Tag: California Gov. Gavin Newsom

California to Allocate $30 Million Toward Combating Hate Crimes

California will give $30.3 million to 12 organizations to “aggressively address hate crimes” by giving mental health services to victims and facilitating “anti-hate crime measures,” Gov. Gavin Newsom announced July 7. This comes following a report, released by California Attorney Gen. Rob Bonta on June 28, showing hate crimes have increased by 89 percent over the last…


OC Board of Education Renews Lawsuit to End Newsom’s COVID Emergency Powers

COSTA MESA, Calif.—The Orange County Board of Education filed a new legal action July 6 in renewed efforts to end Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 state of emergency, which were enacted more than two years ago in March 2020. The board, along with child health advocacy group Children’s Health Defense, filed an amended motion to its…


New Laws Make California Even More Progressive

In recent weeks California polished its reputation as a progressive state. It passed strict new gun and environmental laws. And it failed to pass a repeal of its 3-cent gas-tax increase. Assembly Bill 1621 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Los Angeles) was signed into law June 30 by Gov. Gavin Newsom. This is the “ghost guns”…


Newsom Pardons San Diego County Man, Commutes Sentence of Another

SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom has pardoned a man convicted of attempted murder in San Diego County, while also granting a commuted sentence for another man serving a 140-year-to-life prison term for armed robberies in the county. The Friday announcements were among 17 pardons, 15 commutations, and a medical reprieve issued by the governor’s office. Regarding…


California Gives Free Healthcare to Illegal Immigrants

SACRAMENTO—California is now the only state in the U.S. to offer free healthcare to all low-income illegal immigrants after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion budget June 30. The allocation will give an estimated 764,000 people free healthcare coverage for $2.7 billion annually beginning 2024 under the budget provision’s expanding of the state’s Medi-Cal…


California Approves Amendment to Codify Abortion for November Ballot

SACRAMENTO—California Assemblymembers voted to bring forth an amendment to codify abortion in its Constitution yesterday afternoon in a 58 to 16 vote. Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 (SCA 10), authored by Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), will go before voters in the General Election in November. SCA 10 will expand the state’s current…


Californians to Receive $1,050 in Inflation Relief

About 23 million Californians will be eligible to receive $1,050 checks under a new inflation relief package, the governor announced June 26. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) agreed to allocate $17 billion from the state’s budget toward inflation relief. Part of that fund,…


Newsom Joins Oregon, Washington in Pact to Ensure Abortion Access

Gov. Gavin Newsom joined his counterparts from Oregon and Washington Friday to proclaim the states as safe havens for women seeking abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade—the landmark 1973 precedent which largely legalized the procedure nationwide. As a result of the Supreme Court ruling, each state now has the option…


Newsom Orders 400,000 COVID Vaccines, Encourages Them for Young Children

Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom pre-ordered June 19 nearly 400,000 doses of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at 8,500 vaccine sites in the state. This comes on the same day a group of scientists submitted a review to Newsom and unanimously concluded that vaccines are “safe and effective” for children as…


Newsom Orders 400,000 COVID Vaccines, Encourages Them for Children

Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom pre-ordered June 19 nearly 400,000 doses of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to be administered at 8,500 vaccine sites in the state. This comes on the same day a group of scientists submitted a review to Newsom and unanimously concluded that vaccines are “safe and effective” for children as…