A federal judge blocked a California law that allowed the state to punish doctors who shared alleged &#8220;misinformation&#8221; about COVID.
U.S. District Judge William Shubb ruled Wednesday that Assembly <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2098" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill 2098</a>, signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, was unconstitutional.
“Because the definition of misinformation ‘fails to provide a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice of what is prohibited, [and] is so standardless that it authorizes or encourages seriously discriminatory enforcement,’ the provision is unconstitutionally vague,” Shubb <a href="https://nclalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Hoeg-v.-Newsom-PI-Decision.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “Accordingly, the court concludes that plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their vagueness challenges.”
The five doctors in the lawsuit against the governor in Hoeg v. Newsom argued that the law was unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. A second related lawsuit, Hoang v. Bonta, alleged similar concerns.
The law went into effect on January 1.
It described COVID misinformation as “false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus.” Doctors were prohibited from providing “misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19, including false or misleading information regarding the nature and risks of the virus, its prevention and treatment; and the development, safety, and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.”
The court&#8217;s decision suspends the law while any legal appeal seeks to overturn the ruling.
The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group representing the five doctors in the case, issued a <a href="https://nclalegal.org/2023/01/california-judge-grants-injunction-to-ncla-clients-halts-implementation-of-law-censoring-doctors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> in celebration of the court ruling.
“NCLA is gratified Judge Shubb has recognized that AB 2098, which seeks to punish California doctors for giving patients information that departs from the so-called contemporary scientific consensus about Covid, creates an impossible standard for physicians to follow and would result in silencing physicians who disagree with state orthodoxy,&#8221; Jenin Younces, litigation counsel for NCLA, said.
&#8220;The speed with which he issued his decision no doubt reflects the significance of the constitutional problems the law presents, as well as the negative consequences it would have for doctor-patient relationships,&#8221; he added.
Greg Dolin, senior litigation counsel for NCLA, also called out the problems with the legislation.
“This Act is a blatant attempt to silence doctors whose views, though based on thorough scientific research, deviate from the government-approved ‘party line,’&#8221; Dolin stated. &#8220;At no point has the State of California been able to articulate the line between permissible and impermissible speech, further illustrating how problematic the statute is. NCLA is pleased the Court recognized all the problems with AB2098 and enjoined this unconstitutional law.”
Aaron Keriaty, one of the doctors in the lawsuit, also expressed his support of the decision.
&#8220;The ruling bodes well for our case: it indicates that our arguments that this law is unconstitutional have strong pre-trial facial plausibility,&#8221; he tweeted.
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2/ The ruling bodes well for our case: it indicates that our arguments that this law is unconstitutional have strong pre-trial facial plausibility. Not to get ahead of ourselves, of course, or try to predict the final outcome of the case, but this is a very positive development.
&mdash; Aaron Kheriaty, MD (@akheriaty) <a href="https://twitter.com/akheriaty/status/1618418626406780931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another plaintiff in the case, Dr. Tracy Hoeg, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-blocking-covid-misinformation-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in the lawsuit that she was &#8220;afraid of saying something to my patients that I know is consistent with the current scientific literature but may not yet be accepted by the California Medical Board.&#8221; Physicians must &#8220;feel free to speak truthfully with their patients if they wish to gain and maintain their trust,&#8221; she said.

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District Judge Blocks California’s COVID ‘Misinformation’ Law

