National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 206: California Lawmakers Propose State Takeover of Health Care
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 206: California Lawmakers Propose State Takeover of Health Care
Assembly Bill 1400 would double California taxes and transform doctors into virtual state employees. Gavin Newsom’s new budget aims to signal his “global leadership” on global-climate issues but reveals instead his documented failures to achieve more modest goals at home. The remarkable, 21-year run of California’s standout auditor ends with a crucial fight over her...
By Will Swaim
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 205: Under False Flags
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 205: Under False Flags
Newsom & Co. want to kill the state’s referendum and initiative process, declaring it a danger to democracy. Lorena Gonzalez resigns from the Assembly to take a job with the California Labor Federation. LA Unified imposes mandatory Covid testing on half a million kids. A judge stops the San Diego Unified School District’s vaccine mandate...
By Will Swaim
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast: Episode 202: Boom Times for Stupid
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast: Episode 202: Boom Times for Stupid
With Roe in the balance, Gavin Newsom says Californians will pay for abortion tourists. Who’s trying to kill Kamala’s career? Sacramento’s government-pension-fund managers find a new way to transform corporations into carriers of lefty change. California government is still the cause of supply-chain nightmares. Santa Cruz County requires masks at home. L.A. Unified says it’ll send unvaccinated...
By Will Swaim
LAUSD Officials Say They’ll Deport Unvaccinated Students to One of the District’s Poorest Performing Schools
LAUSD Officials Say They’ll Deport Unvaccinated Students to One of the District’s Poorest Performing Schools
Editor’s Note: A day after this commentary appeared, Los Angeles Unified announced it will consider postponing until Fall 2022 its decision to force unvaccinated students into the demonstrably failed City of Angels program. Engaged parents made this happen. Special thanks to UTLAuncensored, Reopen Schools, and other ParentUnion.com allies. News that a mother has accused Los...
By Will Swaim
Sacramento’s Surprise Reaction to the California School Boards Association Appeal for Police Help
Sacramento’s Surprise Reaction to the California School Boards Association Appeal for Police Help
California’s school board officials say “nothing in recent memory could have prepared” them for the danger they face as parents “lash out on a variety of topics, most notably opposition to state mandates and local COVID-19 mitigation measures.” That was the substance of a September 29 letter in which California School Boards Association (CSBA) CEO Vernon M....
By Will Swaim
Radio Free California Podcast Episode 201: Newsom’s Cabo Controversy
Radio Free California Podcast Episode 201: Newsom’s Cabo Controversy
French Laundry, the Getty Wedding, and now a family vacation in a Mexican resort remind us that our governor is auditorily challenged where political tone is involved. Eric Swalwell wants you vaccinated to protect his kids. Progressives threaten Feinstein over the filibuster. Dem’s federal budget includes tax breaks for government unions. Times are tough, but...
By Will Swaim
Listen: Radio Free California Podcast Episode 200: Mobbery in San Francisco
Listen: Radio Free California Podcast Episode 200: Mobbery in San Francisco
Mobs of thieves rob Bay Area stores, but California’s conservative counties are peaceful. Merrick Garland is still pushing the “terrorist parents” narrative. Liberals say Ivy Getty’s Hunger Games-style San Francisco wedding is evidence we need a wealth tax. The House that Kobe Built has a new name. David and Will weigh in on Gavin Newsom...
By Will Swaim
Radio Free California Episode 199: A Fast-Food Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Radio Free California Episode 199: A Fast-Food Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Assembly member Lorena Gonzalez, author of the infamous A.B. 5, is at it again, this time with an effort to unionize fast-food workers by extraordinary means. AG Rob Bonta threatens to bring down the house. CalPERS says it’ll have to accept greater risk to fully fund generous government-union retirements. Gavin Newsom extends his emergency authority...
By Will Swaim
Listen: National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 198: French Laundry 2: The Getty Afterparty!
Listen: National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 198: French Laundry 2: The Getty Afterparty!
Irony alert: Governor Gavin Newsom canceled his flight to Glasgow’s climate meet-up and then appeared at the lavish San Francisco wedding of oil-heiress Ivy Getty — and then magically makes natural gas “carbon neutral.” Sean Penn finds himself in the crosshairs of the National Labor Relations Board. Surveying epiphenomena of this sort, the city of...
By Will Swaim
Listen: Radio Free California Episode 197: ‘Punching the Golden Goose in the Mouth’
Listen: Radio Free California Episode 197: ‘Punching the Golden Goose in the Mouth’
San Francisco finds new and interesting ways to kill people and opportunities. Xavier Becerra takes California’s most lethal drug policies national on the Joe Biden Medicine Show. Your hosts also compare the Newsom recall with Glenn Youngkin’s big win in Virginia and consider Inglewood High School’s 106-0 football victory over Morningside. Music by Metalachi. Listen...
By Will Swaim
Normal parents fought Merrick Garland and saved America in just 18 days. In California, the battle continues
Normal parents fought Merrick Garland and saved America in just 18 days. In California, the battle continues
On October 4, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to investigate parents of school-age kids who object to school closures, mask mandates, vaccine mandates, the teaching of critical race theory, and a new law that deprives parents of information about medical treatments recommended for school-age kids. Garland spied with his beady eyes a “disturbing...
By Will Swaim
Listen: Episode 195: Profiles in (Executive) Courage
Listen: Episode 195: Profiles in (Executive) Courage
Netflix execs handle/mishandle an employee walkout over the streaming service’s latest Chappelle special. In-N-Out tells San Francisco no, its employees won’t play the role of “vaccination police.” Elon Musk says he moved Tesla HQ to Texas in part because of Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s tweet in which she swore at him. President Biden shows how little...
By Will Swaim
Listen: Episode 194: Mind If We Smoke?
Listen: Episode 194: Mind If We Smoke?
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast Episode 194 “Government mismanagement of California’s forests is making Americans everywhere sick. San Francisco is killing its black residents. Gavin Newsom makes mail-in ballots permanent, hands over Manhattan Beach property he says was stolen from its black owners in 1924, signs off on ethnic studies requirements for high schoolers,...
By Will Swaim
Listen: Episode 193: Oil, Academic Toil, and FBI Trouble
Listen: Episode 193: Oil, Academic Toil, and FBI Trouble
The Southern California oil spill reveals the immediate need to drill on land. U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland pours gasoline on the fire of public debate around masks, vaccines, and racial reckoning in the nation’s public schools. L.A. will require vaccination proof for all indoor spaces. A UCLA business prof suspended for “racism” fights back....
By Will Swaim