Category: Kevin Kiley Blog

*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom The longtime strategist for Gray Davis is advising Newsom to set up a “war council” to “scope out every person who’s identified with the recall” and “opposition research them.” The reporter translated what he meant: “Dig up dirt that can be smeared all over the enemy.” Since […]

I’ve just obtained a Legal Opinion from the Office of the Legislative Counsel confirming what I’ve told Governor Newsom repeatedly: there are legal issues with his appointment of Alex Padilla to the Senate, as the Constitution requires an election. Read the opinion here. I’ve sent the Legal Opinion to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, along

California, with the nation’s most severe lockdowns, now has the most new COVID cases per capita in addition to all the other harms. It’s hard to imagine a more catastrophic failure of political leadership. Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco, said “California is unique because this particular lockdown came off

*Receive updates on our court case against Gov. Newsom As the opposition in California, our task is not just to stop our state’s decline but to warn the rest of the country against the looming effort to nationalize its disastrous policies. This week, we successfully did that. The head of Gavin Newsom’s Board of Education

I wanted you to be the first to know I am publishing a new book, set for release in January, titled Recall Newsom: The Case Against America’s Most Corrupt Governor. You can pre-order the book here. If like me, you’ve procrastinated on your Christmas shopping, it will make quite a last-minute gift. And you’ll be

California’s scandal-plagued Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, has waded into our lawsuit with an Amicus Brief for Newsom. I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact he was begging for an appointment as U.S. Senator. In any case, he got what he wanted with today’s announcement by Newsom. Through the looking-glass of California

Collective action at the local level can be a powerful counterweight against Gavin Newsom’s one-man rule. That’s why we’ve written the Healthy Communities Resolution.  A copy of the sample Resolution is here. It’s being passed by the Board of Supervisors in counties across California, including most recently Orange County, Shasta County, Lassen County, San Luis

*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom Yesterday brought another loss for Gavin Newsom, as San Diego restaurants can now open. “Given every opportunity, the State has provided the Court with no evidence” to justify the closures, the Judge ruled. This follows a ruling in LA that banning outdoor dining is “not grounded in

*Receive updates on our case Gavin Newsom’s final brief to the Court of Appeals begins, “This case is not about a dictatorship in Ancient Rome.” It’s perhaps not a great sign when you have to clarify that upfront. This isn’t the only gaffe. To try to explain how the Legislature works, the Governor cites not

*Receive updates on our court case against Gov. Newsom Yesterday my phone went berserk with an “Emergency Alert” about the stay-at-home order. Fortunately, I was just sitting at my desk; I heard from people who almost crashed their cars from this latest abuse of power. The bigger abuse, of course, is the stay-at-home order itself.