Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco is helping lead an effort to reverse a 2012 ballot measure he says is directly contributing to the homelessness and crime crisis in the Golden State and is calling on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to get on board. “California, we’re in a very trying time right now when it comes to public safety and …
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California Democratic leaders announced Thursday they had come to an agreement on a plan that would reduce the state’s staggering multibillion-dollar shortfall by $17.3 billion through a combination of spending cuts, delays and deferrals. Gov. Gavin Newsom had enjoyed unprecedented surplus budgets of more than $100 billion throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. But the past two years have saddled him with …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom strikes again. Effective April 1, the minimum wage for fast food workers increased to $20 an hour, making California the highest minimum wage in the United States. Recently, the price of a Big Mac meal at a McDonald’s location in the wealthy town of Darien, Conn., hit $18, and it’s quite possible that across California it …
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was hit with backlash and mockery this week after announcing Oakland’s new plan to combat rampant crime. Social media critics accused the governor of pushing a “surveillance state.” Newsom announced the city’s new plan to combat crime in Oakland on Friday, declaring on X that Oakland was going to be putting up “high tech cameras” along …
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Hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are being installed in the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle crime, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Newsom, a Democrat, said in a news release that the California Highway Patrol has contracted with Flock Safety to install 480 cameras that can identify and track vehicles by license plate, type, color and even …
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EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump’s campaign is again criticizing President Biden’s climate agenda, taking aim at his administration’s electric vehicle (EV) policies. In a fiery statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday, the Trump campaign blasted Biden’s actions related to California’s proposed EV mandate regulations, which would phase out all gas-powered car sales in the coming years. The statement comes amid …
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California’s former Controller Betty Yee announced Wednesday she will run for governor in 2026, vying to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom against other major Democratic contenders in what will be the first open race for the state’s top office since 2018. If elected, Yee would be the first woman to become California’s governor. She is a San Francisco native born …
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., joined “Fox News Live” to break down his criticism of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s and the state’s efforts to combat its homeless and mental health crisis. “You can’t keep throwing money at the symptoms,” Issa argued. California recently voted to approve a ballot measure, Proposition 1, allowing the state to raise a $6.4 billion bond to build …
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A ballot measure that would require California to spend billions of dollars on the state’s spiraling homeless crisis was passed by a razor-thin majority Wednesday, two weeks after residents cast their votes. Proposition 1 requires strict requirements on counties to spend on housing and drug treatment programs for homeless people, as well as allowing the state to raise a $6.4 …
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