District Judge Blocks California’s COVID 'Misinformation' Law 

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California Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> called the Second Amendment a &#8220;suicide pact&#8221; in the wake of two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mass-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mass shootings</a> in his state.
Speaking to CBS News&#8217; Norah O&#8217;Donnell on Monday, in the wake of the mass shooting in the city of Monterey Park, Newsom attacked the constitutionally-protected right to bear arms. He repeated claims that the U.S. is unique among the countries of the world because of mass shootings. He also took aim at high-capacity gun magazines and pushed for more restrictions on them.
&#8220;The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,&#8221; said Newsom. &#8220;And that&#8217;s the only question the community wants [answered]: how are you going to — what about our kids when they&#8217;re going to school? What more can we do? And you know, again, we look at that all the time. I mean, we did another half-dozen gun safety bills last year, we&#8217;ll continue to find whatever loopholes we can, we&#8217;ll continue to lead the national conversation on gun safety reform.&#8221;
&#8220;And the data bears out,&#8221; Newsom added. &#8220;It works. It saves lives. California [has a] 37% lower gun death rate than the rest of the nation. And yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a d***. I can&#8217;t get anything done in Congress.&#8221;
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&#8220;This Second Amendment&#8217;s becoming a suicide pact, it feels like,&#8221; Gov. Gavin Newsom tells <a href="https://twitter.com/NorahODonnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NorahODonnell</a> in Monterey Park. &#8220;California&#8217;s 37% lower than the death rate of the rest of the nation, and yet, with all that evidence, no one on the other side seems to give a damn.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/tSz7oawXtR">pic.twitter.com/tSz7oawXtR</a>
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1617705063295614978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
But Newsom seemed to backpedal on his remarks later in the interview, claiming that he respects lawful gun owners. &#8220;Yeah, I have great respect,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I have no ideological opposition with someone reasonably and responsibly owning firearms and getting background checks and being trained and making sure they&#8217;re locked so their kid doesn&#8217;t accidentally shoot themselves or a loved one. Absolutely not. Never suggested that. That&#8217;s what they immediately do. &#8216;He wants to take away your guns.&#8217; I just want to take away weapons of war that are illegal on the streets of California and should be illegal across the United States. I mean, literally, just use common sense.&#8221;
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Large capacity magazines do not belong on our streets. <a href="https://t.co/kvYXFQBOQs">pic.twitter.com/kvYXFQBOQs</a>
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Newsom went on, blasting the phenomenon of mass shootings as a uniquely American problem, and took aim at high-capacity magazines. &#8220;It&#8217;s always a weapon of mass destruction, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; Newsom quipped. &#8220;I mean, I get it. We can talk about the anomalous nature of this, and it certainly is. But what is also anomalous is the fact that there&#8217;s a pattern here in the United States of America, these mass shootings that don&#8217;t exist anywhere else in the world, at least the free world. And maybe that should be the fundamental focus: large-capacity clips. Just insane. There&#8217;s no justification. Period. Full stop. It&#8217;s just insane. These people are perpetuating lunacy and should be ashamed of themselves.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/10-dead-10-wounded-in-california-mass-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ten people were killed</a>, and another 10 were injured, in a mass shooting during a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park Saturday night. The shooting occurred in a dance studio in the predominately Asian community, located about 10 miles east of Los Angeles. The shooter was identified as a man of Asian descent between 30 and 50 years old; he was not named by local police and will not be named in accordance with Daily Wire policy against naming mass shooters. The man was reportedly also connected to a second incident in nearby Alhambra.
Around the time Newsom was filming his CBS interview on Monday, <a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/peninsula/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-motive-sought/3137737/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another mass shooting</a> took place in the city of Half Moon Bay, about 30 miles south of San Francisco. The alleged gunman opened fire at a mushroom farm where he worked, killing four people and injuring one more, then reportedly drove to a second location where he killed three more people. He was arrested in the parking lot of the San Mateo County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Monday afternoon.

California Gov. Newsom Announces New Water Supply Actions Due To Climate Change

CA Gov Gavin Newsom: ‘The Second Amendment Is Becoming A Suicide Pact’ Amid Two Mass Shootings In His State

Amid Two Mass Shootings In His State, CA Governor Gavin Newsom Says 'The Second Amendment Is Becoming A Suicide Pact'

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Public figures and members of the media have already speculated that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climate change</a> was to blame for recent severe weather across the state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> — but climate scientists are now saying that is not necessarily the case.
The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-01-19/california-storms-more-hype-than-climate-change" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that scientists told the outlet they have not seen proof of a direct relationship between the recent storms and a changing climate. The storms, rather, are similar to other mega weather events that have hit the state in the past since the 1800s. 
The uncertainty of what led to the weather events did not stop some, including Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, from <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/as-storms-batter-california-newsom-says-state-is-proof-that-the-climate-crisis-is-real-210347192.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">jumping</a> to conclusions that climate change was leading to the rain.
Last week, Newsom <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1612979223752486913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1612979223752486913%7Ctwgr%5E28f66043c9819407db905be04ed801f5cd95ca97%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https://news.yahoo.com/as-storms-batter-california-newsom-says-state-is-proof-that-the-climate-crisis-is-real-210347192.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, “Megadroughts. Wildfires. Historic floods and atmospheric rivers. This whiplash weather is not an anomaly. California is proof that the climate crisis is real and we have to take it seriously.”
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Megadroughts. Wildfires. Historic floods and atmospheric rivers.
This whiplash weather is not an anomaly.
California is proof that the climate crisis is real and we have to take it seriously. <a href="https://t.co/XWd35aWOOj">pic.twitter.com/XWd35aWOOj</a>
&mdash; Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1612979223752486913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Hot’s getting a lot hotter,&#8221; Newsom also <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/californias-newsom-blame-climate-change-seek-federal-assistance-storms-line-up-batter-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a news conference earlier in the week. &#8220;Dry’s getting a lot dryer. But the wet’s getting a lot wetter, as well.&#8221;
Scientists are now saying that these weather events are not entirely out of the ordinary.
“We know from climate models that global warming will boost California storms of the future, but we haven’t made that connection with the latest storm systems,” Alexander Gershunov, a research <a href="https://scripps.ucsd.edu/profiles/agershunov" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meteorologist</a> with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a UC San Diego <a href="https://scripps.ucsd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">department</a>, said.
“Assuming that these storms were driven by global warming would be like assuming an athlete who breaks a record was on steroids,&#8221; Gershunov noted.
“A group I call ‘mediaologists’ always hype the current situation to make it seem worse than the last one,” Gershunov said.
Michael Anderson, the state’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-anderson-a24a6310/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">climatologist</a> with the Department of Water Resources, reportedly implied that the atmospheric rivers show how harmful flooding can be in such a dry climate.
“Each of the recent atmospheric rivers were within the historical distribution of sizes of atmospheric rivers,” Anderson said, adding, “It will take further study to determine how warming temperatures influenced the sequence or the sudden transition from dry to wet and soon back to dry.”
Jayme Laber, senior hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, California, said the storms weren’t larger than what the state has experienced in the past.
“Overall, it was nothing as big as what we’ve gone through before,” Laber said. 
“Most recent storm systems don’t hold a candle to the kinds of extreme prolonged storms of the last century,” Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, told the outlet. “They do, however, point in the direction of the episodes of hydro-climate we can expect to see more of due to global warming.”
California has seen even more rain in the past, the outlet noted, such as in the season of 1956, when the state had gotten 85.3% of its average yearly precipitation by January 17. As of January 18 of this year, the state has around 70%, the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes reportedly noted.  
A. Park Williams, a <a href="https://www.aparkwilliams.com/people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hydroclimatologist</a> at UCLA, said his work “does not show a connection” between global warming and the California weather. 
&#8220;Global warming is real,” he said, “and because of it the heaviest storms around the world are getting heavier — except in California and the southwestern United States, where the weather typically swings from too dry to too wet.”
California has been hit with an onslaught of storms over the past few weeks, causing widespread harm across the state while replenishing land and reservoirs that have been in dire need of water after suffering from a drought. At least nineteen people have also tragically lost their lives as a result of the weather.
Reservoirs are being filled up in ways that will provide assistance to areas that have been suffering from drought for years. Shasta Lake, the state’s largest <a href="https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reservoir</a> was at 53% capacity as of January 18. A year ago, it was at 34% capacity, according to <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-reservoirs-rain-snow-folsom-shasta/42545225" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KCRA</a>.
The <a href="https://californiaglobe.com/articles/calfironia-snowpack-reaches-250-reservoirs-begin-to-fill-from-recent-storms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">snowpack</a> is also at <a href="https://www.adventure-journal.com/2023/01/californias-snowpack-has-reached-absurd-levels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">250</a>%, and if it remains at 100% by April, that will give residents of California sufficient water. Aquifers, which maintain <a href="https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/aquifers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">groundwater</a>, don&#8217;t improve as effortlessly, Williams told the Times.

