Polls, at least for now, show the leading likely Democrat candidate is California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many Democrat pundits and insiders say Harris’ failed run against Donald Trump renders her damaged goods and therefore, insufficiently attractive… -
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The Newsom Nightmare: Why California’s Elites Refuse to Face Reality
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. We’ve had a series of debates on the future of California, at least in venues for the mayoral race in… -
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Zombies, DEI, and the Fall of LA: Why Spencer Pratt Is on the Rise
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Well, you know what’s not a beautiful place to live, Victor, segueing, is Los Angeles. And you talked with… -
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Newsom to Struggling Parents: ‘Forget Rent and Groceries—Here’s a Box of Overpriced State Diapers’
California is the most unaffordable state in the union, where the cost of living is a punishing 11 percent above the national average. Rents for an ordinary two-bedroom apartment average $2,200–$2,700 monthly statewide. Gas prices flirt with $6.16 per gallon—the highest in the nation—while electricity rates hover at 33–35 cents per kilowatt-hour, nearly double the U.S. average. … -
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Newsom’s Fatal Flaw: A Wife Who Radiates Coastal Contempt
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is positioning himself with characteristic flair for a national run in 2028, but at least one major obstacle stands in his way: his radical wife. Movie-star good looks, smooth delivery, and nearly a decade as California’s governor have made Newsom the early Democrat front-runner. He has spent the Trump years delivering fierce… -
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Newsom Won’t Cut Ties to Homeless Fraudster Firm
Borrowing from novelist James Hilton, who coined the word “Shangri-La” to describe a Tibetan utopia in a 1933 novel, Franklin Roosevelt gave that name to the peaceful retreat we know as Camp David. For California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Democrats, Shangri-La hasn’t become synonymous with a place that connotes peace on earth. It… -
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Newsom ‘Taking the Mask Off’ in New Memoir
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to release a memoir in late February as the Democrat is considered a front-runner for the Democrat presidential primary in 2028. Newsom’s memoir, titled “Young Man in a Hurry,” covers Newsom’s personal life and early career, but ends his book before his controversial tenure as California governor. “This is… -
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Newsom’s Davos Disaster Exposes His Anti-American Grandstanding
“Governor Newsom, who strikes me as Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken, may be the only Californian who knows less about economics than Kamala Harris.” That was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, delivering a remarkably on-point put-down of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. And the put-down was… -
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Newsom Tries to Impose California’s Extremism on 21 States
Once again, California is trying to bully other states. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that California would not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens. Walgreens’ crime? The drug store chain had said it would not stock abortion pills in 21 states, following a sharply worded letter from 20 state attorneys general warning that mailing… -
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Newsom Punishes Walgreens for Refusing to Illegally Sell Abortion Drugs
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, announced Wednesday that California is pulling back from renewing its multimillion-dollar contract with Walgreens over the company’s decision not to sell abortion drugs in jurisdictions where state attorneys general have said it would be illegal. After the Food and Drug Administration changed regulations to permit women to obtain abortion drugs without… -
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When California Elects an Unconstitutional, Right-Wing Gavin Newsom Wannabe
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces no real opposition for reelection in November, is on a rampage. The most recent unconstitutional legislation he signed includes an anti-First Amendment law requiring social media platforms “to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms,” according to The Hill. Newsom issued a… -
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Newsom Turns California Into a Third World State
Declining population for the first time in its existence, rising violent crime rates, soaring homelessness, the highest gas prices in the country, companies leaving in droves—California’s future is withering away. The disturbing headlines keep churning out of the Golden State: “Suspects arrested for stealing guns from California home of Rep. Karen Bass,” “140+ arrested in massive California child sex crimes sweep,” “Santa Barbara… -
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Gavin Newsom’s ‘State of Hate’ Commission Tilts Toward Democrats
Editor’s note: Brian Levin’s history formed an essential part of this story, so his response to The Daily Signal justified a significant update. The original version of this article suggested that Levin’s history at the Southern Poverty Law Center and his uncritical citing of the SPLC’s “hate group” accusations should terrify conservatives. His comments to… -
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Newsom Paves Way for $22/Hour Fast-Food Minimum Wage
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed a bill Monday establishing a council empowered to raise the minimum wage for the state’s fast-food workers to more than $20 per hour. The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (AB 257), passed by the state Legislature a week prior, orders a 10-member Fast Food Council to appropriately create wage, working conditions,… -
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Gavin Newsom: OK for California, Too Wacky for America
Democrats coalesced behind the presidential nomination of Joe Biden after Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucuses, briefly becoming the Democratic Party’s front-runner. Fearing Sanders could not beat President Donald Trump, Democrats quickly united behind the more electable Biden. But compared to “democratic socialist” Sanders, is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on policy, really any different? Newsom… -
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Gavin Newsom’s Weird Idea of ‘Freedom’
In a run-up to what is likely to be a 2024 presidential bid, California Gov. Gavin Newsom hit upon the bizarre idea of boasting in commercials that California is America’s true “free” state. Part of his ad campaign is to attack Florida—currently run by Newsom’s possible rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis. Yet, with the most burdensome…