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Whistle-blowing Scientist Sues UCLA for His Job

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Posted by    Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 5:00pm

UCLA’s Dr. James Enstrom is one of my personal heroes of the “Tea Party” movement.

The importance of his work on behalf of Californians cannot be understated.

The Environmental Health Sciences professor has been fighting the false science behind some of our state’s most onerous regulations for years.  The rebel professor is also...

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California busted through spending limits to feed the unions

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Posted by    Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 8:30am

Truly, California is a very special state!

Today, I want to explain why.

Washington Examiner’s Senior Editorial Writer Conn Carroll offered an outstanding 5-part analysis recently: California in Crisis.

The first article in that series asked the following question: What happened to the Golden State?

What happened?

To make a long story short, the same political...

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Losing CA high-speed rail bidders get $2 million payout from state

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 5:13pm

I recently covered an example of what passes as sensible budgeting in California: The High Speed Rail system.

You would be hard pressed to find a more epic example of a hideous blend...

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California Court: Prop 30 tax increase illegally put at top of ballot, but too late to do anything about it

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Posted by    Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 6:23pm

I wanted to share with Legal Insurrection readers an example of ballot measure manipulation that was partly responsible for the November approval of one of the biggest take hikes approved by California in years.

Cal Watchdog writer Katy Grimes has this report about a recent court ruling that declared...

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Unions Attempt to Undermine San Diego’s Pension Reform Measure

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Posted by    Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 2:58pm

I recently described how San Diego citizen activists helped pass public employee pension reform in San Diego, when we approved Proposition B in June of last year by an overwhelming majority.

Of course, no conservative victory can go unchallenged. And, when conservatives win clearly, opponents head to...

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California targeted for enhanced gun control activism

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Posted by    Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 6:21pm

California’s conservative activists are preparing to battle back Sacramento legislators, who are using the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy and their new super-majority to impose further restrictions on gun ownership.

A Fox News report describes some of the proposed measures:

Political analysts say the political landscape puts California in the pole position to...

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Giving CARB credit for California’s death spiral

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Posted by    Monday, December 24, 2012 at 11:15am

California is truly #1…when it comes to being the worst run state in the country.

In part, this stellar achievement has been the end result the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations. This agency’s tactics portend the approach the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is apt to take under the Obama administration....

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California pitching Hollywood for sitcoms, reality shows to sell Obamacare

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Posted by    Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 10:32am

There are times it seems overwhelming how corrupted various aspects of society have become in the effort to impose Obamacare on the country.

Hollywood is being pitched by the ad agency hired by California to promote its Obamacare health exchanges to promote Obamacare through sitcoms, reality shows and the equivalent...

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California: Once Golden, Now Just Toast

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Posted by    Friday, September 14, 2012 at 10:15am

California, you may have heard, is broke.  Really broke.  So broke that yesterday the Regents of the University of California began brainstorming what to do should additional revenues fail to materialize in the event Governor Jerry Brown’s pet initiative to raise taxes fails at the ballot box this fall.

Given how much...

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Dems cheat to lock up northern California redistricting map

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Posted by    Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 9:00am

Well here’s another depressing redistricting story, to add to the Colorado and Illinois depressing stories.

While Democrats were expected to pick up one or two seats in California due to restricting, it looks like they will pick up 6-7 because they mounted an under the radar campaign to lock up northern California...

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California Redistricting

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Posted by    Friday, July 29, 2011 at 5:03pm

I’ve posted before about nationwide redistricting gains by Republicans including in North Carolina.

When you hear Democrats gripe how unfair this is, keep in mind California, where Democrats are likely to gain seats:

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission approved new district lines Friday, setting off what is expected to be more competitive Congressional...

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