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After Newsom, Others Tie California Weather To Climate Change, Experts Say Not So Fast

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California Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> announced Tuesday that he plans to reduce billions of dollars in investments initially slated for climate change programs and delay other funding for major programs amid a $22.5 billion state budget deficit.
Newsom unveiled the state’s $297 billion budget plan for the fiscal year 2023-24, in which the Democrat governor reportedly said he carefully preserved California’s reserves, cautioning against a nationwide recession.
“That makes us very mindful of the uncertainty of this next calendar year — and as a consequence of that — we’re not touching the reserves because we have a wait-and-see approach to this budget,” Newsom said, according to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/newsom-budget-deficit-california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Los Angeles Times</a>.
Budget cuts include about $6 billion pulled away from programs designed to boost zero-emission vehicles in low-income neighborhoods and replace greenhouse gas vehicles like delivery trucks, airplanes, rail lines, and others, KCRA <a href="https://www.kcra.com/article/california-governor-gavin-newsom-budget-january-10/42445270" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/newsom-spending-cuts-california-budget-deficit-00077227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> the governor has also proposed to delay spending billions of dollars on public universities, transit, behavioral health, building decarbonization, and watersheds.
The California Republican Party told KCRA that Newsom has failed to handle issues like homelessness and wildfires despite record spending.
“Now with a massive budget shortfall projected, it’s time for Gavin Newsom to finally get serious about smarter spending to resolve the many issues that are plaguing our state and driving long-time residents away,” party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson said in a statement.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Newsom and his administration blamed the drop in the state’s revenue on high inflation, an unpredictable stock market, and interest rate increases sparked by the Federal Reserve.
The governor said, however, that he felt confident California would be in a better place “than most other states to weather what’s to come, to weather a recession.”
California projected a deficit after holding onto a budget surplus for the past several years.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office published a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-faces-25-billion-deficit-after-years-of-surplus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> toward the end of last year emphasizing the projected $25 billion deficit, which they say is primarily due to “lower revenue estimates.”
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/california-facing-24b-budget-shortfall-economic-uncertainty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that analyst officials said the state faces the projected deficit mainly because tax revenues are about $41 billion lower than expected.
&#8220;Spurred by pandemic-related federal stimulus, the U.S. economy entered a period of rapid expansion in the summer of 2020 that extended through 2021,&#8221; the LAO wrote. &#8220;Over the last year, however, evidence has mounted that this rapid economic expansion was unsustainable.&#8221;
The state’s last budget was $308 billion with a $97 billion surplus; the year before that, the budget was $263 billion with a $76 billion surplus. The state currently has $35.6 billion in reserves.
Officials noted that if the state’s reserves aren’t enough to solve the deficit, the legislature will need to cut spending, boost revenues, and possibly move costs around, adding that the challenging economic environment is harming revenues.
The office noted that their revenue estimates “represent the weakest performance the state has experienced since the Great Recession.”
“It’s not insignificant, but it’s also manageable,” Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek said. “We don’t think of this as a budget crisis.”
Newsom’s administration reportedly said the deficit was “realistic and reasonable.”
Charlotte Pence Bond contributed to this report.

