Email Usdbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show NotesAn Ode to Bob Newhart (Rob Long on the inimitable legacy of a comedy icon)San Diego must be more aggressive on sidewalk repair, grand jury saysSan Diego City Council OKs sales tax ballot measure for November ElectionInformation for Moms for Liberty members to include their children's schools in the injunctionOpinion: Bay Area bond is an unnecessarily costly way to add affordable housing20 Billion ReasonsWhy this small affordable housing project in S.F. is costing $1 million per unit

Email Usdbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show NotesKamala Harris was not a ‘progressive prosecutor’From David Sacks to Elon Musk, Silicon Valley’s Trump backers cheer JD Vance as VP pickFormer L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announces another run for California governorGov. Newsom vetoes homelessness spending accountability billCalifornia fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit saysA new generation of defense innovators emerges in El SegundoCalifornia teachers were right to severely punish girl, 7, for writing these words under Black Lives Matter drawing she gave to friend, judge rulesCalifornia Policy Center attorney Julie Hamill takes on the BLM curriculum in California schools‘TAP to exit’ program curbing crime on Metro B line ‘Hell no’: Saks Fifth Avenue shoppers in SF trash new appointment-only model Haters showed a ‘porn’ video at a SLO County meeting. That’s not free speech | OpinionBonus TracksRick Reiff marks the anniversary of the birth and death of baseball great “Chief” John MeyersLynn Gibson invites RFC listeners to “Burke to Buckley” in Silicon Valley

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Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow NotesThat week in San FranciscoNewsom signs bill banning schools from notifying parents about student gender identityParents Outraged by School District’s Plan to Conceal Students’ Gender IdentityGavin Newsom Launches Podcast With NFL Legend Marshawn LynchIf Joe Biden stepped aside, how would Kamala Harris’ record affect her candidacy?Oakland Crime Drop Touted by Newsom, Local Dems Based on Faulty DataNewsom: Crime is down in Oakland: State partnership recovers 880+ stolen vehiclesLong Beach woman charged with shoplifting 30 times in the last 8 monthsSacramento City Attorney’s Office warned Target it could face fines for retail theft callsBonus! Lance Christensen & Julie Hamill Julie lives rent free in Newsom's communication director's headFake budgeting by the California legislature and Gov. NewsomResponding to a problematic education bond measureLots of moving parts on gender ideology nationwideWinning Title IX litigation across the country

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow NotesDemocrats Eager to Prop Up Kamala Harris as Biden TeetersUnburdened by what has been: The case for Kamala HarrisCNN: Calling Kamala Harris a ‘DEI hire’ is what bigotry looks likeWill the Grants Pass ruling on homelessness spur smaller cities to shoo people into L.A.?State Sen. John Moorlach’s history of homelessness in CaliforniaTIMELINE: FBI political corruption investigation involving Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, Duong familyRob Bonta’s on-again, off-again ties to the DuongsSam Bankman-Fried’s Campaign Spending Spree Was a Family AffairThe latest sign that California is a fiscal basket case‘Read My Lips: I Lied’Three Los Angeles County Men, Including Third Striker, Charged with Special Circumstances Murder of 69-Year-old New Zealand Woman During Fashion Island Robbery

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:St. Junípero Serra statue targeted by protests in 2020 is now settled in a new homeUSC prof clearedNatalie Bowles in the Free PressGavin Newsom had sex with his best friend’s wife, who allegedly ‘showed up passed out’ outside Newsom’s doorList of California state agenciesJustices uphold laws targeting homelessness with criminal penaltiesGovernor Newsom statement on Supreme Court’s homeless encampments decisionSF City Attorney issues statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision in Grants PassMayor London N. Breed on the Supreme Court Decision in Grants PassMayor Bass slams Supreme Court ruling allowing failed homeless policies across the nation Rob Bonta’s on-again, off-again ties to the Duongs

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow NotesTranscript of the State of the StateNewsom's Wife, Kids Relocating to Posh Marin County So Their Oldest Can Attend $60k/Year High SchoolSponsor:ADF

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Measure to restrict tax increases cannot appear on November ballot, California Supreme Court rulesJerry West, Lakers legend and architect of ‘Showtime’ era, dies at 86Willie Mays, San Francisco Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead‘California wins big’ with Biden’s new immigration policy shielding undocumented spousesLess than half approve of Newsom, the California legislature, and their own legislatorsA major disinformation research team's future is uncertain after political attacksUC Berkeley firebomb suspect, 34, lives with parents, has PhD‘End Slavery in California Act’ clears key hurdle

