California Underground: Your Sane Insight into California Politics

President Biden in his eternal greatness gives us tentative permission to have a small gathering for the Fourth of July. Only if we are good though. 

Newsom's speech in an empty stadium was the perfect backdrop to all the emptiness of his time as Governor. 

Wall Street Journal vindicates Governor DeSantis on his approach. 

San Francisco bailed out by Relief Package. No pain felt for lasting lockdowns. 

Lorena Gonzalez's AB5 goes to Washington in the form of the PRO Act. 

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With Texas, Mississippi, and even Connecticut lifting their COVID restrictions, what is the over/under on California fully reopening? There's a lot of factors that go into it. 

HR1 which passed the House this week is a wish list of what Democrats would like in elections to guarantee they always have the advantage. It is their effort to codify everything that went wrong in the 2020 election, and strip state legislatures of their Constitutional power. 

Newsom has awarded millions and millions of dollars for no bid contracts, however we don't know the link of those getting those contracts and the lobbying efforts for those contracts. For example, Blue Shield donates to Newsom, and then spends $480,000 on lobbying, then gets a $15 million contract for vaccine distribution. 

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California Republicans need to start going on offense hard in California. They may never have a better shot than right now to catch Democrats flat footed. 

Biden gets his Establishment cred and starts bombing the Middle East. Military Industrial Complex celebrates. 

Newsom off teleprompter appears frazzled. Also a new poll shows 47% of Californians would vote to recall Noodles compared to 43% who wouldn't. 

School Board of Trustee in La Mesa says having a vote on in person schooling would be akin to slavery and is an idea rooted in white supremacist ideology. 

End on a lighter note. A completely "bananas" idea to prevent wildfire destruction of homes. 

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California is one of the last states to reopen public schools for in person learning. The California Teacher's Association won't budge and Noodles doesn't seem to want to press them on it. So parents are starting to get into school choice. We discuss how school choice can break the monopoly unions and government can have on our children's education. 

Noodles attempts to re-brand as the recall crosses 1.5 million signatures by taking his show on the road around California to show he's "working." Will it work or is it too late?

Finally, an article by Ezra Klein in the NYT discusses how progressives in California have to stop being "symbolically progressive" and actually work to get stuff done. And I actually agree with him. 

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The Left spent all of 2020 using the horrors and fear of COVID to meet their goals. However, now they are in the driver's seat, they are starting to realize they may have gone too far and can't turn back time. 

John Cox, former Gubernatorial Candidate of 2018 who was clobbered by 22 points, thinks that losing by 22 points two years ago is a definite sign he should run again. He's a weak and bad candidate and all he's doing is muddying the waters. 

Recall passes 1.5 million, but the push continues to get to 2 million for extra cushion. Even the RNC has jumped in by donating $250,000 to the cause.

Finally, what lessons can we learn from the late Sonny Bono when it comes to California politics?

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2021 is rapidly shaping up to be the year of the Elites vs. the Populists. Between the GameStop Reddit Rebellion and now the Time magazine saying they "fortified" the 2020 election, it's becoming more and more obvious that those in power are consolidating power. The question is, how will the people respond?

Kevin Faulconer, in no surprise move, formally announces his run for Governor. A discussion of how his style of Republicanism may be the first steps toward turning California. Remember turning around California will be like turning an aircraft, slow and steady. 

Finally, a discussion how conservative populism (aka Kitchen Table Politics) can begin to pave a way for winning in California and pushing back on extreme leftist policies. 

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Mark my words. With the help of the media and Democratic governors and mayors, Joe Biden will "defeat" COVID in the first 100 days of his Presidency. 

Death rates in California have come down from 5.9% in May to 1.8% in December. Yet we're locking down even harder?

State Senator Scott Weiner of SB145 fame is now following up his radical bill, with another radical bill which looks to legalize hard drugs in California. 

Analysis of the Appellate Court's ruling in the San Diego restaurant case, and why I think it sets a dangerous precedent. 

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After the events of January 6th, it is no surprise that the Establishment will use this opportunity to clamp down on any future outsiders holding the White House any time soon. 

Piggy backing off the chaos in the Capitol, San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher calls anyone who supports the Recall effort against Gavin Newsom as "Pro Trump extremists" and says the organizers are linked to "Neo Nazis and white supremacists." Ironically, the more Democrats smear the Recall, the more popular it gets. 

More tax hikes on the agenda, yet California has so much cash that it may actually have to return it to the tax payers. 

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The fight doesn't stop on January 20th. Stop waiting for a savior and start getting out there and making things happen. It won't be easy, but nothing that is worth doing ever is. 

Recall passes 1 million signatures. Only 500,000 to go with even more support and attention. 

The EDD scandal continues to spiral out of control with California possibly being on the hook for $50 billion. 

Is the CAGOP's strategy that flipped four seats a winning strategy moving forward?

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For the final show of 2020 we look back on everything we learned this year and where to go moving forward. 

Noodles extends lockdowns into February. Why? Because of science that's why. 

A San Diego Superior Court judge issues a preliminary injunction to allow restaurants to reopen. (This is why you make it a priority to vote local)

Noodles and his lobbyist BFF up to no good again. This time Noodles issues new guidelines for lobbyists in his administration but conveniently his buddy Jason Kinney is not required to follow them. 

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