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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday that at least 12 people had died in the state following a massive onslaught of extensive rain and strong winds.
Newsom has declared a state of emergency as the National Weather Service warns, &#8220;The West Coast remains under the target of a relentless parade of cyclones that form and intensify over the Pacific Ocean,&#8221; bringing about what it described as &#8220;atmospheric rivers&#8221; hitting Northern California and the coastline,  <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-weather-bay-area-severe-storms-power-outages/">CBS News</a> reported.
&#8220;In the last 10 days, 12 people have lost their lives to these floods,&#8221; Newsom said. &#8220;These floods are deadly, and have now turned [out] to be more deadly than even the wildfires here in the state.&#8221;
On Monday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden had &#8220;declared that an emergency exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from successive and severe winter storms, flooding, and mudslides beginning on January 8, 2023, and continuing,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/09/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-california-emergency-declaration-2/">press release</a>.
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A new 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 is coming to California. The winter <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/storm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#storm</a> Monday-Tuesday will bring back strong winds, and extensive rainfall. Mudslides and flooding are likely. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CAwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#California</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Atmosphericriver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Atmosphericriver</a> ➡️<a href="https://t.co/Y4MEtvcBZv">https://t.co/Y4MEtvcBZv</a> <a href="https://t.co/4ke8NGUCft">pic.twitter.com/4ke8NGUCft</a>
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And officials warn the next storm is expected to hit the state Tuesday.
&#8220;The cumulative effect of successive heavy rainfall events will lead to additional instances of flooding,&#8221; the weather agency added. &#8220;This includes rapid water rises, mudslides, and the potential for major river flooding.&#8221;
&#8220;Susceptible terrain and areas near recent burn scars will be most at risk for debris flows and rapid runoff,&#8221; the agency continued.
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WATCH 🚨 Large waves, high tides wreak Havoc in Santa Cruz, California.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cawx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/winterstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#winterstorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bombcyclone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bombcyclone</a><a href="https://t.co/3Pg9EfJxBl">pic.twitter.com/3Pg9EfJxBl</a>
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Officials in Santa Cruz County also issued an evacuation warning for several areas from Sunday through Tuesday for flooding, with a Flash Flood warning issued by the <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612504234410508288?s=20&amp;t=92jZlGrDzdsuNYot3Bo8nw">NWS Bay Area</a> for Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and Scotts Valley, on Monday.
<a href="https://twitter.com/KTVU/status/1612507278472626176?s=20&amp;amp;t=r5dVt4Kd8tx7fKSAtm5uWA">KTVU</a> posted a video on Twitter on Monday showing an overhead view of the flooding in Santa Cruz County&#8217;s Felton Grove, reporting that &#8220;first responders were searching for residents to rescue using jet skis.&#8221;
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This is a look at the flooding from above in Santa Cruz County&#39;s Felton Grove.
First responders were searching for residents to rescue using jet skis on Monday morning. <a href="https://t.co/bpndHZeOzV">pic.twitter.com/bpndHZeOzV</a>
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Hundreds of thousands of electric customers also remained without power in the affected areas of the coastline on Monday, according to the tracking database <a href="https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california">PowerOutage.us.</a>
The storms are also expected to bring heavy snowfall to the Sierra Nevadas &#8220;exceeding 6 feet across the higher elevations before the snow tapers off Wednesday morning,&#8221; the NWS stated.
&#8220;For the higher terrain of the Sierra Nevada, extremely heavy snow and intense snowfall rates are anticipated to make travel very dangerous to impossible at times, including the potential for road closures,&#8221; the agency added, noting that the snow accumulation brings increased threats of avalanches.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/forecasters-warn-of-devastating-storm-to-hit-california">Forecasters Warn Of Devastating Storm To Hit California</a>

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‘Relentless Parade Of Cyclones’: At Least 12 Dead In CA As Winter Storm Continues To Pummel The State