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Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:US VP Harris welcomes rescue of hostages, mourns innocent lives lost in GazaHarris blasts Rep. Byron Donalds for comments on Black families under Jim CrowJudge halts UC academic workers’ strike, citing ‘damage to students’A year after Newsom called for constitutional amendment on gun safety, no other states have joined himSacramento’s tax rebate giveaway two years ago is coming home to roostNewsom’s charter school funding proposal could strip millions from 5 Bay Area countiesCalifornia lawmakers in standoff with Gavin Newsom over $400M loan to keep Diablo Canyon openSouthern Poverty Law Center labels conservative California organization a ‘hate group’It’s time for corporate America to ditch the Southern Poverty Law CenterCelebrity chef vows to never open another business in California until they ‘fix things’California GOP lawmakers boycott after Republican booted for ‘pedophile protector’ commentGov. Newsom, Democratic leaders are trying to negotiate Prop 47 reform off the November ballotAmerica’s most corrupt governor (Rep. Kevin Kiley on X)Will in NR: A California campus brings anti-Israel activism to Its Jewish Studies program

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Mari Barke congressional testimony on the impact of illegal immigration on public educationPolitico’s Carla Marinucci endorses Rep. Robert Garcia (D–Long Beach) on Fauci testimonyBack to schools: Orange County’s board of education recommendations on school reopenings during CovidHiltzik: Inside Orange County’s bizarre school-reopening vote

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the Mojave DesertRubio’s Coastal Grill, citing rising business costs, abruptly shuts down 48 restaurants in CaliforniaCalifornia lawmakers unveil budget rejecting Gavin Newsom spending cuts. Here’s their planNew bill in California legislature would allow undocumented college students to work on campusSenator Portantino, lawmakers & arts advocates rally for arts fundingState Senate approves Min’s voter ID protectionsBig expansion of UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests: Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara nextDenied again: UC fails a second time to get court order to stop academic workers’ strike

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:‘He was Mr. San Diego’: Basketball icon Bill Walton remembered for his generosity, philanthropy, civic prideLocal non-profit discusses Bill Walton's involvement on trying to curb homelessness crisisEric Abbenante on Walton on XS.F. removes controversial ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag from Civic Center Plaza, saying it has been co-optedLifeguard who took down Pride flags at beach sues L.A. County over religious discriminationUC Irvine soothes pro-Hamas critics by hiring two of them ‘Genocide’: Oct 27 letter from UCI’s anti-Israel Jewish scholarsJewish Studies’ scholars say Jewish Studies MUST demand a ceasefire Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down Sacramento Memorial Day serviceCalifornia academic workers strike in support of pro-Palestinian protestsNewsom administration releases plan that could speed up California insurance price increasesCalifornia’s $25-an-hour minimum-wage boomerangGavin Newsom is ‘just a prick,’ Andrew Cuomo is a ‘complete jacka–,’ New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu declaresAlabama AG Marshall leads 19-state lawsuit against California & others threatening energy systemCalPERS to vote against ExxonMobil directors at shareholder meetingCalifornia launching pilot program to charge drivers for miles drivenLance Christensen:  Teachers union kneecaps NewsomGavin Newsom and teachers union resolve their budget beefMeasure to restrict the rights of trans youth fails to qualify for California ballotAB 1955: Eliminate parent notification in schoolsGov. Newsom, school groups settle funding fight, with some more money coming as IOUsDemocrat California senator blasts party over pedophile jail sentence fight: ‘I’m done with us’Hank Muddmann of Turning to the Right: Open season oilAs oil revenue disappears, Long Beach may pursue new tax to help balance its budget Will living near an oil well in California give you cancer?The oil tax still in the ground

Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Another surprising reason Joe Biden should now step asideDaily Show brutally roasts Kamala Harris word salads by introducing her ‘holistic advisor’: ‘A process I call speaking without thinking'Sonoma State president retires after being placed on leave for supporting anti-Israel boycottUC Santa Cruz academic workers stage strike over UC protest responseWSJ: Gavin Newsom says no new taxesState Assembly passes bill apologizing for California's role in supporting slaveryCalifornia’s looming crime catastropheLegislative audit committee unanimously passes review of state worker return-to-office mandateGavin Newsom confronted at press conference about missing $24bn spent on tackling homelessnessS.F. program gives homeless people free booze. Here’s why the city says it’s helpfulLong Beach health officials to screen 175 people for tuberculosis amid outbreakLawmakers just quietly killed a bill to keep your PG&E bill in check. They better have a backup planLance Christensen: Teachers launch budget fight with NewsomTeachers criticize Newsom's budget proposal, say it would 'wreak havoc on funding for our schools'California district agrees to pay $360K to teacher who refused to use students’ preferred pronounsFollowing ADF lawsuit, CA library changes policy, allows women's sports discussionKern Board of Education approves policy on appropriate books in classrooms, parents can now file complaintsAs Black college enrollment lags, study suggests strengthening communitiesBrian T. Allen: California artThe old California missions: Force for good or evil?Impressionism’s rebels, from Paris to California: Light, light, and more lightMoving past paint in California art