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State Economy Rankings: California is a Real Dichotomy

June 10, 2019 7:32 amJune 10, 2019 7:44 am

California just ranked in the top 5 in the overall WalletHub 2019 State Economy Rankings, while ranking low in the Economic Health Ranking. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across three key dimensions: 1) Economic Activity,...

Authorized Power Outages Leave Californians Sweltering and In the Dark

June 10, 2019 2:11 amJune 10, 2019 6:13 pm

Over the weekend, PG&E turned off power in Napa, during a heat wave, only restoring power later in the day. More power outages came at 9 p.m. to customers in Butte County, Yuba County, and Sierra Foothills. The Associated Press...

California Budget Countdown: Focus on Single Payer, Individual Mandate Tax, Medical Socialism

June 8, 2019 9:52 amJune 10, 2019 12:08 pm

June 15 is the deadline for the passage of the California budget, which must be passed by midnight. As of Friday afternoon, lawmakers who are members of the Conference Committee on the Budget were still waiting around for news of...

Kamala Harris Claims California Could Lose 50,000 jobs Due to Mexico Tariffs

June 7, 2019 10:41 am

Presidential candidate California Sen. Kamala Harris has called President Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Mexico the “Trump trade tax” and says it could cost California “like 50,000 jobs because of it,” McClatchy reported. The numbers Harris used are from a...

California Bill to Allow Prison Inmates To Decide Their Own Sex

June 6, 2019 1:27 pmJune 10, 2019 12:20 pm

A bill by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener would allow prison inmates to decide their own sex, how they want to be addressed (Mr. Miss, Mrs. Ms.), and would require California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials to refer to...

New Bureau of Environmental Justice Seeking Funding and Enforcement Power?

June 6, 2019 2:05 amJune 6, 2019 1:28 pm

In February of 2018, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra created the Bureau of Environmental Justice within the Environment Section at the California Department of Justice. The mission of this agency within an agency is “to protect people and communities that...

Big Blow to Mayor Garcetti in the defeat of Measure EE in Los Angeles

June 5, 2019 11:18 amJune 10, 2019 12:22 pm

Following the contentious Los Angeles Unified School District strike in January, the controversial property tax hike proposed by the school district went down in a resounding defeat Tuesday. Measure EE garnered only about 45 percent of voter approval when it...