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California’s CalPERS scandal is a $3 billion betrayal of public trust

California taxpayers and retirees deserve honesty, competence, and transparency from the state’s pension system. Instead, they have been handed over one of the largest financial scandals in CalPERS history — more than $3 billion in losses tied to politically motivated “Green New Deal” investment schemes that were doomed from the…

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Newsom’s Dishonest Redistricting Scheme is a Threat to Fair Elections

If you think California elections are already unfair, brace yourself. Governor Gavin Newsom and other state politicians are now plotting a blatant and illegal scheme to overturn a widely popular citizens’ initiative and seize back control from the people the process we use to draw California’s election maps. For decades,…

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Stop These Dangerous Battery Storage Sites Before it’s Too Late

A dangerous threat is spreading across California neighborhoods and many residents don’t even know it. Massive lithium-ion battery storage facilities are being fast-tracked into residential communities, often just feet away from homes, schools, and parks, with virtually no safety regulations in place. These facilities have already proven to be ticking…

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