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State Senators Announce Legislation to Bolster Cal Fire Pay, Fire Prevention Efforts

February 4, 2025 2:18 pmFebruary 4, 2025 2:26 pm

How many California residents are aware that CalFire’s fire fighters are not all full time employees? A large chunk are laid off 3-months each year and have to go on unemployment. That is about to change according to Senate President...

CA Lawmaker Claims Wildfires are ‘Being Driven by Climate Change’

January 24, 2025 8:00 amJanuary 25, 2025 3:19 pm

Thursday in the California Assembly, lawmakers debated and voted to approve $2.5B in wildfire relief bills, only after Democrats blocked an additional $1 billion for wildfire prevention, requested by Republicans. As the Globe reported, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) told colleagues...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Racial Equity Commission’ is ‘is Marxist in Origin and Un-American in Practice’

July 27, 2023 5:38 pmJuly 27, 2023 5:39 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointments Thursday to the state’s first Racial Equity Commission, established by an executive order signed by Gov. Newsom last year. What is the Racial Equity Commission? In 2021, then-Senator Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) authored SB 17...

Gov. Newsom’s Expanding ‘Racial Equity Commission’ Disdains Equality

April 24, 2023 5:31 pmApril 24, 2023 5:31 pm

Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) Monday announced he has appointed Angélica Salas and John Kim to the Racial Equity Commission. The Racial Equity Commission? There was no information about the Racial Equity Commission in Rendon’s email, other than short biographical...

SB 260: The Climate Corporate Accountability Act

January 29, 2021 1:01 pmJanuary 29, 2021 1:00 pm

Earlier this week, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 260, which would enact the Climate Corporate Accountability Act. It will be amended to apply to all businesses with over $1 billion in revenue who are doing business in...

Governor Newsom Issues New Executive Orders: Zero Emission Vehicles, COVID

September 24, 2020 6:26 amSeptember 24, 2020 6:36 am

Governor Gavin Newsom issued two Executive Orders (EO) on September 23. Both are detailed with important guidance to the California business community. The following summarizes the two EOs. Governor Executive Order 79-20 Governor Newsom issued his Executive Order N-79-20. It...

Former Governor Brown Addresses Congress, Warning Against Lowering Of Clean Car Standards

October 30, 2019 2:05 amOctober 30, 2019 10:26 am

Former California Governor Jerry Brown addressed a House Subcommittee in Washington Tuesday where he warned that removing higher emission standards and other clean car initiatives on automobiles will have dire consequences in the future. Brown, who was the Governor of...