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Readers respond to Gov. Gavin Newsom's call for a California law allowing citizens to sue to stop the sale of assault rifles.

Many specifics will be fleshed out in budget trailer bills and additional iterations of the main budget bill, but it's not clear when exactly those will land.

California's recall election will ask voters two questions: whether they want to oust Newsom and who should replace him if the electorate removes him.

On Monday, the California Secretary of State, Dr. Shirley Weber, admitted that “the requisite number of valid signatures has been reported to our office to initiate the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom.” The link in that sentence takes readers to the county-by-county breakdown of the recall signature tallies, which totals 1,626,042. That is in itself a victory for the grassroots citizen effort, which Newsom attributed to white supremacist groups and “...folks that are literally pa...

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On Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted his state’s last remaining business restrictions and mask mandates, joining Mississippi, Louisiana, and Michigan by easing many burdens on their states’ economies and educational opportunities for their children. Over in California, Governor Gavin Newsom, who currently faces an existential threat to his political future with a grassroots-led recall effort, described Abbott’s proclamation as “Absolutely reckless.” “Reckless,” Gov. Newsom? R...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unilaterally decided to eliminate California’s death penalty for capital crimes even though it remains in the law. Newsom declared a moratorium on executing any of the 700-plus occupants on San Quentin Prison’s death row, saying, “It has provided no public safety benefit or val

(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Governor Gavin Newsom is feeling the heat of a growing Recall effort that already has over 800,000 signatures, small businesses that are refusing to go through a second lockdown, and County Sheriffs who are refusing to enforce this latest Stay-At-Home effort and are essentially telling him to go pound sand. In a press conference yesterday, FoxLA anchor Elex Michaelson asked Newsom the $25,000 question. “I’m wondering what do you say to these people who say, ‘Look, I�...