McDonald’s, Chipotle to raise menu prices in California next year as fast-food wages rise to $20

  Fast-food workers in California will start making at least $20 an hour in April due to a compromise between the restaurant industry and labor groups. Both McDonald’s and Chipotle Mexican Grill said customers in California will pay more to offset the rise in labor costs as a result. McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said the …

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California lost 817K residents in 2022, many fled to Texas, Florida

They’re California dreamin’ — of somewhere else to live. The nation’s exemplar of liberal governance continued to shed residents at a dizzying pace in 2022, with 817,000 Golden Staters moving to other states — including 150,000 to red regions like Texas and Florida, according to Census figures released last week. With 475,000 people moving in, …

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Kevin Kile: Water policy in California is as backwards as it gets.

Newsom has signed a law to "permanently ban" watering grass at California businesses. Earlier this year, 20,000 cubic feet of water was released into the ocean per second because there's no place to store it. Water policy in California is as backwards as it gets. pic.twitter.com/mafMkwxUlI — Kevin Kiley (@KevinKileyCA) October 14, 2023

Parts of California are basically a 3rd world country…

7-Eleven damaged and looted during Sideshow takeover in Sacramento County last night. Parts of California are basically a 3rd world country🔊 … 🚨🚨🚨 Source: PPV-Tahoe IG pic.twitter.com/JTb6L2oVDA — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 10, 2023 Chicago locals shame city into canceling plans to turn Amundsen Park’s football pitch fieldhouse into migrant shelter and say the …

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Just Signed A Bill LIMITING Hand-Counting Ballots In Most Elections

🚨 #BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has just signed a bill BANNING hand-counting ballots in most elections WHY? pic.twitter.com/LfX6dImhPV — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 4, 2023   California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation into law on Wednesday that will limit the ability of local governments to manually count ballots less than a year after one …

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California: Female Teacher Arrested for Teaching While Drunk

by Chris Black If I was ever at a job interview and the interviewer was like “and this is a job where you are not allowed to be drunk while working,” I’d be like “let me stop you right there – I’m out.” New York Post: A second-grade teacher in California was arrested for allegedly …

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To fulfill his self-imposed diversity quota, Gov Newsom selects a Maryland resident to serve as California Senator.

by EuphoricTrilby He’s running for president and following the Biden model: Make a bunch of “historic first” appointments to make up for your glaring lack of accomplishments. https://apnews.com/article/senate-feinstein-newsom-california-laphonza-butler-57823d2ff39f2a007640dce8e70045a8 And to add, Butler just scrubbed her Maryland location from Twitter yesterday… 😂😂😂 what a fraud. https://t.co/Jnkm53RRzh — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) October 2, 2023

California enacts first gun and ammunition tax in the country

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed several firearms and ammunition-related bills into law on Tuesday, including one to tax guns and ammunition and another that places more rules on people seeking a concealed carry weapons permit. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at either 10% or 11%, depending on the type …

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Irony of the Day: California Regulations Boost Diesel Truck Orders

via Mike Shedlock: New restrictions on diesel trucks starts January 1. The rush to buy new diesel trucks is underway. California’s Zero-Emissions Rule Triggers a Run on Diesel Rigs The Wall Street Journal reports California’s Zero-Emissions Rule Triggers a Run on Diesel Rigs The California rule will phase out the use of diesel trucks until the …

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California Looking To Restrict Travel For Classic Cars

via YAHOO: The state of California is looking seriously at instituting or allowing local governments to institute zero-emission zones in the near future. In preparation for such a move, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) reportedly is gathering information about classic cars and how their owners use them. We knew something like this was coming …

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California OK’s Plan to Allow Insurance Companies to Use “Climate Crisis” to Inflate Rates

To stop more insurance companies from ditching California, the state’s insurance commissioner has approved plans for firms to use “climate change” as an excuse to gin up rates. California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state’s chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state …

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California Plans to Outlaw Grass – No Lawns for You, Peasants

Neo-Democrats in the California legislature passed a law that awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, and he will undoubtedly sign it. They’re banning nonfunctional grass! They think it’s a waste of water to have decorative lawns. What happens to all the carbon dioxide grass devours? The authoritarians will allow turf in sports fields, parks, cemeteries, outdoor areas, and …

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Gas hit $5 in California!

Southern California gas prices right now pic.twitter.com/lRVdvsjnDQ — Torrey (@mystorrey) September 15, 2023 Since the beginning of the year the average price of a gallon of gas has been climbing steadily, now standing at $5.658 a gallon, increasing from $5.578 yesterday, according to the AAA. This is nearly $2 higher than the national average of …

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California Passes Four Controversial Bills Allowing Private Conversations with Children, Bypassing Parental Notification

This Is HORRIFYING CALIFORNIA “In the last 24 hours, the California legislature has passed not one, not two, but four bills that are designed to remove children from their homes and into government systems where adults can have private conversations with them. And everyone, and I mean everyone from the school bus driver to the …

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California is suing Big Oil for lying about climate change – Junk science is their delusion

Think $5/gal gas is expensive? Climate-tard Democrats want you to pay even more to fund their climate change delusion based on Algore junk science fueled by their schizophrenia. California is suing Big Oil for lying about climate change. We're taking five major oil companies to court for wreaking havoc on our planet and lying to …

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“The rule of law continues to decline all across California. Today’s case in point: Oakland Bay, where actual pirates are stealing and plundering ships.”

Newest Sign of California’s Decline: Pirates The rule of law continues to decline all across California. Today’s case in point: Oakland Bay estuary, where actual pirates are stealing and plundering ships: In Oakland estuary, “the threats of pirates have risen to a new level.” A few weeks ago, they were coming in off the water to steal …

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Just when you thought you were done with “pride month” California steps in and says, not so fast!

How many days, weeks, and months does the LGBTQIA community need? pic.twitter.com/SsUNHqf4Ul — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 8, 2023 Sacramento – Today the California State Assembly voted to declare every August moving forward, Transgender History Month. The move comes as over 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in State Legislatures across the country with …

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Senate bill 227: California Approves $300 per week unemployment for Illegal Aliens

The California Senate on Tuesday voted to pay $300 weekly checks to unemployed illegal immigrants even as the state faces a roughly $31.5 billion deficit and mass illegal immigration.   Democratic state senators passed Senate Bill 227 by Sen. María Elena Durazo (D.) with a 30-7 vote, sending the measure to the Assembly for approval. The legislation would offer undocumented …

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California quietly disavows medical misinformation law before courts can strike it down.

via justthenews: California’s COVID-19 medical misinformation law, which threatens the licenses of doctors who deviate from a fluctuating “scientific consensus” in conversations with patients, got a frosty reception in front of trial and appeals courts this year. Signed into law by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom nearly a year ago, AB 2098 may not exist by …

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Germany is the new California of Europe.

by Chris Black One trillion euros is a lot of money, but there’s never too big of a cost to save democracy or whatever. Germany has become the European California. Germany Passes Controversial 'Green' Heating Law Estimated To Cost Economy €1 Trillion https://t.co/lZchbIyMLL — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 12, 2023 All by design. The EU released …

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California Democrats pass state tax on guns and ammunition after nearly a decade of attempts

California lawmakers will send a state excise tax on guns and ammunition to Gov. Gavin Newsom after years of failed attempts by Democratic legislators. The Senate voted 27-9 on Thursday to approve Assembly Bill 28, which would require manufacturers, vendors and dealers to pay an 11% tax on guns and ammunition to fund violence prevention …

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