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Category: Kevin Kiley Blog

My Letter to Mitch McConnell: Don’t Seat Padilla

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 […]

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The Poster Child for Failed Lockdowns

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

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The Newsom Swamp Rises with Senate Appointment

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

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The Healthy Communities Resolution

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

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Newsom’s Desperate Gamble with the Court of Appeals

*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

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The “Mushrooming” Newsom Recall Threat

*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.

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Changing America’s Most Corrupt Capitol

DECEMBER 10, 2020 I ran for the Legislature to restore government of, by, and for the people. Today I am taking the most important step yet, one that I believe can change California politics. I’ve announced that I’ll be the first 100 percent citizen-backed California Legislator and will refuse all funding from Special Interests. You

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