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Let’s Help Businesses Thrive in a Post-COVID World

July 9, 2021 2:32 amJuly 8, 2021 9:33 pm

Is California’s economy recovering from COVID or not? Recent jobs numbers don’t help answer that question. In May, California added nearly 105,000 jobs, the fourth straight month adding more than 100,000. That is certainly strong job growth by historic state...

Is California Really ‘Roaring Back’ or Limping Along?

June 19, 2021 10:24 amJune 24, 2021 6:42 am

“California continues to lead the nation’s economic recovery, adding 104,500 jobs in May, marking the fourth month in a row of six-figure job creation,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement Friday. Wow! Shazam! Pow! Relief! Whew! The California...

Don’t Disregard Our COVID-19 Sacrifices by Raising Taxes on Disinfectants

June 9, 2021 3:58 pmJune 9, 2021 4:34 pm

During this past year, my fellow nurses and I have been on the front lines helping fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Like so many other frontline workers, we have all made huge personal sacrifices. As some nurses have traveled across the...

UPDATE: Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Declares Racism a Countywide Public Health Crisis

November 19, 2020 1:05 pmNovember 19, 2020 1:11 pm

UPDATE below: As Sacramento County was moved back into the most restrictive COVID lockdown tier Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, rather than fight for their constituents, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a resolution “declaring racism as...

The Purple Tier: How Business Owners Are Responding To Being Moved To the Highest Tier

November 13, 2020 6:08 amNovember 17, 2020 12:10 pm

Earlier this week, the announcement by California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly that San Diego County and Sacramento County would be moving to the state’s most restrictive COVID-19 restriction tier has been met by consternation and...

California Needs to Reassess Stay-at-Home Orders to Prevent an Economic Tragedy

April 20, 2020 10:00 amApril 20, 2020 10:12 am

Before the public health and economic disasters wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic ruins more lives, California policymakers need to carefully assess the costs of a long-term lockdown and make common sense adjustments. About one-sixth of California workers have filed for...