At Least 12 Dead In CA As Winter Storm Continues To Pummel The State

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The U.S. Census Bureau <a href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/2022-population-estimates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> lost more residents than any other state this year, with over 300,000 people fleeing the state, marking the third consecutive year that California’s population declined.
California joined 17 other states this year that experienced a population decline, compared to 15 and D.C. in 2021. The bureau reported that California’s 39,029,342 population lost 343,230 residents primarily due to net domestic outmigration. However, the 0.3% population decrease did not match the 0.9% fall between 2020 and 2021.
According to the Bureau, the Population Estimates Program uses current data on births, deaths, and migration to calculate population change since the most recent decennial census date and produces a time series of estimates of population, demographic components of change, and housing units.
H.D. Palmer, deputy director of external affairs at the California Department of Finance, told <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article270354472.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Sacramento Bee</a> the state had seen a historical trend of net loss of residents to “domestic migration” for years.
“Some people — for reasons other than demographics and more politics — try to jump on some of the outmigration numbers,” Palmer said.
Residents across the state have been escaping Governor Gavin Newsom’s rule of California in droves, especially since 2020, when the Democratic leader and the primarily left-wing legislature shut down the state in response to COVID.
Amid high taxes already killing the middle-class, skyrocketing crime rates, rampant homelessness, and an unaffordable housing crisis, the one-party system on the West Coast essentially turned California into a feudal state, or as some conservative leaders called it, a socialist nightmare.
“If you talk to demographers, they’ll say that one of the factors is the cost of housing,” Palmer said. “And that’s continued to be a challenging issue for the state.”
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University published a <a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/california-business-exits-soared-2021-and-there-no-end-sight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> in October showing that California business headquarters left the state in 2021 “at twice their rate in both 2020 and 2019, and at three times their rate in 2018.”
&#8220;In the last three years, California lost eleven Fortune 1000 companies, whose exits negatively affect California’s economy today,&#8221; the report reads.
Such companies include aerospace, financial services, real estate, health care, and manufacturing businesses.
&#8220;Policies have driven business and housing costs so high that companies and people are leaving the state for more affordable, less regulated, and less taxed locations,&#8221; the report further noted. &#8220;This process will continue until the state’s political leaders make very different policy choices that create a different future for California—one that honors its remarkable past.&#8221;
Aside from the Golden State, the biggest population losses in the U.S. were in New York (-299,557) and Illinois (-141,656), according to the Bureau.
The Bureau also reported that Florida was the fastest-growing state in 2022, with an annual population increase of 1.9%, resulting in a total resident population of 22,244,823.
“While Florida has often been among the largest-gaining states,” Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Population Division at the Census Bureau, said in a <a href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/2022-population-estimates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a>, “this was the first time since 1957 that Florida has been the state with the largest percent increase in population.”
Trailing behind the Sunshine State, the second largest-gaining state was Texas, with 230,961 new residents, and in third was North Carolina, which took in a population increase of 99,796 people.
“All 50 states and the District of Columbia saw positive net international migration with California (125,715), Florida (125,629) and Texas (118,614) having the largest gains,” the Census reported.

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A black activist appearing before California’s first reparations task force meeting insisted that every black person in the state receive $350,000 and black-owned businesses should receive $250,000.
Max Fennell, the <a href="https://www.nathansports.com/blogs/posts/unstoppable-first-african-american-pro-triathlete-max-fennell-is-just-getting-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first black professional tri-athlete</a>, spoke in Oakland, the birthplace of the Black Panthers.
“It’s a debt that’s owed, we worked for free,” he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11540503/Activist-demands-600k-California-taxpayers-meeting-states-reparations-task-force.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> while speaking at Oakland&#8217;s city hall. “We’re not asking, we’re telling you.”
“The tangibles of what I’m asking for is $350,000 per black American in California that’s tangible, small business grant $250,000, and land 15-20 acres,” he added.
The task force is considering <a href="https://apnews.com/article/california-sacramento-oakland-8941e77405b87c91b9d235f42038380e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">five areas</a> in which it claims black Americans have been harmed: the government taking property, the supposed devaluation of businesses owned by blacks, alleged mass incarceration, health, and housing issues. Its recommendations to the California Legislature must be delivered by July 1.
“It is important to get this right because we are setting the precedent for other states and localities, and also for the federal government as well,” Kamilah V. Moore, the chair of the committee, said Wednesday.
In September 2020, California Democrat governor Gavin Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/09/30/governor-newsom-signs-landmark-legislation-to-advance-racial-justice-and-californias-fight-against-systemic-racism-bias-in-our-legal-system/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> a first-in-the-nation law to create a state-based task force to make recommendations on slavery reparations to the black community.
“As a nation, we can only truly thrive when every one of us has the opportunity to thrive,” Newsom stated. “Our painful history of slavery has evolved into structural racism and bias built into and permeating throughout our democratic and economic institutions.  &#8230; While there is still so much work to do to unravel this legacy, these pieces of legislation are important steps in the right direction to building a more inclusive and equitable future for all.”
Newsom signed two bills by Democrat Assemblymember Shirley Weber, who declared, “We have not come to terms with our state’s ugly past that allowed slaveholding within our borders and returned escaped slaves to their masters.”
On Wednesday in Massachusetts, the Boston City Council voted to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/politics-boston-slavery-government-and-6a5e36f746db813b2f42444e180be7b2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">create a task force</a> to examine the idea of reparations.
Last year, the Evanston City Council in Illinois <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/illinois-city-approves-first-government-reparations-program-in-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to give reparations to its black residents, allocating $400,000 to be paid out in homeownership and improvement grants up to $25,000. “The Local Reparations Restorative Housing Program &#8230; acknowledges the harm caused to Black/African-American Evanston residents due to discriminatory housing policies and practices and inaction on the part of the City,” a resolution from the council stated.

