May 2020 – Page 18 – California Globe

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Uber, Lyft Sued by California Over Alleged Labor Rights Violations

May 6, 2020 1:57 pm

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the state is suing rideshare giants Uber and Lyft over numerous labor rights violations, and for not treating their drivers as employees. California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego push...

State Legislature Continues Its Assault On Local Zoning Decisions

May 6, 2020 6:00 amMay 6, 2020 6:01 am

With the introduction of the latest housing density mandate, AB 725 in the California state legislature, the battle between state control and local control in California intensifies. At the same time, the pandemic crisis and its economic consequences add additional complexity to...

2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 52nd Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

May 6, 2020 2:01 amMay 5, 2020 9:08 pm

In the 52nd District, which includes the heart of San Diego trailing out into the coastal and Northern suburbs, demographics have been trending to the Democrats for years. Congressman Scott Peters (D-CA) narrowly beat former Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray in...

California Assembly Reconvenes, Senate to Follow on May 11th

May 5, 2020 5:46 pmMay 5, 2020 5:47 pm

On Monday, members of the Assembly reconvened at the Capitol Building in Sacramento for the first time in almost two months. Assembly back for the first time since March While expected workloads of bills, committees, and the annual budget are...

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

When a Curve Is Not Necessarily a Curve

May 5, 2020 3:05 pmMay 7, 2020 7:37 am

Residents of the Golden State have become slaves to a new debt, to a lockdown and to previously ignored, unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities. They must be freed from these chains. By Sen. John M.W. Moorlach and Craig Keshishian Maybe...

California to Lose as Much as $72.1 Billion in Tourism Spending This Year

May 5, 2020 2:57 pm

On Tuesday, a new projection by Tourism Economics was released showing that California is currently on track to lose $72.1 billion in travel related spending this year. In addition, by the end of this month, 613,000 travel and tourism related...

FACT CHECK: Is poverty deadlier than Coronavirus?

May 5, 2020 11:15 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:08 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. About a week ago, California Globe launched a marketing effort in which anyone could request a free bumper sticker. The sticker reads “Poverty is deadlier than Coronavirus.”...