It's a nice place to visit, but I really don't want to live there.
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Gavin Newsom Thinks California Is Freer Than Florida. Is He Crazy?
It's hard to understand the rationale for Gov. Gavin Newsom's Independence Day political ad in Florida, which urged Floridians to "join us in California where we still believe in freedom." OK, there's a political rationale given that Newsom might actually be planning to run for president, but the video ad is inexplicable.
In fact, its wording suggests that Newsom might be delusional. In recent interviews, the California governor pinned his motivation on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' threat to impose a $27.5-million fine on the Special Olympics if that group didn't rescind its vaccine mandate.
On that specific point, I agree that threatening a private group with a fine was wrong. DeSantis has indeed embraced a variety of "culture war" policies designed to support his burgeoning campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. I have no use for governors of either party who engage in rhetorical spats as they attempt to appeal to their political base.
All new federal oil and gas drilling to be halted in California
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a federal moratorium on new oil and gas drilling in central California Monday that will remain in effect until the Bureau conducts a supplemental environmental review of a Trump-era plan to make more than one million acres of land available for oil and gas leasing and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), according to the attorney general’s office.
Bonta, Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state agencies filed a lawsuit in January 2020 alleging that the BLM’s previous environmental reviews of the plan “did not take a hard look” at the impacts fracking could have on the environment and community health in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura Counties.
Thus, until the Bureau conducts a supplemental environmental review of the project, new oil and gas leases will not be granted in central California under the terms of the settlement.
“Fracking is dangerous for our communities, damaging to our environment, and out of step with California's climate goals,” said Attorney General Bonta. “The Trump Administration recklessly opened Central California up to new oil and gas drilling without considering how fracking can hurt communities by causing polluted groundwater, toxic air emissions, minor earthquakes, climate impacts, and more. In keeping with the Bureau of Land Management's mission to preserve the health of our public lands, it must reassess this Trump-Era mistake.”
I find it beyond reason that presumed adults are still interested in comic book characters to the extent of that sort of expenditure.
Four Kids Attack, Beat 70-Year-Old Asian Woman in San Francisco Complex
Has anyone noticed that black people have been the perpetrators of these crimes? But hey, white supremacy is the biggest threat to this country.
It’s only a big deal because the left has made these attacks political as a way to attack President Donald Trump and the right.
Then again, a professor said blacks are attacking Asians because of white supremacy because logic!
It’s disgusting and horrible.
Here are a few:
- Wave of Violent Crimes Against Asian Americans Does Not Fit Media, Democrat Narrative
- White Supremacy, Trump Not Connected to Death of Elderly Asian Man in California
- Woman Attacks Asian Woman With Hammer in NYC Over a Mask
- NYPD Seeks Suspects In Two Violent Attacks on Asians
- Woman Attacks Asian Woman With Hammer in NYC Over a Mask
- Man Arrested for Allegedly Punching Elderly Asian Woman 125 Times, Stomping on Her Head
LA County Health Department Doesn't Want to Hear From You, Turns off Social Media Comments
The Los Angeles County Department of Health, headed by mask-happy Barbara Ferrer, has turned off comments on its social media platforms, further distancing itself from the public it supposedly serves and avoiding accountability. Unfortunately for the department, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July on an unrelated case that such acts by public entities “violated the First Amendment by creating publicly accessible social media pages related to their official duties and then blocking certain members of the public because of the nature of their comments.”
It certainly appears that they’re breaking the law.
Fox 11 reporter Marla Tellez asked Ferrer about the closing of public comments this week, and the famously micromanaging, unelected executive incredibly claimed that she had no idea that had happened. Watch:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom took out an ad in Variety to urge Hollywood to 'walk the walk' on their values and stop filming in conservative states like Georgia and Oklahoma
"Hollywood: your values, you choice," the ad begins, touting California as the "best place in America to create" and the "home for storytelling and story tellers" for over 100 years. It mentions the "robust tax incentives" and "the best culture" for creators, adding: "Most importantly, we share your values."
"Over the past several years, the legislatures of states like Georgia and Oklahoma have waged a cruel assault on essential rights," the ad says, adding that those states have now moved to limit abortion rights in the wake of Roe v. Wade's reversal.
"Today more than ever, you have a responsibility to take stock of your values — and those of your employees — when doing business in those states," it continues, adding that California is a "freedom state" that supports access to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
"So to those in power to make decisions about where to film, where to hire, where to open new offices, we in California say: Walk the walk," the ad finishes. "Choose freedom. Choose creativity. Choose California."
Newsom shared the ad, which was paid for by the governor's PAC, alongside an announcement of his support for extending tax incentives for the film and television industry.
‘Our Home Has Been Stolen From Us’: L.A. Landlords Slam Eviction Moratorium, City Council Extends Another Year
An eviction moratorium essentially ensures landlords can’t evict tenants if they don’t pay rent. California put an eviction moratorium in place during the pandemic, and it fully ended on June 30th of this year. Still, the L.A. City Council recently voted to extend its own moratorium again. It will remain in place through August next year, or up to one year after the local emergency declaration ends. Another vote is expected later this year.
