California’s Office of the Inspector General for High-Speed Rail has done something the California High-Speed Rail Authority itself has resisted for years: put a hard date on the project’s cash […]
California’s Budget Hit $351.7 Billion. Here’s Where the Money Actually Went.
Six years, $150 billion in new spending, and a fiscal story that no longer runs through the classroom. By Jose Navarro | The Navarro Report | September 8, 2026 California […]
Obscured Facts: The Inspector General’s Verdict onCalifornia High-Speed Rail’s 2026 Business Plan
California’s high-speed rail project has produced a fresh document that should have settled thedebate over its finances. Instead, the state’s own watchdog says the document itself can’t betrusted at face […]
Prop 50 Survives Every Legal Challenge. Now It Faces the Only Test That Matters.
California’s Redrawn Congressional Map Is Cleared for the Midterms — But the Texas Counter-Move Has Already Canceled Out Its Advantage The Navarro Report | California California voters approved Proposition 50 […]
California’s Mail-Ballot Win Is Real, But the Fight Over the Midterms Isn’t Over
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report Governor Gavin Newsom declared victory this week after a federal court order kept key parts of a new U.S. Postal Service mail-ballot […]
The Citizenship List Project: How a Federal Voter-Roll Push Could Reshape the Midterms
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report With the 2026 midterms bearing down, the Trump administration is pressing forward with an unprecedented project: building a nationwide, state-by-state list of […]
For the Fifth Year Running, Sacramento Fails to Rein In License Plate Surveillance
California | The Navarro Report | September 3, 2026 California lawmakers closed out this year’s legislative session the same way they have closed out four previous sessions since 2022: without […]
California Bans the Shock Glove. Washington Says It Won’t Listen.
September 1, 2026 SACRAMENTO — In the final days of its legislative session, California moved to ban a piece of equipment most of the public had never heard of a […]
Newsom Signs Address-Privacy Law for Immigrant Aid Workers, Igniting a First Amendment Fight in Sacramento
By The Navarro Report Staff Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Aug. 22 extending California’s decades-old Safe at Home address confidentiality program to a new group: attorneys, counselors, nonprofit staff, and […]
Newsom’s “Golden State” Pitch Is Really a 2028 Stump Speech
California — The Navarro Report Governor Gavin Newsom’s office spent last week pushing back hard against what it called a “tired Fox News narrative” about California’s economy, pairing the messaging […]