And offshore oil drilling is better than ever, with these significant improvements required by the U.S. government since October 2011, which have proven effective in preventing large spills:
Sturdier wells
Improved blowout protectors
Robotic subs on every oil rig
Improved preparedness for future blowouts
Improved technology for tracking and controlling released oil
“Offshore oil drilling could begin in Southern California for the first time in decades, due to a proposal from the Trump administration to open federal waters off the entire state coastline.
“Drilling in the Pacific Ocean could begin as soon as 2027 off Southern and Central California — and in 2029 off Northern California — if President Donald Trump’s offshore plan moves forward. But many state leaders and residents are already mobilizing in opposition.
“Offshore operations supply about 15 percent of the nation’s domestic oil, according to the Department of the Interior. Federal estimates indicate the Outer Continental Shelf still holds roughly 68.8 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 229 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
“Environmental groups in California have been outspoken in their opposition, but the American Petroleum Institute and other leading oil and gas associations backed reviewing new Outer Continental Shelf leasing areas in a June letter.
“In 2050, as is the case today, more than half of U.S. demand is expected to be met by oil and natural gas,” they wrote. “Continuous exploration and drilling will be needed to meet these expectations.”
NOTE: New oil pumped offshore (federal jurisdiction) would likely have to be shipped to non-California refineries, since California’s Democrat Party politicians are expected to continue to block pipelines and trucks on “their land.”
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” The Bible, Genesis 1:26-28
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 11:22 am | Randy Thomasson
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NOV. 21, 2025 UPDATE: And now with Democrat Party congressman Eric Swalwell of San Francisco’s East Bay area declaring he’s running for governor too, we’ve again updated our hypothethical mathematical scenario below. Swalwell will further splinter Democrat Party voters.
NOV. 20, 2025 UPDATE: With the entrance into the governor’s race of leftist billionaire Tom Steyer, the odds of winning the “top two” of the June 2, 2026 “jungle primary” election have mathematically increased for mostly-conservative Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton. We’ve added Steyer to the hypothetical calculation below. The deadline to declare one’s candidacy for California governor is next March.
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Remember this hard-and-fast rule about California’s “jungle primary”: The “top two vote-getters” of any party are the two winners that advance to the November runoff.
Approved by California voters in June 2010, Proposition 14 requires, “All candidates for a given state or congressional office shall be listed on a single primary ballot. The top two candidates, as determined by the voters in an open primary, shall advance to a general election.”
Now for the big question — could both “primary election” winners be Republicans, guaranteeing a Republican governor? It’s a valid scenario.
In recent polling, Republican candidates for governor Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton have shot to the top:
· 10/24/25 Emerson College poll of 900 likely voters: Hilton 16%, Porter 15%, Bianco 11%
Why are Republicans scoring so high in liberal California? Let’s do the math, based on California’s 2024 presidential election results (giving Republican, American Independent, and Libertarian party candidates nearly 40% of the vote, and Democrat and other leftist party candidates nearly 60%):
If mostly-conservative Republicans Bianco and Hilton split 40% of the vote, and six Democrats split nearly 60%, the top two voter-getters will be Bianco and Hilton, guaranteeing a Republican governor.
Here’s this hypothetical scenario calculated by SaveCalifornia.com:
21% Steve Hilton (R) 19% Chad Bianco (R) – – – – – 11% Xavier Becerra (D) 10% Katie Porter (D) 9% Tom Steyer (D) 8% Tony Thurmond (D) 8% Betty Yee (D) 5% Antonio Villaraigosa (D) 4% Eric Swalwell (D) 2% Ian Calderon (D) 3% other
So if you’re a conservative, don’t fight over Bianco and Hilton — yet. Because a conservative Republican victory is only ensured if both men win California’s June 2, 2026 primary election.
“Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.” The Bible, Jethro’s advice to Moses in Exodus 18:21
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:41 pm | Randy Thomasson
Are most Californians — getting dumber or more foolish or more sinful, or all three?
The latest count of California’s vote on the unfair, unjust, racist, corrupt Proposition 50 is 63.9% yes and 36.1% no.
Yet demonstrating the unreliability of “moderates” and too many registered “Republicans,” eight California counties won by Donald Trump just one year ago “flipped” by voting YES on Prop. 50 this year. Why did this happen?
First of all, the evidence is that most California voters (Democrats and independents) believed a barrage of lying ads. They therefore foolishly and illogically justified California’s biased redistricting in response to Texas’ fair redistricting. So they were energized to turn out in greater numbers than in an “average” special election.
Second, the evidence is that Republican turnout was weak, even anemic. It’s estimated that only one-third of California Republicans voted in the Prop. 50 statewide special election. Does this mean most Republicans were confused or cynical (so they didn’t vote), or were they lazy or unloving, or all of the above?
