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Slowing Consumption Threatens CA Finances
Right by the Bay | June 24, 2025 | Nikhil Agarwal

New data show California’s fiscal woes are worse than the $12 billion deficit indicates.

The troubling trends include: weakening income for business owners, slowing payroll job growth, rising numbers of unemployed workers, and declining taxable sales volumes, as reported by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
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Newsom And The National Guard
Right by the Bay | Steve Smith | June 23, 2025

In case you missed it, there is a political and legal debate underway whether President Trump has the legal authority to federalize components of the California National Guard and to deploy US Marines to address the ongoing ICE protests that began on June 6 in Los Angeles.

The president’s actions have been challenged in court by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Regulation Bottlenecks Impede State's Infrastructure Grants
Free Cities Center | Sarah Downey | June 26, 2025

As California debates allocating more subsidies for affordable-housing goals, many local governments—often with several viable developments in the pipeline—are still waiting on funds that would help get them all the way across the finish line.

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