Attorney General Xavier Becerra

California Lawmakers Can Lower Healthcare Costs

October 7, 2024 9:45 amOctober 7, 2024 9:48 am

This week I learned that the House Education and Workforce Committee considered an anti-competitive hospital contracting bill led by California Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-45)—the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act—that would massively boost healthcare affordability in the Golden State. The...

Is Gov. Newsom’s Closure of San Quentin Abuse of Executive Authority?

February 1, 2022 2:39 pmFebruary 1, 2022 8:47 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom defied the state’s voters within 6 weeks of being sworn in January 2019. He said during his campaign he would abide by the will of California voters who in 2016 rejected Proposition 66, a ballot initiative...

Trump Admin Reverses Policy Revoking Foreign Students’ Visas

July 15, 2020 3:10 pmJuly 15, 2020 3:13 pm

Pummeled by lawsuits from California, the University of California, the University of Southern California, 20 states, and and scores of colleges and universities, the Trump Administration yesterday abruptly backed off its policy revoking visas for foreign students who take classes...

Latest CA Attorney General Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Hyperbolic Assault

July 13, 2020 1:29 amJuly 13, 2020 7:11 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Trump Administration last Thursday over its edict that would revoke the visas of foreign students who only take classes online, claiming that ICE exceeded its authority with the directive, and it would endanger...

California Atty General To File Injunction to Force Uber/Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees Within Weeks

June 24, 2020 1:11 pmJune 25, 2020 4:04 pm

Last month, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, sued Uber and Lyft, claiming the companies wrongfully classified drivers as independent contractors – even as Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), author...

California Bans State-Funded Travel To Idaho Over New Transgender Laws

June 24, 2020 2:21 amJune 23, 2020 8:02 pm

“I do not believe that protecting the rights of women and girls to participate in athletics or recording objective facts constitute discrimination.” Idaho Governor Brad Little On Monday, California banned all state-paid travel to Idaho following the state’s passage...

Mother of Four Arrested at May 1st State Capitol Protest Speaks Out

June 2, 2020 2:21 pmJune 3, 2020 11:50 am

California Globe wonders how many Antifa or Black Lives Matter protesters were issued citations for violating the state health code and spreading ‘contagious, infectious or communicable diseases.’ A mother of four contacted California Globe after reading our coverage of...