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California threw out 148,241 mail ballots in the June primary — and the batch that erased Spencer Pratt's 40,000-vote lead in the L.A. mayor's race is exempt from the state's only mandatory audit. Then: fourteen November propositions asking voters for $44.65 billion in new borrowing, and Diapergate — Newsom called the $6.2 million Baby2Baby contract competitive, while the state's own database…
California's government keeps appointing itself the referee—of the truth, your ballot, and your speech. This week: Gavin Newsom's $5.5 million in "behested" donations, a second ethics fine, and the federal probe he'd rather you saw as persecution. The $40 million the state is spending to count votes faster—while the FBI works Skid Row over paid ballots. And AG Rob Bonta's $20 million bid to…
Three stories, one pattern: more of your money, less accountability. CalPERS — a $556 billion pension — plays politics, finishes near last in the nation, and won't let retirees see the books. The state budget posts a record revenue boom and still can't balance without raiding $20B in reserves and raising taxes. And gas hits $6 while California keeps banning a cheaper fuel 49 other states allow.…
California is scrapping its new $455 million 911 system because it doesn't work. Sixteen years, three governors, and the 1970s analog system is still answering your call. Then, Sacramento Democrats are advancing the "Stop Nick Shirley Act," a bill critics say would let taxpayer-funded NGOs silence journalists exposing them. And Gavin Newsom's PAC just spent $1.5 million buying his own memoir to…
Sheriff Bianco seizes 650,000 ballots in Riverside County, sparking a legal war with the Attorney General over a disputed vote count. Then: a Ventura County conservator funneled $2.7 million from her elderly clients to her husband's company, the judge approved every penny and the state watchdog did nothing. Plus, 60 Minutes exposes California's $126 billion "ghost train," no track laid after 18…
California's governor's race has ten candidates, zero leaders, and Republicans are somehow sitting at the top of the polls. Then, millions of dollars meant for LA's kids got looted right out of the school district while nobody was watching. And a grassroots Voter ID initiative just cleared 1.3 million signatures and is headed for the November ballot — because apparently basic election security is…
A proposed law would let high-speed rail officials bury embarrassing records. Billions in hospice fraud went unchecked while seniors lost real care. And now the same legislators want to charge you per mile—while tracking your every move. Three stories, one theme: accountability for thee, not for me.
A federal court greenlights Newsom's gerrymandered congressional maps, the budget deficit refuses to shrink, and California finds new ways to infringe on gun rights.
California's State Auditor just named 8 agencies "high-risk" for waste, fraud, and mismanagement. EDD blew millions on unused cell phones. CARB paid a ghost employee for 15 months. The Department of Technology has been failing since 2007. So what's Sacramento's solution? A 5% wealth tax on billionaires.
California's kicking off 2026 with over 900 new laws—and we're breaking down what they mean for you. From the plastic bag ban that proves Sacramento never learns, to $415 million in pork-barrel spending during a budget crisis, to the new immigration laws designed to obstruct federal enforcement. Plus: mandatory folic acid in your tortillas, gender-neutral bathrooms in every school, and why you…
