Daily Business Report: Wednesday, July 30 2025
San Diego federal judges vote to extend Adam Gordon as region’s U.S. attorney
By Ken Stone | Times of San Diego
Meeting a 4-month deadline, San Diego federal judges have voted to appoint Adam Gordon as U.S. attorney for the downtown-based Southern District of California.
On Tuesday, the clerk of the U.S. District Court here confirmed a report first made by a legal newspaper.
“The judges voted to appoint interim U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon,” the clerk, John Morrill, told Times of San Diego. “An appointment order will be filed before the term expires on August 7.”
Americans ‘Vote With Their Feet’ Away From California
By Katy Grimes | California Globe
One of the most startling trends in the United States today is the migration from high tax states to low or no-tax states.
I have covered California’s out-migration for many years, but have never seen it as serious as it is today.
California made the top of Allied Van Lines Company 2024 Allied US Migration Report – and unfortunately once again it’s for outbound migration. We are losing residents to other states, and not replenishing them with inbound migrants.
Just last week we reported on The Gavin Newsom Effect: U-Haul Reports Californians Leaving in Droves. U-Haul’s January report showed that more Californians rented one-way U-Haul trucks to leave the state in 2024 than residents of any other state.
OPINION: A Spiritual Anchor in a Divided World – What Happens When the Church Takes Sides?
By Hector Barajas | California Globe
In more than 25 years in politics, I’ve witnessed countless moments when churches welcomed political candidates to speak just before an election. It happens on both sides of the aisle. The subtle (or sometimes overt) implication is clear: this is an endorsement. And while the IRS’s recent green light may now make such activity explicitly permissible, the decision raises deeper concerns that go beyond the tax code.
For many Americans, including my parents, aunts, in-laws, friends, and myself, the church is a spiritual anchor. It is not a political arena, a social club, or an ideological battleground. It is a place of transformation and a refuge from the noise of the world. It is a space where we gather to hear the Word of God, not the platforms of politicians.
The IRS’s July 7 ruling, which allows churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status, may seem like a mere formalization of what’s already happening. But its symbolic weight cannot be overstated. What was once a line, albeit a blurry one, between pulpit and politics is now being erased
