Kevin Kiley Blog

*Receive updates on where the Resolution gets passed 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 […]

James and I have been working furiously the last few days to quickly turn back the Governor’s outrageous and dishonest gambit with the Court of Appeals. Here’s the timeline of what has occurred: Last Friday around 5 PM, Judge Heckman issued her final ruling. On Monday, Newsom rushed to the Appeals Court to try to

*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom Now that Judge Heckman’s ruling against Gavin Newsom is final, we are reviewing all previous Executive Orders to determine which are legally suspect. I’ll provide an update later this week. In the meantime, I’ve just submitted a Legal Opinion Request to the Attorney General challenging Newsom’s authority

Last night we received the news that Judge Heckman’s ruling in our favor is now final. She refused Newsom’s request to delay the Permanent Injunction against him: “The Governor’s request for stay of enforcement of the judgment is denied.” You can read the final ruling here. The Judge brushed aside Newsom’s attempt to change her

*Receive updates on our case against Gov. Newsom Gavin Newsom has asked the Judge to put the Permanent Injunction against him on hold for “a minimum of two weeks.” Which makes me wonder what he has in mind for the next two weeks. We’ve filed a strong objection to any such free pass from the

*Receive updates on the case Today Gov. Newsom plans to close businesses and stop schools from opening, even though yesterday he didn’t say either was responsible for new cases. This erratic leadership is why California is struggling as much as any state. Meanwhile, Newsom says he will appeal the Superior Court’s ruling against him “as

*Receive updates on the case Many people have asked if our court victory over Governor Newsom is a precedent to challenge the lockdown. The answer is yes: the Pacific Legal Foundation just filed a lawsuit using the same legal theory to invalidate the color-coded “Blueprint.” But before getting to that, here’s how Newsom responded to

What a week. I’ll devote a full post to the court ruling in a couple days. In the meantime, the press coverage has been fairly accurate, and I’ve compiled some of it here. I’ll leave it to others to make sense of what’s going on nationally. Here are my initial thoughts on the results yesterday

*Receive updates on the case Today, a California Superior Court ruled in favor of me and fellow legislator James Gallagher in our lawsuit challenging Gavin Newsom’s abuse of power. You can read the ruling here. The Judge ruled that Governor Newsom violated the State Constitution by issuing Executive Order N-67-20. More importantly, she found good