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LA County Board of Supervisors Votes To Suspend All Official Travel to Florida, Texas

April 8, 2022 7:03 pm

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to suspend all official travel to Florida and Texas over each respective states’ restrictive LGBT policies. The vote on Tuesday can trace the Board’s decision to actions made...

Chevron, Union Leaders Set To Resume Talks Over Richmond Refinery Strike on Monday

April 8, 2022 4:10 pm

A nearly three week-old strike of over 500 refinery workers at the Chevron Richmond refinery in the Bay area agreed to meet to discuss an end of the strike on Friday following two weeks of no talks and gas prices...

California Diversity Strike Down: Why Most Company Boards Already Met Quotas

April 8, 2022 2:27 amApril 7, 2022 9:10 pm

In the wake of AB 979, the now off-the-books California law that required California-based companies to to have a minimum of minority-appointed Board seats, being tossed out of court in a Superior Court ruling earlier this week, companies have noted...

Temporary Guaranteed Income For Homeless High School Seniors Program Bill Passes Senate Education Committee

April 7, 2022 1:52 pm

A bill to give universal, guaranteed income to high school seniors who are homeless passed in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday in a 5-1 vote. According to Senate Bill 1341, authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Campbell), about 15,000 high...

Former Assembly Leader Connie Conway, DWR Manager Lourin Hubbard To Faceoff in Race For 22nd Congressional Seat

April 7, 2022 2:28 amApril 6, 2022 9:58 pm

The special election election to fill in the 22nd Congressional district seat vacated by former Congressman Devin Nunes earlier this year failed to reach a 50% plurality on Tuesday, forcing a run-off election this June between Republican former Assembly Leader...

Firearm Bill Modeled After Texas Heartbeat Abortion Bill Passes Sen. Judiciary Committee

April 6, 2022 5:44 pmApril 7, 2022 9:11 pm

A bill that would allow California residents to file civil lawsuits against firearm manufacturers, distributors, importers, and sellers of illegal firearms passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Senate Bill 1327, authored by Senator Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), specifically notes...

Former San Diego Council Members Advance to Run-Off in Assembly Special Election

April 6, 2022 1:29 pmApril 6, 2022 1:38 pm

The special election to fill in the Assembly seat for the 80th district covering part of San Diego and surrounding suburbs failed to reach a plurality for a single candidate on Tuesday, forcing a run-off election later this year between...