Thomas Buckley – Page 63 – California Globe

Is California Well Endowed?

May 15, 2023 6:20 amMay 15, 2023 7:03 am

In 1996, an insurance company bought another one, the state got in the middle, and the California Endowment was born. When Blue Cross of California acquired the for-profit subsidiary WellPoint Health Networks, state regulators demanded a non-profit health-care focused foundation...

Paid Family Leave Costs Going Up – Will Gavin be Here to See That?

May 13, 2023 7:53 amMay 13, 2023 7:54 am

Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 951 by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) to increase the size and scope of the state’s paid family leave (PFL) program. The bill (he vetoed a similar bill the year before during...

California Did NOT Default on its Federal Unemployment Debt

May 11, 2023 5:00 amMay 11, 2023 7:54 am

While Governor Newsom and the legislature’s decision to foist the re-payment of a federal debt caused by the laughably destructive EDD onto the backs of California businesses remains unconscionable, recent reports that the state is “defaulting” on the debt are...

Julie Su Ordered Staff to Obstruct Immigration Agents

May 10, 2023 7:13 pmMay 10, 2023 9:18 pm

When she was California’s Labor Commissioner, Julie Su directed department staff to not cooperate with federal immigration agents if they appeared at any commission office looking for illegal aliens. Su’s 2017 memo also strongly implies that Commission employees should actively...

LA Public Health Chief Barbara Ferrer Grilled in Court for On-Going ‘Twitter Files’ Censorship Scandal’

May 9, 2023 3:30 amMay 9, 2023 5:42 pm

Last Wednesday, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health chief Barbara Ferrer was in a conference room with her two tax-payer funded lawyers for her deposition in the Alliance of Los Angeles County Parents lawsuit filed against the county over numerous...

The Psychology of Electricity

May 6, 2023 8:51 amMay 6, 2023 9:21 am

Electricity is magic. It is everywhere and can be used by anyone – all you have to do is plug in or flip on and things spring to life. It can do almost anything – heat your home, power your...

May is National Masturbation Month!

May 4, 2023 10:31 pmMay 4, 2023 10:35 pm

Put That Thing Down and Read This Story! Well, it’s not quite Californication, but it’s close. May is National Masturbation Month, and, of course, it started right here in the Golden State, at the San Francisco sex co-op Good Vibrations,...