Theoretically, the tenants will owe the rent when the moratorium ends, but collecting that money won’t be easy in many cases. Landlords will have the right to evict at that time, but in the meantime, many of these landlords are unable to pay their mortgages. At a recent press conference at City Hall, landlords argued that this eviction moratorium could bankrupt some of them and force them into foreclosure. They say that some tenants are taking advantage of the program.
Those on the other side of the issue say the moratorium is necessary because people are still struggling to make ends meet. Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a “racial and social justice” organization, protested outside the City Council gathering, pushing the landlords to take their press conference indoors.
“A lot of people still…haven’t been able to pay the rent and they’re going to end up homeless,” ACCE member Elizabeth Hernandez reportedly said.
California moves toward banning new cars running only on gas by 2035
“This will help to accelerate the transition and give a signal that customers and states are ready for this transition to occur rapidly,” said Kathy Harris, clean vehicles and fuels advocate at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “This is a really exciting announcement.”
Famous (or infamous) for driving culture and congested freeways, California has considerable sway over the entire auto industry. A federal waiver under the Clean Air Act allows the state to impose stricter tailgate emission standards than the federal Environmental Protection Agency requires, with more than a dozen other states having opted to use the standards set by California in the past.
Buy now or wait? What the new electric vehicle credits mean for you.
The waiver emerged as a considerable source of tension between the state and President Donald Trump. His deputies at the EPA stripped California of its right to set its own climate tailpipe standards only for the Biden administration to restore it earlier this year.
The state agency will send the proposed rule to the EPA for final approval. For its part, the Biden administration issued stricter nationwide tailpipe rules last year for new cars and SUVs made through 2026.
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The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, an anti-discrimination nonprofit, plus two California taxpayers are challenging a pair of Alameda County programs that put non-minority-owned companies at a disadvantage when competing for government contracts. Pacific Legal Foundation, the nonprofit representing the Californians pro bono, filed a lawsuit in state court on Monday alleging that the programs are unconstitutional.
The programs require that at least 15 percent of the money the county pays for certain contracts, known as “set-asides,” be put into the hands of “minority business enterprises” — determined solely by skin color. Wencong Fa, the PLF attorney for the case, told The Federalist that normally a company known as a “prime contractor” would receive a contract for a project from the county and then subcontract other companies to complete certain parts of the project, but now a portion of that subcontracting is race-based.
Fa said that even though the set-aside is only 15 percent, it effectively excludes some non-minority businesses from competing for county contracts. If a prime contractor decides to meet the race requirement by subcontracting trucking to a minority company, for example, all non-minority trucking companies are automatically excluded from the entire county contract.
The program also harms minority businesses, Fa added. In the lawsuit, he referenced minority companies being used as “‘pass through’ subcontractors that allow the prime contractor [to] meet the minority business ‘participation goals,’ but perform none of the work.” He also referenced a minority subcontractor who “receives calls from companies that know that he cannot do the work — just so that they can say that they made the effort.”
CA County Gets Sued For Picking Contractors Based On Race
'Companies face a lot of barriers to opportunity. ... Government-sanctioned racial discrimination should not be one of those barriers.'thefederalist.com
Good luck with that one. The Fed's been doing it for decades and challenges never make any headway.
California To Punish Automakers That Don’t Meet Electric Vehicle Production Quotas
California will fine automakers if they do not meet the state’s quotas for electric car manufacturing, the New York Times reported Thursday.
As part of the state’s broader effort to ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, California will fine automakers up to $20,000 for every vehicle that falls short of the state’s electric vehicle (EV) production targets, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chairwoman Liane Randolph told the NYT. California’s new regulations are intended to push the auto industry to produce more electric cars to meet consumers’ elevated demand following the implementation of its gas vehicle phase-out.
The state may also put forth new amendments and revise sales targets if the auto market doesn’t react the way state leaders expect it to, according to the NYT.
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However, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, stated that while car manufacturers are eager to put more EVs on the road, supply chain issues and material shortages may prevent production from meeting California’s quotas.
“These are complex, intertwined and global issues well beyond the control of either CARB or the auto industry,” said John Bozzella, president and CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation in a statement provided to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
What gives Cali the right to target a business for not producing enough product.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
My thought too. What if the manufacturers decide to not have plants or retail in that state? At $20k per car, they'd be saving money by moving out. The state has no jurisdiction on out-of-state businesses.
The bill continues:
So the state medical board will decide what doctors can and can’t say? “The board is made up of one half doctors and one half attorneys,” Senator Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) said in June. “The attorneys are no more qualified than I am.” And what exactly is misinformation? The bill provides us with a definition:
The original bill contained the crossed-out words, which were amended to add the phrase “contrary to the standard of care.” Journalist Katy Grimes wrote in the California Globe about the “chilling” definition before that amendment had been adopted, but her words still ring true:
This bill will certainly face many legal challenges; in fact, the educational nonprofit organization Physicians for Informed Consent has already filed a First Amendment free speech lawsuit against the California Medical Board. Their lawsuit states:
