Episode 319: House of Card Sharks

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• Supreme Court turns down challenge to N.Y. rent control with implications for California
• Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’
• California’s war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired. Lawmakers are trying again
• California says gas prices could spike 50 cents a gallon next year thanks to this climate program
• Carbon-Related Jobs In Kern County Not A Sure Thing
• Former top oil regulator alleges he was fired for refusing to enforce suspended law
• Newsom: Soaring number of fracking permits led to state’s top oil regulator’s firing
• California’s impossible war on oil and gas

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Show Notes:

• What was and was not true when Donald Trump blasted California, Gavin Newsom at CPAC
• Self-Proclaimed ‘Dissident’ Trump Rails on Newsom, Calls Migrants’ Languages a ‘Horrible Thing’
• Newsom defends Biden, says "he's doing everything he needs to do"
• Newsom unveils multistate ad campaign to fight abortion travel restrictions in red states
• Are Gavin Newsom backers raising money for a possible Democratic presidential bid?
• Gavin Newsom faces another recall threat in California
• Dem Senate hopeful says Laken Riley killing alone shouldn't 'shape' immigration policy
• Heritage Foundation on illegal immigration and crime
• What you need to know about California’s Proposition 1
• John Fund: School Battles Pit Parents against Teachers’-Union Bosses
• Teachers union halts support for LAUSD candidate, who has more online posts to explain
• Critics attack Breed’s billionaire-backed police ballot measure as dangerous to public
• How San Francisco staged a surprising comeback
• Silicon Valley job boom ends for now as employment growth slows down: report
• Temecula school district can continue to ban critical race theory for now, judge rules

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Show Notes:

• Contemplating the unthinkable: Harris 2024
• California’s budget deficit is worse than anticipated — and much worse than Newsom projected
• Rep. Tom McClintock explains the case against the case against Alejandro Mayorkas
• Porter defends ad highlighting little-known GOP rival in Senate race
• San Francisco appoints first noncitizen to serve on Elections Commission
• Judge declines to block Huntington Beach voter ID referendum from ballot
• California lawmakers weigh bill to ban cities from requiring voter ID for local elections
• A new bill would allow California universities and community colleges to hire undocumented students

Julie Hamill talks with National Right to Work’s Mark Mix

Ontario trucking employee who revealed union boss salaries hits Teamsters Union with federal charge after job threats

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Show Notes:

• No, Pete Wilson wasn’t right, and other takeaways from Carl DeMaio’s absurd ad
• Bonta pushes for parent consent on social media but not in schools
• Kamala Harris Calls Special Counsel’s Biden Report ‘Politically Motivated’
• Kamala Harris says she is ready to serve as Biden faces age scrutiny
• California Senate candidates spar over Dem's proposal for $50 minimum wage: 'Do the math'
• Rushed climate-reporting laws backfiring on California
• Scott Wiener’s response to US Chamber lawsuit
• Democrats trying to get the Taxpayer Protection Act off of the ballot through political intimidation, bullying 
• Uber to counter California’s labor muscle with $30M political spend
• As California closes prisons, the cost of locking someone up hits new record at $132,860
• A record amount went to lobbying California’s government. Who were the biggest spenders?
• Mandatory kindergarten proposal
• California doesn’t own AI policy

Jay Donde of San Francisco’s Briones Society:

• Revenge of the Normies: Effort to revive San Francisco GOP leads to leadership clash
• The San Francisco Briones Society
• Jay Donde, “More police, fewer prisons, less crime”

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Show Notes:

• Rapper Snoop Dogg has ‘Nothing but love and respect’ for Trump
• Vice President Kamala Harris returns to Northern California to a divided Democratic Party
• DeSantis offers to send Florida National Guard to California
• Burritos and Big Macs to cost more in California as pay rises
• What you need to know about California’s Proposition 1
• California lawmakers unveil sweeping legislative proposals aimed at slavery reparations
• California lawmakers backpedal on new electricity rates rule based on customer income
• Reality check: Half of California’s energy comes from crude oil
• Target clerk blames Gov. Newsom for retail theft. She didn’t realize he was standing in her checkout line
• Governor Newsom calls for legislation cracking down on property crime
• California's divided view of Prop 47
• Newsom’s claim: California tougher than Texas on crime

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Show Notes:

• US laughs off reports of Putin eyeing Alaska as Russia's 'former real estate': 'Not getting it back'
• 2024 Super Bowl: 10 reasons why 49ers are headed to Las Vegas after rallying past Lions in NFC Championship
• Pelosi faces criticism for suggesting some pro-Palestinian protesters are connected to Russia
• On Twitter: "Go back to China"
• Video shows 2-year-old wandering the street after Oakland carjacking suspect abandons him
• Swalwell tweets
• San Francisco toy store that inspired Toy Story franchise set to close due to rising crime, disorder 
• Los Angeles Times commentary: If you want to leave, fine. But don’t insult California on the way out
• ‘Gov. Pete Wilson was right’: California state Assembly candidate DeMaio revives controversial immigration ad
• California bill would require new cars come equipped with speed-limiting device 
• Why are cars designed to go way over the speed limit?
• Can California state employee unions protect civil servants from crackdowns on telework?
• California Employment Development Department calls workers back to office with few exceptions
• California suffers largest job-growth drop in US
• Lance Christensen on Protect Kids bill
• Freelancers file first lawsuit challenging Biden independent contractor rule
• Californians worry about deficit, state’s direction. How it affects Gavin Newsom’s popularity

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Show Notes:

• Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta to be honored by Los Angeles County
• Charities linked to UFW are cleared
• Grapes of union wrath
• RFC’s interview with Dan Gerawan
• The dubious legacy of César Chávez
• Newsom hitting South Carolina, Nevada to stump for Biden
• L.A. Times Guild calls for one-day walkout
• L.A. Times’ billionaire owner (and is family) ignite a tug-of-war over paper’s future
• CSU and faculty reach surprise tentative agreement, ending massive strike after one day
• In-N-Out Burger in Oakland to close doors for good over of out-of-control crime, company says
• My school district just welcomed an after-school Satan club
• Republican Steve Garvey won’t win California’s Senate race, so why is he running?
• Stanford's Tara VanDerveer breaks Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski's NCAA wins record
• San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship on Sunday
• What type of worker are you? Government has new test for who should be on payroll 
• In Beverly Hills, no kitchen remodels or pool grottoes as judge orders building moratorium over lack of affordable housing

JACOB HUEBERT

• Attorney General Bonta issues legal alert warning school districts against forced outing policies 
• About Jacob Huebert
• About Liberty Justice Center

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Show Notes:

• Full-Time: Work and the meaning of life
• Gavin Newsom reveals plan to fix California spending deficit. What’s in his $291 billion budget
• Legislature’s analyst gives mixed review of Newsom budget
• David Crane: The Kounalakis tax increase
• Poll: California could be Trump’s ace in nomination fight; he’s way ahead
• ‘This person should not be president’: Kamala Harris takes hits in book on Biden
• How the new Biden administration gig-worker rule could impact California
• New laws for renters, landlords: One-month security deposits only, limited credit checks and more
• Capital Record: NIMBYs and Big Brother (David Bahnsen with Steven Dubb)
• California has real problems. Why is Sen. Josh Newman meddling with the OC Board of Education?
• Exclusive: San Francisco school district directs teachers to resources that condemn ‘Israeli terrorism’ as worse than Hamas
• Supreme Court to rule on clearing homeless encampments in California and the West

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Show Notes:

• Gov. Leland Stanford’s inaugural address, January 10, 1862 
• ‘Veep-for-Palestine’ Kamala Harris is undermining Biden's presidency
• California’s fast-food casualties
• World's first AI-powered restaurant soon opening doors in Pasadena
• California retailers are now required to have gender-neutral toy aisles
• Another California gift to Texas
• Response continues to Lithium-ion battery fire on cargo ship off Alaska
• Bill could ban youth football in California if approved
• Ruben’s Bakery survived pandemic and riot only to be ransacked during a street takeover
• Residents protest Irvine Company plan to build 1,180 houses in wildlife corridor
• California Democrat pushes wealth tax as $68 billion deficit looms. Why it’s getting attention
• California is broke. We cannot afford universal healthcare for illegal immigrants.
• Devin Mathis blog: #Noob legislators using Medi-Cal expansion to fearmonger
• Carl Demaio’s Reform California

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Show Notes:

• Rick Reiff’s website
• 538: Biden polling is under 40%
• Red state Democrats have some advice for Gavin Newsom
• Gavin goes global: Newsom takes a risk on China
• Will Gavin Newsom wind up as one of California’s unpopular ex-governors?
• Mathews: Come home, Kamala Harris, and run for governor
• California loses population for an unprecedented third year. It could cost state real clout
• Newsom's administration orders state spending freeze as it braces for big budget problem
• What’s behind California’s skyrocketing spending and $68 billion deficit?
• California cops and firefighters are taking their pensions to Idaho’s ‘Little Orange County’ 
• The California Reparations Commission Fails State History
• Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer: Statement on the Assembly Public Safety Committee's decision to move SB 14 to reconsideration status
• California has spent billions to fight homelessness. The problem has gotten worse
• Mayor Karen Bass's $67 Million Homeless Program Has Only Housed 255 So Far
• Newsom responded quickly, and very publicly, to L.A. freeway fire but still faces scrutiny
• School district can’t punish teachers who refuse to lie to parents about their children, court rules
• Will Swaim: A very California coup
• Do you want fries with that shakedown
• Pizza Hut to lay off 1200 delivery drivers
• The legal war against Activision Blizzard shows that in California the process is the punishment
• Maps show California’s remarkable drought recovery. Here’s what comes next
• Newsom accelerates plans for California’s largest reservoir in nearly 50 years