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California Democrats Again Kill Fix to AB5

May 15, 2020 10:06 amMay 15, 2020 10:07 am

California’s Senate Republicans introduced a package of bills earlier in the year to fix and/or fully repeal Assembly Bill 5, the bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) which has limited Californians’ ability to work as independent contractors and freelancers....

Complaint Alleges State HR Office Declined Information Requests to Shield Unions

May 14, 2020 7:15 am

A complaint filed on May 12 against California’s Department of Human Resources seeks to establish whether the agency works for the state residents and taxpayers, or for the powerful labor unions that control most of California’s public employees. Filed in...

Understanding the California Legislative Process

May 14, 2020 2:23 amMay 13, 2020 10:36 pm

Sacramento Lobbyist, attorney and California Globe contributor Chris Micheli has written and compiled many legislative process articles over the years, and has now turned them into a textbook. Micheli, who is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University...

California Health and Human Services Agency Denies it has Documents to Justify Lockdown or Re-Opening Policy

May 13, 2020 5:57 pmMay 13, 2020 6:02 pm

California Globe filed a Public Records Request May 13th with the California Health and Human Services Agency Director Mark Ghaly, Chief Information Officer Adam Dondro, and General Counsel Gabriel Ravel seeking documents, facts, opinions, data, and analysis, that have been...

California Salon Owners and Barbers Sue Gov. Newsom Over the Right to Earn a Living

May 12, 2020 4:15 pmMay 13, 2020 5:35 pm

The Right to Earn a Living… “the most precious liberty man possesses.” ~Supreme Court Justice William Douglas The Center for American Liberty and Dhillon Law Group are representing the Professional Beauty Federation of California, salon owner Rosie Ibarra and...

Gov. Newsom Says Elon Musk’s Fight is with Alameda County, Not State

May 12, 2020 7:36 amMay 12, 2020 9:59 am

In his press conference Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom attempted to distance himself from Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s threat to move his company headquarters and production facilities out of state because of Newsom’s statewide shutdown orders. Musk’s plant has been...

President Trump Orders Federal Retirement Funds Invested in Chinese Equities to be Pulled

May 12, 2020 2:20 amMay 12, 2020 9:08 am

President Trump is moving to cut investment ties between U.S. federal retirement funds and Chinese equities, in a move that is tied to the handling of COVID 19, Fox News reported Monday evening. “National security adviser Robert O’Brien and National Economic Council Chair...