{"id":11023,"date":"2024-03-25T09:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11023"},"modified":"2024-03-25T09:59:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:59:14","slug":"never-second-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=11023","title":{"rendered":"Never Second Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Article Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/never-second-place\/\">Never Second Place | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Gavin Newsom. California now has the nation\u2019s worst unemployment out of all 50 states. Newsom adds this to other accolades: most poverty, homeless, U-Haul rentals. When Reagan said California \u201cshould never take second place,\u201d this isn\u2019t what he had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Another Newsom first, of course, was the longest school shutdowns. Even the NY Times just acknowledged what a calamity this was. Armed with the Times\u2019 brutal findings, I gave a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=izKoXIrDXkw\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">speech on the House Floor<\/span><\/a>\u00a0today condemning Newsom for the worst political failure of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>On the brighter side, we had a very successful committee hearing yesterday. My Resolution to overturn Biden\u2019s national version of AB 5\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.overdriveonline.com\/business\/article\/15666897\/house-committee-passes-resolution-to-repeal-biden-dol-contractor-rule\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">passed on a 21-13 vote<\/span><\/a>. My Free Speech on Campus Act\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xZJnU8a8zAw\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">also passed<\/span><\/a>\u00a0the committee, as did legislation I\u2019m sponsoring to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5kzbi8oVMBE\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">support charter schools<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, my letter to the \u201cIgnorant 50\u201d \u2013 universities that still have COVID vaccine mandates \u2013 is reverberating across higher education. It has generated wide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/congressman-calls-for-end-of-covid-19-shot-mandates-at-colleges-5610621\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">press coverage<\/span><\/a>\u00a0as several of the universities are now finally dropping their mandates.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as 600,000 people have now signed the petition to End Prop. 47.\u00a0\u00a0With a month to go, we\u2019re on pace to qualify for the ballot over Newsom\u2019s fierce opposition. If you requested a petition, it\u2019s on the way; if you know others who want one, just share\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/prop47\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">End47.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And the Supreme Court will hear the\u00a0<em>Grants Pass\u00a0<\/em>case on April 22, after I filed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kiley.house.gov\/posts\/representatives-kiley-and-other-west-coast-members-file-amicus-brief-with-supreme-court\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">a brief<\/span><\/a>\u00a0urging the Court to reverse the 9th Circuit. The circuit court\u2019s decisions, covering western states, are responsible for rampant homeless encampments in public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>These two measures \u2013 overruling Newsom on crime and the 9th Circuit on homelessness \u2013 could be a new birth of sanity for California.<\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/never-second-place\/\">Never Second Place | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Article Link: Never Second Place | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com) Congratulations to Gavin Newsom. California now has the nation\u2019s worst unemployment out of all 50 states. Newsom adds this to other accolades: most poverty, homeless, U-Haul rentals. When Reagan said California \u201cshould never take second place,\u201d this isn\u2019t what he had in mind. 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