By Jack Phillips California lawmakers will miss a May 1 deadline to scrap the state’s yearly increase in its gas tax, said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office this week. Currently, California has the highest gas tax in the country, adding 51 cents to a gallon of regular gasoline. According to automotive group AAA, the average price for a gallon in […]
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Road Trip: See California’s Socialist Failures as Historical Landmarks
By John Moorlack Commentary It’s campaign season and I’m receiving plenty of political fundraising mail. One technique that I personally don’t care for, and never respond to, is the request to fill out a survey and mail it back, with a generous check, in the envelope provided. One recently had the following question: “Do you […]
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California Looks to Reduce Weekly Work Hours to 32
By Alice Sun California legislators proposed a new bill that would allow employees of bigger companies to work fewer hours in a week without losing any income, which critics said would become a “job killer.” Assembly Bill 2932, introduced by Assembly Members Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Evan Low (D-San Jose) in February, would require […]
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California, NY Failed in Handling COVID-19, Florida Among the Best: Report
By Jack Phillips California and New York handled COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions the worst, according to a new report. Other than New York and California, New Jersey and Illinois—all Democrat-led states—were among the worst in dealing with COVID-19, said a study from the conservative Committee To Unleash Prosperity, a conservative-leaning group. “Shutting down their economies […]
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Court Rules California’s Corporate Diversity Law Unconstitutional
By Mimi Nguyen Ly A Los Angeles court determined on April 2 that a California law requiring certain workplace boardroom quotas of underrepresented communities is unconstitutional. Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit (pdf) in early October 2020 arguing that any spending of taxpayer funds or taxpayer-paid resources on the quota law is “illegal under the […]
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Two California Counties Violated Rights With Pandemic Gun Store Shutdowns
By Katabella Roberts A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that two California counties violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms when they shut down gun and ammunition stores during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups sued the state in March 2020 (pdf) over the shutdowns after gun and ammunition stores were deemed […]
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2022 California Congressional Candidate Amy Phan West Running Against Socialism
By Masooma Haq Amy Phan West is running in the 2022 midterm elections to unseat progressive Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) in California’s 45th congressional district. Pham West escaped communist Vietnam with her parents and four siblings in a fishing boat, and knows full well the cost of too much government control. She recently told The Epoch Times […]
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SpaceX Launches 52 Starlink Satellites From California Base
By The Associated Press VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif.—A SpaceX rocket carried 52 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California early Saturday. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from coastal Vandenberg Space Force Base at 4:41 a.m. and arced over the Pacific. The Falcon’s first stage returned and landed on a SpaceX droneship in the ocean. It was the 11th launch and […]
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Tesla Officially Moves Headquarters from California to Texas
By Tom Ozimek Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk has made good on his promise to relocate the company’s headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas, with a Dec. 1 regulatory filing making the move official. “On December 1, 2021, Tesla, Inc. relocated its corporate headquarters to Gigafactory Texas at 13101 Harold Green Road, Austin, Texas 78725,” states the […]
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Buyer’s remorse: Five California laws that have come back to bite them
By Tori Richards, Investigative Reporter California has a propensity for starting trends that sweep through the rest of the nation, whether it was the hippie era in the ’60s, high tech in the ’90s, or a host of environmental regulations in the 2000s, to name a few. Politicians have run this fifth-largest economy in the […]
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California: Highest Unemployment Fraud and Unemployment Rate
By James Breslo The California Employment Development Department (EDD) recently reported that its best estimate of fraudulent unemployment payments totals at least $20 billion. That makes it easily the largest fraud in U.S. history and is more than the entire state budget of about half of U.S. states. None of the money has been reported as recovered. As the […]
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Leaked Audio Reveals How California Teachers Recruit Kids Into LGBTQ Clubs
By Brad Jones A leaked audio recording reveals two teachers at a recent California Teachers Association (CTA) conference mocking parents over their concerns about homosexual and transgender indoctrination at school, says a source who attended the event in Palm Springs, Calif. The recording, obtained by The Epoch Times, captured two seventh-grade teachers, Kelly Baraki and Lori Caldeira from Buena […]
