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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an array of gun control bills into law this month, strengthening rules on carrying a concealed weapon and additional taxation of ammunition and firearms. The federal government already has a tax on the sale of guns and ammunition, estimated to be 10% to 11%, depending on the weapon. With the AB 28 bill, California’s tax will increase by 11%. According to Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, the tax money will aid in preventing gun violence and cost reductions related to the health and criminal justice system, mainly concentrating on treating patients with gun w...
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A teacher at Turning Point Christian School in Norco, California, has come under fire for sharing a video last month leading her class of preschoolers in an anti-President Joe Biden chant. “Who’s our president?” the teacher asked the class as part of a President’s Day lesson. “Biden,” they answer. The teacher then asks, “What do we want to do with him?” The class shouts back in unison, “We want him out!” After outraged parents complained, the school issued an apology. “Earlier today, a video was posted that has since been deleted as it did not share our school and church philosophy of honoring...
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California recall candidate Larry Elder (R) believes the ideal minimum wage is $0. “For somebody who’s never run a business to tell businesspeople I’m going to jack up your price of labor, and you’re going to deal with it,’ to me, it’s offensive,” he said. “The ideal minimum wage is $0.00.” The current minimum wage for workers in California is $13 or $14 an hour. “Why two people who are adults can’t determine what the price of labor ought to be, is beyond me, and why a third party feels it is his or her business to interfere with that is also beyond me,” Elder said. Elder, a conservative radio...
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently signed an anti-camping law, which prohibits people from living on the street in some public areas, sparking activists to camp outside the mayor’s mansion on Thursday evening. Though nearly all of the 15 City Council members voted in favor of the new legislation, protestors still remain hopeful, calling on Garcetti to rescind the law. Many view the new anti-camping ordinance as another means to clear homeless encampments, such as those in Echo Park Lake, Venice and the San Fernando Valley. Protestors placed signs outside of Garcetti’s mansion in an attem...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) tapped Alex Padilla, his Secretary of State, to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris‘ (D) Senate seat. Padilla will be the first Latino senator from California. “There is a lot of work to get to, of course, but I couldn’t help but think of my parents, who came here from Mexico in pursuit of the American dream,” he said of being offered the role on Monday. “All I ever heard as a child was work hard, study hard, and all I ever wanted to do was honor their sacrifices.” He continued in a statement: “I am honored and humbled by the trust placed in me by Governor ...
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President Donald Trump has blamed the raging wildfires on the West coast on the states, even going as far as suggesting they rake forests to prevent fire.“I see again the forest fires are starting,” Trump said at a rally in late August, echoing his comments from 2018 during a prior round of blazes. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”He added, “Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it beca...
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President Donald Trump visited California on Monday, to address the issues over wildfires that have swept across the state, killing at least 33.He gave remarks after landing outside of Sacramento at McClellan Park, a former U.S. Air Force Base.“I got a call from the governor immediately and I called him immediately,” Trump said after being asked about his slow response to the natural disaster. “On that call I declared an emergency. I gave an emergency declaration so don’t tell me about not doing it. That included FEMA coming here immediately…That’s a nasty question.”Trump signed an emergency d...
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Former Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer underscored the importance of having a “health-first” path to schools reopening and economic recovery, saying “we can’t have a robust economic recovery unless we get the health issue right.”Steyer, who has since joined forces with California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), is the co-chair of a California task force on economic and jobs recovery.“His goal from the beginning is to put health first,” Steyer said of Newsom. “We can’t have a robust economic recovery unless we get the health issue right. That’s got to be dealt with upfront so that we can ha...
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