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The podcast bringing you the most important stories out of California from TheCenterSquare.com. Join us as we dive into the top headlines and provide insightful commentary and analysis.
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(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state employees to return to the office four days a week by July 1, 2025, noting that state offices’ custodial, janitorial, and maintenance staff — and much of the public — are already working in person every day. The governor also ordered the state’s human resources department to make it easier for the state to hire former federal employees who may have been impacted by recent federal cuts. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_b1d44e98-f88a-11ef-9a76-6b4a3bd6a05f.html
(The Center Square) - California lawmakers have proposed a bill restricting self-defense, mandating “retreat,” ending crime-stopping protections and limiting force to what’s “reasonably necessary.” Bystanders intervening to protect others or stop crimes could face higher legal risks. Someone like New York’s Daniel Penny, for instance, might face conviction for holding down a dangerous individual. A Manhattan jury in December found Penny, whose attorneys said was acting in self-defense, not guilty of criminally negligent homicide.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_065466fc-f394-11ef-af7a-b7b9a2802a7a.html
(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $40 billion fire aid request to Congress masks pre-fire budget woes and primes billions for nongovernmental organizations — largely government-funded groups providing government-type services. Going into the new year, California’s largest cities, including Los Angeles, were already in weak fiscal shape. Los Angeles City Controller Kevin Mejia said the city is “broke” and may soon be required to declare a fiscal emergency to make withdrawals from protected reserves after spending half of its reserves in the past year.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxLearn more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_2df0f36c-f3ce-11ef-ae41-1b705b94cb12.html
(The Center Square) – With a Congressional review of California car and truck standard waivers approved by the Biden administration, Congress appears set to effectively quash three rules, including the 2035 gas car ban. The Environmental Protection Agency, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin, said it is following the law in sending the waivers. Twelve states and the District of Columbia would be subsequently impacted.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_5b3678d0-ed5a-11ef-befb-5b78f7436594.html
(The Center Square) - A California think tank is suing the state over a law that bans employer-mandated meetings that share the employer’s opinion on religious or political matters, saying the rule violates the First Amendment. The law’s proponents cited a Pittsburgh company that told its workers to clock in to work the day of a 2019 visit by President Donald Trump or lose pay — attendance at the event itself was “not mandatory” — as the rationale for its law.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_fefb6b28-ea4f-11ef-bf85-23fe78e7bd58.html
(The Center Square) - Border Czar Tom Homan says information indicates the FBI may have leaked details of an immigration enforcement operation to the media, thereby “putting officers at risk.” He says the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the matter and may criminally prosecute the responsible individuals. “[The Attorney General’s office] has promised not only will this person lose their job and pension, but they will go to jail,” said Homan in a televised interview Monday on Fox, where he also noted the possibility of an “ambush” due to the leaking of operational details.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_aab67faa-e8e0-11ef-883e-1f3dacacbc9f.html
(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills authorizing $50 million in legal funding for lawsuits against the Trump administration and deportation defense of illegal immigrants. Newsom signed the bills after returning from Washington, D.C., to seek relief funding from Congress and the White House, puzzling Congressional Republicans who would have to vote to pass a federal aid package.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxRead More: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_30924254-e7eb-11ef-9c03-933ec69843cd.html
(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom is visiting President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. to seek wildfire relief funding just after the state legislature passed bills to fund lawsuits against the Trump administration and deportation defense of illegal immigrants in a Newsom-called “Trump-proofing” special session. Trump has said he supports placing conditions on California wildfire aid, including the adoption of voter identification laws and better water management, and announced that he is seeking a federal investigation into the state’s high speed rail program. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxx Read more: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_0db495d0-e411-11ef-833d-af93bbdb59fd.html
(The Center Square) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday signed a new wildfire relief executive order ending an anti-price gouging provision that limited the supply rentals in higher-end Los Angeles neighborhoods that fire-displaced families are searching for homes. His order also closed a loophole that did not apply the anti-price-gouging laws to leases greater than one year in duration, which had led to many leases in Los Angeles County being offered at 13 months. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxx Read More: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_ad7c5de0-e340-11ef-b14a-bf1813965333.html
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a plea agreement has been reached to result in no jail time for activists who recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood staff about the procurement and sale of tissue from aborted fetuses. In 2015, then-California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed 15 charges against David Robert Daleiden and, as a co-conspirator, Sandra Merritt, for illegally recording private conversations without the other parties’ consent by posing as buyers for a medical company. The undercover recordings released by Daleiden, who serves as Project Lead at the pro-life Center for Medical Progress, show a senior Planned Parenthood director meeting with him to discuss the sale of tissue from aborted babies, and includes a description from the Planned Parenthood staffer about the abortion process and what tissues are easiest to save for sale for medical research. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_33c068bc-ddd1-11ef-98e2-0f58db4dc40a.html
(The Center Square) – Housing and land use experts say a Los Angeles city law could require the Pacific Palisades to include “affordable” housing to replace older buildings, and for new buildings where owners cannot definitively prove that their rental apartments had no low-income renters in the past five years. The new Resident Protections Ordinance taking effect soon requires that “In Higher Opportunity Areas and Moderate Opportunity Areas, units deemed or presumed to be occupied by persons or families above the lower income category shall be replaced with low income units.” The RPO applies to units “subject to a form of rent or price control through a local government’s valid exercise of its police power.” Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_e8916776-de91-11ef-919a-932491942724.html
