By Judicial Watch (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a hearing is scheduled in the California Superior Court regarding its case challenging California’s gender quotas for corporate boards. Arguments will be heard by Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis. DATE: Tuesday, September 21, 2021,TIME: 9:30 a.m. PT, 12:30 p.m. ETPLACE: Courtroom/Department 38Superior Court of California Los Angeles,Stanley […]
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Newsom Recall Backers Sue to Block Framing of Effort as ‘Republican Takeover’ of California
By Tom Ozimek Key backers of the recall election against California Gov. Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit to prevent the Democrat governor from framing the contest as a Trump-aligned Republican power grab in an official voter information guide that will be distributed publicly. Orrin Heatlie, the lead organizer of the recall campaign, and Mike Netter, a board member of the […]
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Combined Capital Gains Tax Rate in California to Hit 56.7 Percent Under Biden Plan
By The Center Square The combined state and federal capital gains tax rate in California would rise from the current 37.1 percent to 56.7 percent under President Biden’s American Families Plan, according to a new study from the Tax Foundation. That increase, which would include federal, state and local taxes on financial gains from the […]
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Federal Court Rules Against California Gov. Newsom’s Order Barring Private School In-person Classes
By Jack Phillips Gov. Gavin Newsom acted in an unconstitutional manner when he implemented COVID-19-related mandates barring private school children from in-person classes, ruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A July 2020 lawsuit filed by the Center for American Liberty and 20 plaintiffs challenged the Democrat governor’s order that barred in-person teaching in […]
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California Appeals Court Overturns Anti-Misgendering Law on First Amendment Grounds
By Matthew Vadum A California appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a state law that penalized elder-care workers for using pronouns inconsistent with elderly long-term care patients’ claimed gender identity. Gender identity is a disputed concept. A lack of linguistic clarity has clouded the issue in recent years as the concepts of sex and sexual identity, or gender, […]
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California Recall Election Date Set for September
By Vanessa Serna California residents will vote Sept. 14 on whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose handling of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked fierce criticism from small businesses and the public. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis called the election July 1, days after legislation was signed by Newsom to bypass a 30-day financial review of the recall. Eliminating that stage of the process allowed the […]
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Newsom Insists California’s Pending COVID-19 Verification System Not a ‘Vaccine Passport’
By Zachary Stieber California is developing a COVID-19 vaccine verification system that will enable people who have gotten a jab to show proof of the shot to businesses, Gov. Gavin Newsom says. “We’ll be doing something that provides you the opportunity, and we’ll announce this later this week, to have an electronic version of your paper version of […]
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California Woman Who Got Both Moderna Vaccine Shots Dies of COVID-19: Officials
By Jack Phillips An elderly woman in Napa County, California, who had received both Moderna vaccine shots died from COVID-19, county health officials said. While scant details about the woman were released, Napa County spokeswoman Leah Greenbaum said she was over the age of 65 and had underlying health problems. The woman died on June 2 after […]
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Taxpayers Fleeing California Take $8.8 Billion In Gross Income to Other States
By Tom Ozimek California, with its relatively large tax burden compared to other states, has seen a taxpayer exodus in recent years and, along with it, billions in taxable gross income. State-to-state migration data recently released by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) shows that California lost an estimated net 70,534 households—or 165,355 taxpayers and their dependents—in the years 2017-2018, with those […]
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Californians to Lose Congressional Seat
By Tim Shaler The results of the 2020 census are in, and California is going to lose a congressional seat. The state will only be sending 52 members to the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2022 elections, down from the 53 it sent following the 2020 elections. For the first time since it gained statehood, California is losing an electoral vote […]
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California Officials, Biden-Linked Firm Coordinated With Big Tech to Censor Election Posts: Judicial Watch
By Isabel Van Brugen California officials colluded with Big Tech to censor social media posts in the United States during the 2020 presidential election, government watchdog group Judicial Watch announced Tuesday. The findings come after Judicial Watch received 540 pages and a further four pages of documents from the office of the Secretary of State of California in response to an open records request, […]
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California Governor Admits Mistakes, Says Recall Unjustified
By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, CA — California Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged mistakes in his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but insists the recall effort against him has more to do with politics than the public health crisis. Newsom made his most direct comments yet about the push to unseat him during an interview Friday with KQED, saying his […]