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‘We’re Not Asking, We’re Telling You’: Black Activist Demands $350,000 For Each Black CA Resident

Black Activist Demands $350,000 For Each Black CA Resident.

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A program that grants monthly payments to black “pregnant people” will soon expand across the state of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>.
The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/san-francisco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco</a> Department of Public Health partnered with Expecting Justice, a program from the University of California San Francisco, last summer to provide the “pregnant people” with $1,000 per month for one full year in the hopes of reducing purported racial health <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/systemic-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparities</a> stemming from childbirth. The program, which has aided as many as 150 residents of San Francisco, will expand next year to Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties, where recipients can expect monthly stipends between $600 and $1,000.
“The Abundant Birth Project has proven to be successful in San Francisco and brings an innovative, equitable approach to addressing disproportionate health impacts largely among Black families, which is why I committed to investing $1.5 million over the next two years to grow the program in our City and neighboring counties,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed remarked in a <a href="https://sf.gov/news/program-providing-basic-income-black-pregnant-women-expands-help-mothers-across-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “This guaranteed income program helps ease some of the financial burdens that all too often keep mothers from being able to prioritize their own health and ultimately impact the health of their babies and family.”
Expanding the program through a $5 million grant from the California Department of Social Services will enable benefits for 425 more “pregnant people,” a term favored by Expecting Justice Director Zea Malawa. “For so long, Black women have been excluded from the resources needed to have safe and healthy pregnancies,” the University of California San Francisco visiting professor remarked. “This funding will provide pregnant people with economic stability during this critical phase in their lives while allowing public health institutions to test a novel and promising public health intervention.”
The San Francisco Department of Public Health claimed that black women are twice as likely as white women to have a preterm birth and experience “the highest infant and maternal mortality rates among any population” partially because of wealth and income disparities. The city <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-launches-program-to-pay-trans-residents-1200-a-month-for-18-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> a similar initiative that will provide $1,200 monthly checks for 18 months to 55 transgender residents in an effort to fight “poverty our most impacted community members face.”
The maternal health program comes after judges <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-knew-its-racial-preferences-for-covid-relief-were-unconstitutional-went-ahead-anyway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixed</a> a Department of Agriculture policy last year that excluded white farmers from receiving debt relief. Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin ruled that the Biden officials’ decision to use “race-based criteria in the administration of the program violates their right to equal protection under the law.” A task force <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsoms-reparations-task-force-kicks-around-giving-223000-to-black-californians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is now weighing a program that would grant each black resident as much as $223,000 as reparations for the country’s “painful legacy of racial injustice.”
Beyond the initiative meant to improve maternal health outcomes, the University of California San Francisco hosts multiple programs meant to train future abortionists, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-uc-san-franciscos-massive-abortion-training-network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Daily Wire published last year. The school’s Fellowship in Family Planning, for instance, provides a two-year intensive complete with health insurance, loan repayment assistance, and a stipend so that participants can access “the opportunity to develop high-level research and clinical skills in contraception and abortion.” The program is offered at many of the nation’s most elite postsecondary institutions, including four of the eight Ivy League colleges.
The University of California San Francisco also made headlines last year after a pro-life group obtained <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uc-san-francisco-harvests-preborn-baby-genitalia-gonads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research logs</a> proving that researchers had harvested reproductive organs from preborn children for various experiments, according to Live Action.

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California Expands Program Giving Black ‘Pregnant People’ Up To $1,000 Per Month

San Francisco Program Giving $1,000 To Pregnant Black Women Will Expand Across California