(The Center Square) - After California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued warnings to landlords over anti-price-gouging laws during declared emergencies, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has provided clarifications on which rules are in effect and for how long. This clarity could bring relief to real estate professionals who have been wary of leasing homes to wildfire victims, especially after the attorney general’s broad warnings appeared inconsistent with the governor’s orders. California Penal Code 396 automatically goes into effect for the 30 days after an emergency declaration, largely limiting price increases for materials, goods, services, hotels, and rent to no more than 10% above what prices were before the declaration, with the code in effect for services for 180 days after the declaration. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_644c993c-d909-11ef-a4c7-abcb5f669a26.html
(The Center Square) - The California beachside city of Huntington Beach continued its confrontation with the state with its city council adopting a resolution declaring the city “a non-sanctuary city for illegal immigration for the prevention of crime.” Huntington Beach has an ongoing lawsuit against the state’s sanctuary state law that limits cooperation with federal immigration authorities, citing a high reoffending rate by illegal aliens with active detainers from federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials that are supposed to result in transfers and deportation. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_99f1c338-d8f9-11ef-8808-6793a3a3436a.html
(The Center Square) - The monthly payment to purchase an entry-level California home has risen 88% since 2020, according to a new report from the non-partisan, state-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office. With the ongoing wildfires having destroyed over 10,000 buildings in high-income areas, prices are primed to go up even further as wealthy families seek new shelter. “Payments for a mid-tier home were nearly $5,800 a month in December 2024 – an 84% increase since January 2020. Payments for a bottom-tier home were over $3,500 per month – an 88% increase since January 2020,” wrote the LAO. “This rapid increase in monthly costs for homebuyers was driven by higher home prices and increasing mortgage rates.”Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_51db75fe-d39e-11ef-ad40-b3654533f2b5.html
(The Center Square) – U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday that he supports adding conditions to any federal aid to California over the Los Angeles wildfires, citing his position that state and local leaders were “derelict in their duty.” With the state’s insurers already on the brink of insolvency before the massive wildfires, and the state nonpartisan legislative analyst’s office saying the state faces rising multibillion dollar budget deficits and has “no capacity for new commitments,” a federal bailout may be the state’s only option. But for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, that may mean giving up on key policy priorities, whether that includes the state’s high speed rail program, 2035 ban on new gasoline-powered vehicles, sanctuary state laws limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, or the state’s providing of taxpayer-financed health care for illegal immigrants. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_e34d8610-d1f7-11ef-92d1-2f97b75fa12c.html
(The Center Square) - The City of Huntington Beach is suing to overturn the state’s sanctuary state laws protecting illegal immigrants, arguing they violate federal immigration laws and the state and national constitution. Huntington Beach and the state government have long been at odds, with the state government recently winning a court battle requiring the city to follow state housing laws, and Huntington Beach emerging victorious — or at least for now — in a state challenge to its voter ID requirement for city elections. Huntington Beach claims the state’s sanctuary state laws, which limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities, force city officials to violate federal law, which, under the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause, preempts state law. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_6bb77552-cd56-11ef-91f6-1bae19416cde.html
(The Center Square) – Three major wildfires are tearing through Southern California while firefighters struggle to contain them with major Santa Ana winds getting up to 100 mph. As of Wednesday morning, two people have been killed and over 1,000 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed in Los Angeles County. "Last night was one of the most devastating and terrifying nights that we've seen in any part of our city in any part of our history," Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said during a Wednesday morning news conference. The City of Los Angeles has declared a state of emergency and the national guard has been deployed to assist the hundreds of firefighters tackling the fires.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_d4d257aa-cdf6-11ef-baed-53d1dc21eb02.html
(The Center Square) - California quietly doubled down on its termination of single family zoning, ending loopholes that allowed municipalities to block an earlier state law designed to let owners build four homes on existing single family lots. As reported earlier this year by the Wall Street Journal, fewer than 500 homes have been built since a 2021 law, SB 9, was passed allowing owners to split their single family home lots in two, and build two homes on each new lot. Cities quickly passed restrictions to SB 9 properties, such a Temple City’s requirement that 1,000 square foot courtyards be constructed to create distance between housing units, and Redondo Beach won a lawsuit against the law when a judge found it cannot apply to charter cities, and does not meet the purpose of providing affordable housing by not requiring that SB 9 homes be income-restricted “affordable” housing. With Kin’s ruling in effect, lawmakers moved ahead with SB 450, a bill signed into law by the governor in the fall that significantly reduces the power of local authorities to reject SB 9 projects, and redefines state housing goals with regard to charter cities’ power over municipal affairs.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_ec839ece-c7af-11ef-a03d-93f8e3efc572.html
(The Center Square) - A winter storm carried off the end of the Santa Cruz wharf two days before Christmas, indefinitely shutting down the tourist attraction that houses 17 stores and restaurants. City records show a successful environmental lawsuit from local residents to block repairs and upgrades to the over 100-year-old, half-mile long pier may have been the deciding factor in the wharf’s collapse. The pier, dating back to 1914, sits on over 4,000 aging wood pilings that need to be frequently replaced or repaired. By the start of 2024, the city estimated the pier had accumulated an over $14 million backlog of necessary repairs. Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_bb2fc7f6-c473-11ef-a5a8-33bbaa579e06.html
(The Center Square) - The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a waiver to allow California and the twelve other states that have adopted its emissions standards to ban gas-powered cars in 2035. Starting in model year 2026, which for most car manufacturers begins halfway through 2025, 35% of passenger vehicles sold in California and the states that have adopted California air regulation standards for passenger vehicles. These twelve states, including Washington, D.C., cover nearly half of America’s new light-duty vehicle and over a quarter of its heavy-duty vehicle market.Support this podcast: https://secure.anedot.com/franklin-news-foundation/ce052532-b1e4-41c4-945c-d7ce2f52c38a?source_code=xxxxxxFull story: https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_9bb5aac2-bd5b-11ef-be65-1322f8962652.html
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