January 2022 – Page 19 – California Globe

Two Years in, Gov. Newsom Announces Another $2.7 Billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package

January 8, 2022 7:22 pmJanuary 10, 2022 12:25 pm

“Today, Governor Newsom’s Administration unveiled a proposed $2.7 billion COVID-19 Emergency Response Package – including a $1.4 billion emergency appropriation request – to bolster testing capacity, accelerate vaccination and booster efforts, support frontline workers, strengthen the health care system and...

California State Senate Going Back to Remote Voting for Members

January 8, 2022 11:32 amJanuary 8, 2022 12:09 pm

The California Globe heard from a member of the State Senate Friday evening that they won’t be shutting down for two weeks, but will be going back to remote voting – because COVID. Again. This, despite that Office of Legislative...

Impeachment of California State Officers

January 8, 2022 7:53 amJanuary 8, 2022 8:00 am

The California Constitution, like its federal counterpart, allows for the impeachment and conviction of certain state officials. The U.S. Constitution provides in Article I, Section 2 that “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall...

Senate, Assembly Republicans Ask Governor Newsom To Call Special Session on Homelessness

January 8, 2022 2:26 amApril 3, 2022 3:05 pm

Senate and Assembly Republicans sent a joint letter to Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, urging him to call for an Extraordinary Special Session of the Legislature to immediately address the problem, rather than waiting until later in the year. Press...

Timing of California Appropriations Bills

January 7, 2022 3:11 pmJanuary 7, 2022 12:02 pm

Appropriations bills, as their name implies, appropriate funds from the General Fund or special funds. Can these bills be adopted at any time during the Legislative Session? This question is addressed in Article IV, Section 12(c)(4) of the California Constitution,...

Proposed Guenoc Valley Luxury Resort Halted By Lake County Judge Over Wildfire Concerns, CEQA Issues

January 7, 2022 1:40 pm

Lake County Superior Court Judge J. David Markham ruled earlier this week that development of a large 25-square-mile proposed resort in the Guenoc Valley is to be stopped due to violations of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by not...

San Diego City Workers Receive Advance Firing Notices For Not Vaccinating

January 7, 2022 10:09 amJanuary 7, 2022 10:46 am

San Diego city officials announced on Thursday that 86 city employees were given ‘advanced firing notices’ for either not updating their vaccination status or claiming a religious or medical exemption following receiving pre-termination letters last month. San Diego first announced mandatory...