Category: This Weeks News
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4 Cities Sue Over Senate Bill 9
Submitted By Randal South – April 12, 2022 Four California cities, (Redondo Beach, Carson City, Torrance and Whittier) have filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of Senate Bill 9. SB9, which took effect Jan. 1, 2022, makes it easier for property owners to split lots, convert homes to duplexes or build second units on their…
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For Local Government It’s All About The Money
Opinion by Samuel Strait – April 12, 2022 One would think that local government was on its last financial legs tohear Operations Lieutenant Daniel Schneck outline the “issues” that areplaguing the local Sheriff’s Department. This is a department thatcan’t seem to replace staff that has been allocated to them and budgetedfor them. When you stop…
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A Most Undeserved Break
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley 0 April 11, 2022 Gavin Newsom has to be close to a record for the number of bills and orders he’s signed that have been ruled unconstitutional. A court just rebuked him again, overturning a law imposing quotas on businesses. Of course, Newsom had to read about the decision from the undisclosed tropical…
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UPDATE ON NEW DISTRICT 5 SUPERVISOR; SUSAN MASTEN
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – April 11, 2022 In an effort to be as accurate as possible, I erred when I reported on candidate Masten FB interview with regard to now-Supervisor Masten’s position on two items: * Masten supported and voted YES on County Measure R, the increase in the General…
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Climate Change Verses Reality
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 11, 2022 Looks as though the adore has worn off of “climate change” recently, aseven Governor “Hair Gel” Newsom has not mentioned it as one of hisautomatic responses to every problem he encounters that can remotely beassociated with weather or anything else for that matter. Strange,…
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Covid, Covid, Everywhere
By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – April 9, 2022 From all the media hype and public official hysteria one has to thinkthat a Covid infection would have visited each and everyone of us sometime ago. Yet clearly it hasn’t. High profile government officials whoseem to bathe in the reflected glory of public attention…
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Lemus Gets The Harbor To Bite, Now He Just Has To Reel Them In
Commentary and Opinion by Samuel Strait The recent Harbor Commission Special Meeting was pretty much theexpected 5-0 vote to approve both leases to Alex Lemus and RenewableEnergy for the harbor’s two RV parks. The future ensuing train wreckwill no doubt be painful, but it could not happen to a more useful collection of supercilious idiots who…
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Harbor Back In The News For A Change
By Roger Gitlin – EYE ON DEL NORTE – April 8, 2022 The Crescent City Harbor District voted to approve two ground leases allowing Renewable Energy Capital to develop Bayside RV Park and Redwood Harbor Village, respectively. Both votes were 5-0. These two projects are not just about the 90 tenants who may face eviction…
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Humiliation and Defeat
By Assemblyman Kevin Kiley – April 7, 2022 The Supermajority’s scheme to turn my gas tax bill into a tax increase was such a debacle they’re destroying the evidence it ever happened. Today the Assembly did something no one had ever seen, passing a motion to “strike” the bill out of existence. It was an…
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Will Voter ID Cards Ever Become Law In The USA?
By Donna Westfall – April 7, 2022 To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram. Who are eligible Mexican citizens? The 34th article of the Mexican constitution establishes that Mexican citizens are those Mexican [nationals] who are 18 years of age or…