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Democratic <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> Governor <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a> unveiled a “price gouging penalty” for <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">oil</a> companies this week as Golden State lawmakers assembled to deliberate <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/energy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">energy</a> policy.
The <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Price-Gouging-penalty-proposal-language.pdf?emrc=075304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a>, introduced by State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-CA), would compel oil companies to reduce their profits to avoid a civil penalty from the California Energy Commission. Neither a penalty size nor an official profitability threshold appears in the proposal, which would also expand the agency’s authority to obtain information regarding price policies.
“Big Oil has been lying and gouging Californians to line their own pockets long enough,” Newsom said in a <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/12/05/governor-newsom-unveils-price-gouging-penalty-on-big-oils-excessive-profits-to-protect-californians-from-being-ripped-off/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “I look forward to the work ahead with our partners in the Legislature to get this done.”
Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/30/governor-newsom-convenes-special-session-to-hold-oil-industry-accountable-for-price-gouging-keep-money-in-californians-pockets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convened</a> a special session of state lawmakers on Monday to consider the price gouging policy, which as many as 60% of Californians support, according to a recent <a href="https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/energy/new-poll-shows-more-60-californians-support-windfall-profits-cap-oil-refiners">poll</a> from Consumer Watchdog. Legislators only held the session for minutes before adopting rules and appointing new leadership, according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-california-legislature-sacramento-gavin-newsom-f67b8f4a8e0d7a978d4bf34ada1ea256" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Associated Press.
“Putting the Governor’s proposal in print allows the Legislature and the public to begin discussions on this important issue,” Skinner remarked in the press release. “No one can deny that California’s gas prices were outrageously high compared to other states. And those high prices hurt California consumers and businesses.”
Indeed, average gas prices in California are presently $4.66 per gallon, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from AAA, far surpassing national average gas prices at $3.36 per gallon. The press release nevertheless lauded Newsom for purportedly reducing prices at the pump from a high of $6.42 per gallon earlier this year. President Joe Biden has made similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-takes-victory-lap-as-gas-prices-inch-downward-still-nearly-twice-as-high-since-his-first-day" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> amid the nationwide decrease in gas prices, which are currently 41% higher than costs recorded on his first day in the White House.
The price gouging policy occurs after the California Air Resources Board <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-expected-to-ban-sale-of-new-gas-cars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued new rules</a> requiring 35% of new vehicles in the state to produce zero emissions by 2026, a standard that will rise to a 68% level by 2030 and a 100% level by 2035. Experts have warned that the state’s electric grid, which often makes national headlines for experiencing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-asks-residents-to-avoid-charging-electric-vehicles-due-to-blackout-risk-days-after-unveiling-new-gas-car-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">widespread blackouts</a>, will require upgrades to manage a rapid transition away from internal combustion vehicles.
Renewable energy sources such as biomass, solar, and wind were responsible for one-third of the state’s power generation as of two years ago, according to <a href="https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/california-electricity-data/2021-total-system-electric-generation/2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the California Energy Commission.
Congressional Democrats have also attributed rising energy costs to price gouging. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) expressed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-pushes-democratic-bill-that-would-give-biden-power-to-control-gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support</a> earlier this year for legislation that would permit the president to declare an “energy emergency,” granting him the ability to regulate prices by preventing fuel companies from selling their products at rates deemed to be “unconscionably excessive” and “exploiting” such an emergency.

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This article is a companion piece to today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Kirstie Alley, Dead, Age 71
Actress and mother Kirstie Alley passed away <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-actress-kirstie-alley-star-of-cheers-dead-at-71" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monday</a> at the age of 71. Alley reportedly died of recently-discovered colon cancer. Alley famously starred in the sitcom &#8220;Cheers,&#8221; and became an outspoken critic of cancel culture late in life.
Biden Says &#8220;More Important Things Going On&#8221; Than The Border
President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-important-things-going-on-biden-spits-in-the-face-of-every-american-with-latest-excuse-for-not-visiting-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> to Arizona on Tuesday to tout Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s announcement of a second manufacturing chip plant in the Grand Canyon State, bringing its total investment in the state to $40 billion.
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However, when asked whether or not he will visit the U.S. southern border amid the nation’s illegal immigration crisis, the president was dismissive.
&#8220;Why go to a border state and not visit the border?&#8221; Fox News&#8217; Peter Doocy asked.
“Because there are more important things going on,” Biden shot back. “They’re going to invest billions of dollars in a new enterprise.”
Georgia Runoff Day 
In an update to this morning’s podcast, voters in Georgia have found very short wait times while casting their ballots so far today. Georgia’s secretary of state says voters had a total wait time of less than three minutes throughout the morning. The run-off election between incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock and GOP challenger Herschel Walker is expected to be a close contest.
California Wants To Fine Oil Companies
The California legislature <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/30/governor-newsom-convenes-special-session-to-hold-oil-industry-accountable-for-price-gouging-keep-money-in-californians-pockets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convened</a> in a special session Monday during which Governor Gavin Newsom urged lawmakers to impose fines on oil companies’ profit. The California governor is accusing energy companies of price gouging, while industry representatives say market forces and government policies are to blame for high prices.
South Carolina Bans TikTok For State Workers
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-clear-and-present-danger-to-its-users-south-carolina-gov-bans-state-employees-from-using-tiktok-amid-national-security-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permanently prohibited</a> state workers’ devices from using the TikTok app. FBI Director Christopher Wray recently testified that the China-based social media platform could pose a national security threat.
Biden&#8217;s DOD Wants COVID Vaccine Mandate Kept In Place
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-dems-reportedly-will-buck-biden-join-gop-to-repeal-military-vaccine-mandate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sunday he wants to keep the military’s COVID vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops. This past week, more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying it has hurt the U.S. National Guard’s ability to recruit troops.
Police Officers Recieve Congressional Gold Medals For January 6
And, Congress awarded <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/capitol-police-gold-medal-ceremony-mccarthy-mcconnell-family-snubbed-185612016.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday</a> to law enforcement officers who were at the capitol during the January 6 riot. President Biden has also stated that at least one medal will reside in the Smithsonian museum so “all visitors can understand what happened that day.”
To listen to the audio version of this podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morning-wire/id1576594336" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.