Of California’s 5.8 million registered Republicans, only an estimated 1.8 million had mailed in their ballots by Nov. 3. One year ago, more than 6 million Californians voted for the Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. Yet this election, only 3.2 million Californians voted NO on the unfair, corrupt Prop. 50 (as of the count on Nov. 6 @ 8:45 p.m).
Compare the unadmirable Republican voter turnout of this month to California’s 2009 statewide special election, which had 5 liberal statewide propositions on the ballot. In May 2009, it was a 28.40% low voter turnout (with conservatives surging to defeat the big-government propositions by an average of 65% voting no). Yet in the just-concluded statewide special election on the unfair, corrupt Prop. 50, the overall turnout was about 36%, with the NO side supplying just over a third of the votes.
It’s a harsh truth that if all the Californians who voted to elect Donald Trump in 2024 (they officially numbered 6,081,697) had “stayed the course” and voted no on Prop. 50 just one year later, Prop. 50, with about 5.3 million YES votes, would have been defeated by a greater number of NO votes.
Where were all the Republicans? It didn’t help that too many falsely believed that:
* President Trump is hurting the economy with his tariffs (he’s not) * Texas getting rid of race-based districts was unfair (it wasn’t) * Democrat Party media ads can be trusted (they can’t) * The unfair, lying Yes on Prop. 50 were true (see how they outspent the No side) * Their votes don’t matter due to election fraud (they forgot they can still win in CA)
What can we conclude from most California Republicans not voting this election, when wiping out Republican congressional districts was on the ballot?
From the Bible and experience, I know that selfishness is natural (newborn babies are 100% selfish) and that sacrificial and faithful love must be learned, and is therefore rare (which is why too many people are unfair and unjust in their hearts).
What’s more, I believe too many people have become “Republican” without knowing what it means. For these “barely Republican” Californians are not grounded, but are weak on history, fairness, and biblical love for neighbor.
Yes, they were likely “triggered” by certain issues into becoming a Republican. Yet their conservative ideals are not their default character, which is therefore not reliable, but “spotty,” so most “sat out” this special election. The math of Republicans not voting shows why Prop. 50 was approved, not defeated.
The rarity of love means biblical Christians and other faith-based conservatives, who believe voting is obedience to God and love for neighbor, are the most dependable voters.
May the failure to seize this special election opportunity serve as a correction to conservatives and Republicans everywhere. For be a good citizen, you must study the issues and vote right in God’s sight and encourage others to do the same. And this is obeying Jesus Christ, Who commanded His disciples to “love your neighbor as yourself.“
Can Prop. 50 and election fraud be stopped?
It’s awful that Prop. 50 passed. Yet realize that, in next year’s congressional elections, Prop. 50 won’t likely flip the U.S. House, because of red states’ mid-census redistricting.
The federal lawsuit alleges Prop. 50 violates the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The most likely chance of 5 or 6 SCOTUS judges agreeing would be the 15th Amendment’s prohibition of limiting or denying voters’ rights based on color or race.
It’s hard to reverse Prop. 50 because SCOTUS reaffirmed in 1997 that, according to Article 1, Section 1, individual states can prescribe regulations governing the Times, Places and Manner of holding elections; however, “Congress may at any time make or alter such Regulations.”
Therefore, if Congress were to approve a quick bill to eliminate Prop. 50, it could; however, such a law might also have to eliminate other states’ mid-census redistricting.
While President Trump probably CAN’T ban “all mail-in ballots,” we at SaveCalifornia.com believe he CAN stop illegal aliens from voting, and not just in California, but in all 50 states.
For it’s likely the U.S. Supreme Court would uphold a “citizens only” voting standard. More
Trump’s full statement on his 11/4/25 Truth Social post: “The Unconstitutional Redistricting Vote in California is a GIANT SCAM in that the entire process, in particular the Voting itself, is RIGGED. All “Mail-In” Ballots, where the Republicans in that State are “Shut Out,” is under very serious legal and criminal review. STAY TUNED!“
In response, the press office of California’s Big Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted a cartoon of “Baby Trump” crying outside the White House and stating, “Live look at Trump this morning, whining about California.”
Yet election fraud is real in California. See 2 recent examples + fraud-promoting laws:
California Democrat Assemblywoman Caught on Video Leading Large Group of Non-English Speaking Immigrants to Vote Yes on Prop 50,”The Gateway Pundit, Nov. 4, 2025
See a chronology of California’s Democrat Party politicians’ laws promoting both election fraud and voter fraud
TAKE RENEWED ACTION: Urge U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate election fraud in California. See why and use her web form
“And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Jesus Christ in Mark 12:31
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