Author: Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square, Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – California lost a net 11,600 jobs in March as private sector job losses exceeded taxpayer-funded job gains, the plurality of which came from a single welfare program in which Californians are paid minimum wage to care for family members. The California Center for Jobs and the Economy’s analysis for state and employment for…

California Democratic legislators gutted a bill that would have made it a felony to solicit any children for sex, despite support for the measure from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis. Assembly Bill 379, a bipartisan bill from Assemblywoman Maggy Krell and state Sen. Shannon Grove, would have closed the loopholes left…

(The Center Square) – Santa Ana is currently voting on a ballot measure on whether or not to allow undocumented immigrants to vote in all municipal elections. Last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning manual counting of ballots. This year, he signed a bill banning voter ID requirements. Already 16 and 17 year olds, and noncitizens with enrolled students, are able to vote…

(The Center Square) – A California regulatory agency says it won’t release new information on a new carbon credit proposal that it said earlier could raise the cost of each gallon of gasoline by 35 cents next year, and significantly raise the costs of goods shipped through California, and airline tickets leaving or entering California. The California Air Resources…

(The Center Square) – Rumors are circulating that California mailed 30 million ballots to 22 million registered voters. The state, which mails ballots to every voter, reported today it has mailed out 22,790,170 vote-by-mail ballots. As of the most recent voter registration update from 60 days before the election, the state had 22,310,352 registered voters, which could suggest up to 479,818…

(The Center Square) – Limited mask mandates are returning to several counties in California’s Bay Area through spring of 2025. In Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Napa counties, masks must be worn in skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and many other healthcare settings. The new mandate was put into effect to limit the…

(The Center Square) – A new Sacramento unrestricted cash welfare pilot program that will distribute $725 per month to selected low-income parents or guardians of black or indigenous children allows individuals to apply regardless of immigration status. The program does not provide an option for parents of white, Asian, or Hispanic children, leading critics to…

(The Center Square) – While California Gov. Gavin Newsom touted a FBI-reported national decline in violent crime for 2023, the same report shows violent crime in California is up 3.6%, and the value of cars stolen in California was over $2 billion last year. Aside from rising motor vehicle theft, reported property theft overall declined…

(The Center Square) As California’s homeless population rises to a CalMatters-estimated 186,000, Republican legislators are demanding that Gov. Gavin Newsom sign a bill requiring the state to track homelessness spending and outcomes. AB 2903 by Assemblymember Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, passed without any opposing votes, and would require any “state agency or department that administers one or…

(The Center Square) San Francisco’s former district attorney is leading a class action lawsuit requiring the state to follow through on a 1973 statute signed into law by then-governor Ronald Reagan to pay prisoners who have served more than six months $200 upon their release as “gate money.” Including interest, the case could cost taxpayers…