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Tuesday Afternoon Update: Biden Won’t Visit Border, Cali Wants Oil Company Fines, Pentagon Still Wants COVID Vax

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On Monday, a group of restaurant owners and business organizations said they gathered enough signatures to pause a California wage law and put the measure on the ballot in two years. 
The <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a>, known as the FAST Recovery Act, was signed earlier this year by Democratic Governor Gavin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsom</a>. It creates a governmental Fast Food Council of ten people that would create rules for fast food workers, including how much they earn, as well as working conditions and hours. 
The group of restaurant professionals is called Save Local Restaurants, and said it had filed over 1 million petition signatures to halt the law and let voters in California decide if they want it to go into effect during the 2024 election, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/restaurant-groups-push-to-overturn-california-fast-food-wage-law-11670247131" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“The FAST Act would have an enormous impact on Californians, and clearly voters want a say in whether it should stand,” the Save Local Restaurants group <a href="https://fox40.com/news/california-connection/petition-to-stop-fast-food-labor-council-law-gathers-one-million-signatures-but-some-question-validity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “The measure would establish an unelected council to control labor policy in the counter-service restaurant industry, cause food prices to increase by as much as 20% during a period of decades-high inflation, and harm thousands of small family-, minority-, and women-owned businesses across the state.”
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The group needed to get around 623,000 valid signatures from voters by Monday, December 5, in order to get it on the 2024 ballot. Now, the California secretary of state has to look over the submissions to decide if enough valid signatures are included to get it onto the ballot.
The National Restaurant Association <a href="https://restaurant.org/NRA/media/Downloads/PDFs/advocacy/2022/California-Fast-Recovery-Act.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in September that since the measure became law, it “has major impacts on both franchisees and franchisors by giving an unelected body the ability to create regulations that are harmful to quick service operators around the state.”
It could make the minimum <a href="https://www.theregreview.org/2022/10/25/stephen-new-california-law-forces-fast-food-restaurants-to-think-fast/#:~:text=The%20FAST%20Recovery%20Act%20stipulates,high%20as%20$22%20per%20hour." target="_blank" rel="noopener">wage</a> for fast food workers as steep as $22 per hour in 2023. The law applies to chains that have more than 100 locations around the country. 
Those who are in favor of the measure argue that it’s vital for the economic advancement of workers who are employed at fast-food locations. 
“This landmark law protects and empowers over 500,000 fast-food workers and makes historic progress towards reducing racial and income inequality in California. Still, fast-food corporations refuse to respect the law and come to the table,” President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Mary Kay Henry <a href="https://fox40.com/news/california-connection/petition-to-stop-fast-food-labor-council-law-gathers-one-million-signatures-but-some-question-validity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>.
The SEIU filed a complaint last month via a law firm over the signatures’ validity, arguing with some videos, that petitioners were not truthful with people in order to persuade them to sign the petition.

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Restaurant Groups Say They Have Filed Over 1 Million Signatures To Pause California Fast Food Worker Law, Put On 2024 Ballot

Restaurant Groups File 1 Million Signatures To Pause California Fast Food Worker Law, FAST Recovery Act, Put On 2024 Ballot

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A reparations task force created by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is kicking around some large sums, up to $223,000, to give to each qualifying black American residing in California.
Newsom created the nine-person <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-task-force-begins-meetings-to-discuss-slavery-reparations">task force</a> in 2020 as a social justice measure to promote &#8220;equity.&#8221;
“As our country reckons with our painful legacy of racial injustice, California again is poised to lead the way towards a more equitable and inclusive future for all,” the governor said at the time.
The task force maintains that a legacy of housing discrimination should qualify some black Americans in the state to a total compensation of $569 billion, or about $223,200 per person. Housing discrimination was just one of the areas the group is looking into, though, meaning those totals could increase. The effects of &#8220;mass incarceration,&#8221; &#8220;unjust property seizures,&#8221; &#8220;devaluation of black businesses,&#8221; and health care are the other four areas being examined, according to The New York Times.
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The task force has broadened eligibility to any descendant of an enslaved African American or a “free black person living in the United States prior to the end of the 19th century,&#8221; the report noted. There are currently about 2.5 million black Americans living in the Golden State.
Notably, the Biden administration has supported the examination of reparations for black Americans.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said last year that President Joe Biden &#8220;supports a study, as we’ve said before, into reparations.&#8221;
Jean-Pierre&#8217;s comments came as she fielded questions about whether the administration would provide reparations to families of the victims of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre.
&#8220;[Biden] believes that, first and foremost, the task in front of us is not to root out — is to root out systemic racism where it exists right now,&#8221; the then-deputy press secretary said. &#8220;And that’s why it’s … central to all of his agenda.”
&#8220;The President believes that what these survivors have endured is tragic and devastating,&#8221; Jean-Pierre added. &#8220;First and foremost, he is honored to have the opportunity to listen to them and learn from their experiences. He also plans to convey his heartfelt gratitude for their bravery in sharing the stories of the trauma and violence that was wrought on them and their families. And that is — that is going to be his focus today, and that’s what he wants to do.” 
Final figures from Newsom&#8217;s task force will be released next year, and the state Legislature will evaluate those recommendations.

Newsom’s Reparations Task Force Kicks Around Giving $223,000 To Black Californians

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