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ALERT: Sign this California tough-on-crime petition

Friday, February 2, 2024, 9:35 am | Randy Thomasson

You can stop crime by helping qualify this good California initiative!

Because it would repeal the worst parts of a pro-criminal law, Proposition 47 from 2014, by restoring penalties that outlaw thievery once again.

Request to sign a petition at https://casafecommunities.com. There are petition signing centers being set up.

From the California Globe on Jan. 31, 2024:

Ten years of increased drug and serial theft crimes across California has taken its toll on the state’s residents and businesses. Because of Proposition 47, there is no accountability when it comes to these crimes, theft is underreported and some stores are even told not to report theft crimes. But help is on the way – a proposed ballot initiative to amend Prop. 47 is currently collecting signatures for the November 2024 ballot.

Proposition 47, was passed by tragically misinformed voters in 2014, and flagrantly titled “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act” by then Attorney General Kamala Harris, which reduced a host of serious felonies to misdemeanors, including drug crimes, date rape, and all thefts under $950, even for repeat offenders who steal every day.

Prop. 47 also decriminalized drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor, removed law enforcement’s ability to make an arrest in most circumstances, as well as removing judges’ ability to order drug rehabilitation programs rather than incarceration.

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The California Increase Drug and Theft Penalties and Reduce Homelessness Initiative (#23-0017) may appear on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 5, 2024.

The initiatives would increase drug crime and theft penalties and allow a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony, which gives the offender the option to participate in drug and mental health treatment.

Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
The Bible, Proverbs 24:11

Freebies, including ‘sex changes,’ for illegals

Monday, January 8, 2024, 1:31 pm | Randy Thomasson

Tell your friends who are Democrats that Democrat politicians in Sacramento and Washington, DC care more about illegal aliens than about you and your family. 

With a $68 BILLION state budget deficit, Democrat Party Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democrat state legislators are still giving 2.2 million illegals in California “free healthcare,” which will cost more than $3 BILLION per year, charged to taxpayers.

What’s more, illegal aliens will also receive taxpayer-funded “sex changes,” thanks to Democrat Party Governor Gavin Newsom.

You see, operating without the authorization of any law, Newsom’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) recently (and quietly) implemented tax-funded so-called “gender affirming care,” which, according DHCS, “refers to treatment provided to address incongruence between a person’s gender assigned at birth and their gender identity.”

So, when Newsom & the Democrats this month began giving illegal aliens of all ages free health insurance via Medi-Cal (California’s “welfare” health insurance program), these Frankensteinian, irreversible surgeries are included.

Stop and think about it. When illegals get more “freebies,” can drive, vote, become cops, and everything else in California, you know that this favored status is no accident: Democrat Party politicians care more about illegal aliens than about you and your family. Tell your Democrat friends!

Definition of citizen: From Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language:

CITIZEN, noun

1. The native of a city, or an inhabitant who enjoys the freedom and privileges of the city in which he resides; the freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

5. In the United States, a person, native or naturalized, who has the privilege of exercising the elective franchise, or the qualifications which enable him to vote for rulers, and to purchase and hold real estate.

If the citizens of the United States should not be free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.

Definition of illegal alien: From former Arizona state senator Karen Johnson:

In its original language, the Bible used two different words to describe a “foreigner” and an “alien.” A “foreigner” was a person from another land (like a tourist or businessman) who was only in the country temporarily, but with permission. An “alien” was a person from another land who planned to take up residence, again with the permission of the host country.

In his book, Dr. Hoffmeier describes a famous tomb scene dating to the 19th century B.C. which shows workers entering Egyptian territory. One carries a permit in his hand. The writing on the permit is clearly visible, noting the date (1862 B.C.) and the number of foreign workers who were allowed to enter to work in Egypt. Other ancient documents describe both successful and failed attempts to secure the border and restrictions that frontier border guards placed on foreigners entering Egypt. There is much archaeological evidence, according to Dr. Hoffmeier, to document that a foreigner in the ancient Middle East needed permission to travel across borders from one country to another.

When Abraham’s great-grandson, Joseph, the son of Jacob, wanted to bring his father and brothers to Egypt during another great famine in their land, he had to get permission from Pharoah. Even though he held a high position in Pharoah’s court, Joseph himself was not Egyptian. He was a guest in the land … a foreigner.

The bottom line is that amnesty proponents are simply incorrect when they quote the Bible to support comprehensive immigration reform. The Biblical admonition to “Welcome the stranger” is not a call for welcoming illegal aliens. It’s a call to welcome immigrants who follow the law.

“Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.”
U.S. founding father James Wilson in his 1790 treatise, “Of the Study of the Law in the United States”

Pursuing success in 2024

Monday, January 1, 2024, 11:35 am | Randy Thomasson

Now that the New Year is here, I want to remind you of an important fact of life: People who see themselves as difference-makers indeed succeed.

As Christian motivational speaker Zig Ziglar said, “I believe success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.”

I agree with this, as long as both the means and the end are God-approved. Because ultimately, the only successes that last are those that receive the applause of heaven.

Yet it’s also true that persistence and endurance are Bible-based qualities, as are the values of faith, hope, and love for Creator God and people.

I hope these admirable merits describe you as a follower of SaveCalifornia.com. I know they reflect my desires as the leader of our Christian-values organization since our founding in 1999.

Truth-tellers and difference-makers have an incredible opportunity in California right now. Because the pain and fear caused by the New Communist Democrats are definitely being felt. From inflation to crime to illegal aliens to transients to crazies targeting kids, reasonable Californians want solutions to big problems!

You and SaveCalifornia.com are part of the answer. As we educate the public on the cause and effect of problems, and point the way toward solutions, more people will follow, learn, and change. From the Bible, from history, and from real life, I know this to be true.

Thank you for following or even financially supporting SaveCalifornia.com’s work for you in 2023. For 2024, I wish you a Courageous and Faith-Filled New Year!