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How the Homeless Industrial Complex Plans to Destroy Venice Beach

April 22, 2020 2:05 amApril 21, 2020 8:33 pm

You can’t ensure the rule of law when you permit people to wander the streets stoned out of their minds, or sprawled across park benches in a heroin stupor, or drinking and carousing all night long, urinating and defecating everywhere....

California State University joins University of California Suspend ACT/SAT Requirements Due to Coronavirus

April 21, 2020 5:04 pm

Over the weekend, the California State University system joined the University of California system in temporarily dropping ACT and SAT test scores as requirements for admission due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Spring SAT and ACT tests had been halted nationwide...

Assembly Budget Committee Praises and Questions Governor Newsom’s Coronavirus Decisions

April 21, 2020 3:03 pm

On Monday, the Assembly Budget Committee conducted an oversight hearing on Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 coronavirus plan, as well as Newsom’s emergency powers and the $7 billion he has spent on measures so far. Praise and frustration against the Governor...

Surprise Medical Billing Requires Proven Free-Market Solution

April 21, 2020 2:09 amApril 21, 2020 3:36 pm

The physical and fiscal wellbeing of hard-working families and taxpayers is always of the utmost importance, but perhaps even more on our minds now. Community members are worried about their health and their financial well-being as a result of the...

California Saving $40 Million a Day Thanks to Reduced Road Traffic due to Coronavirus

April 20, 2020 5:35 pm

A UC Davis study has found that since stay-at-home orders have been put into effect, California has been saving around $40 million a day due to reduced traffic and reduced crashes. According to the study, traffic has gone down on...

California Republican Party Asks Gov. Newsom To Prohibit Ballot Harvesting For California’s May 12 Special Elections

April 20, 2020 4:26 pm

The California Republican Party last week sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to prohibit ballot harvesting for the upcoming special elections on May 12, to avoid risks to public health and safety in light of COVID-19....

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Senator Moorlach’s SB 990 Would Suspend Freelance Job Killer Assembly Bill 5

April 20, 2020 3:42 pm

Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many say under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away. Since Assembly Bill 5 became law January 1, 2020, millions of freelance and...