May 2020 – Page 14 – California Globe

California Senate Reconvenes After Almost Two Months

May 11, 2020 2:17 pm

On Monday, the state Senate reopened in Sacramento, bringing together the full legislature under one roof for the first time since mid-March. Senators can still choose to attend remotely if they so wish through the SR 86 resolution. SR 86...

El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Votes to Re-Open

May 11, 2020 7:21 amMay 11, 2020 7:21 am

With no deaths due to COVID-19 in El Dorado County, the Board of Supervisors recently met and agreed it is time to reopen. Supervisors sent a letter to Governor Newsom calling for a full move into Stage 2 for the county....

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Cal Pension Systems are Headed to BK but Not Due to C-19 Losses?

May 11, 2020 6:35 amMay 11, 2020 8:57 pm

‘In 1999, most government pension plans were 100% funded. With a 50% increase in liabilities, they instantly became two-thirds funded. And, for the last 20 years they are still two-thirds funded!’ – Sen. John Moorlach State Senator John Moorlach (R-Costa...

Radical Left Attempting to Derail ICE’s Proposed Prison Re-use Plans in McFarland and Adelanto

May 11, 2020 2:20 amMay 10, 2020 11:15 pm

Gov. Newsom’s destructive prison shutdown with ICE reuse plan In October 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 32 into law, to phase out the use of private prisons. On January 1, 2020, AB 32, became law and eliminated all contracts...

Sacramento Developer’s Unprecedented Lawsuit Against City Council for Brown Act Violations is Published

May 11, 2020 2:02 amSeptember 3, 2020 1:57 pm

In a rare act, the California Third District Court of Appeals felt so strongly that Sacramento City Councilman Jay Schenirer had egregiously broken the law, violated the 14th Amendment right to a fair trial of Sacramento developer Paul Petrovich, and...

CA Assemblywoman Tweets ‘F*ck Elon Musk’ After He Threatens to Move Tesla Out of California Over Health Restrictions

May 10, 2020 10:11 amMay 10, 2020 1:01 pm

On Saturday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to move both the company headquarters and production facilities to Texas or Nevada if they were not allowed to reopen as soon as possible, as California Globe reported. Then Musk took to Twitter...

Assemblywoman Christy Smith (Photo: Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Katie Hill Cuts Goofy Ad for Christy Smith

May 10, 2020 10:00 amJune 30, 2020 1:39 pm

For weeks now, the race in California 25 has been tightening. When freshman incumbent Katie Hill was forced to resign amid accusations of sexual and other workplace improprieties, it was assumed that her 8-point victory over incumbent Republican Steve Knight...