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Stopping Unemployment Fraud Isn’t Really That Hard
As news of the unimaginable scale of California’s unemployment fraud continues to break, it’s necessary to understand why this state has been so particularly vulnerable to fraud, and what can be done, now, to prevent it from continuing. On the low end, we may be looking at $11 billion in fraud (already identified), while on […]
New Bill Would Stop State Prison Employees From Transferring Immigrant Criminals to ICE Custody
Wednesday, a bill that would stop state or local law enforcement from arresting or assisting in arresting in transferring prisoners for immigration enforcement reasons was given tentative Assembly committee dates. Assembly Bill 937, authored by Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) would prohibit state and local agencies, such as state prison employees and law enforcement, from […]
Power Outages: California, Texas, next the U.S?
California was the object of ridicule last year when residents experienced widespread power outages due to high temperatures and wildfires. Now, during an historic cold spell, Texas is under fire for an energy infrastructure that left much of the state without power. The finger pointing will go on for months in Texas, just as it […]
California’s High-Speed Rail Project Still Under Construction As Delays And Costs Pile Up
California’s bullet train has become a nearly forgotten source of trouble, eclipsed in the public eye by Covid-19, a gubernatorial recall, and out-migration from the Golden State. But it’s still out there, sucking up time and money, and as empty as it ever was. The California High Speed Rail, its formal name, was a hobby-ego […]
Controversial Voter Outreach Sweetheart Deal
No one who is younger than 40 will remember the late legendary radio commentator Paul Harvey. Every afternoon, he would begin his daily radio program by promising to tell us “the rest of the story.” Thanks to a provision slipped into a budget trailer bill last week, Californians now know “the rest of the story” […]
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Life on the American River
…the colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky, are also on the faces, of people going by,I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do, they’re really saying, I love you…– What a Wonderful World, sang by Louis Armstrong in 1967 The American River runs through the heart of Sacramento, from the bedroom […]
‘Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue’ – The president’s power over foreign policy
From the book “Hidden Truths Stripped From the National Dialogue” by Bruce Herschensohn MOST OFTEN REPORTED AND TAUGHT: “IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO KEEP NATIONAL SECURITY SECRETS FROM THE CONGRESS” THE TRUTH: THE SUPREME COURT WROTE DIFFERENTLY The most pertinent excerpts follow from the decision of United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation in […]
Why Libertarians Are Unwitting Enablers of Socialism
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves […]
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10 million views?! Happy New Year from California Political Review!!
As 2020 closes the editors at California Political Review wish all our readers a Happy New Year! We are so pleased to report that early this December our service at CPR achieved a major milestone and surpassed 10 million total Page views all time since we started publication in late 2011! We have also published […]
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Big Basin Redwoods park, heavily damaged by fire, will stay closed for at least a year
California’s oldest state park will stay closed for at least a year to protect the public as the state takes a cautious approach to reopening the beloved forested enclave that was badly burned in a recent wildfire. Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains suffered extensive damage from the CZU Lightning Complex fires, […]
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Activists Launch Gascón Recall Attempt
Victims’ rights advocates on Saturday kicked off their recall campaign against newly elected Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón, who has vowed sweeping criminal justice reforms to the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office. The recall campaign group held a “victims vigil” outside the Hall of Justice downtown and planned to gather the minimum of 20 […]
Delays Emerge in Blue Shield Vaccine Rollout
This week, 10 counties in the inland portions of Central and Southern California were slated to transition to the new vaccine distribution system helmed by Blue Shield — but limited communication, technical challenges and lack of transparency have resulted in delays for at least three counties. Meanwhile, the state is overhauling its equity program after young, healthy and wealthy […]
Irvine Finalizes ‘Hero Pay’ For Grocery Workers
A $4-an-hour pay bump lasting through the summer is expected for workers at larger grocery and drug stores in Irvine starting in late March. The extra hazard, or “hero,” pay is a new mandate the Irvine City Council approved Tuesday, Feb. 23. It makes Irvine the first Orange County city to adopt a pay-boosting measure […]
New Coronavirus Variant Spotted in California Raises Alarm
Scientists are raising concerns over a new coronavirus variant that has been identified in California. Two studies due to come out soon suggest the variant, which the virologists call B.1.427/B.1.429, might not only be more contagious, but may also cause more severe disease. A team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), tested […]
California OKs $600 Stimulus Payments For 5.7 Million People
California lawmakers on Monday cleared the way for 5.7 million people to get at least $600 in one-time payments, part of a state-sized coronavirus relief package aimed at helping those with low-to-moderate incomes weather the pandemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will sign the bill into law on Tuesday, one day after it passed the […]
