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Evictions Can be Halted Under Governor Newsom’s New Executive Order

March 17, 2020 4:34 pm

In Sacramento on Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new executive order that will allow local jurisdictions to temporarily stop evictions, as well as having utilities continue operating for the duration of the pandemic. Newsom’s executive order comes after questions...

CAG Interview: Assemblyman Jim Patterson Discusses Importance of Executive Authority Over Emergency Coronavirus Funding

March 17, 2020 3:57 pmMarch 18, 2020 9:14 am

‘To me, the alternative here is a bunch of self-interested politicians – a political grab like the greenhouse gas funding,’ Patterson said. ‘The governor owns this. And if he does the right decision-making, we all benefit.’ “Like it or...

California Governor and Legislators Suspend Procedures and Rules to Pass Emergency $500 M to $1 Billion Coronavirus Funding

March 17, 2020 11:04 amMarch 17, 2020 11:24 am

The California Legislature passed emergency funding Monday providing $500 million to be used to combat COVID-19, and authority for total expenditures up to $1 billion to the Governor. There were no Assembly or Senate Budget Committee hearings, and the Proposition...

Grocery Stores Across California Begin Mass Hirings In Response to Panic Stricken Shoppers

March 16, 2020 2:24 pmMarch 16, 2020 5:19 pm

‘We just didn’t have the manpower to deal with all the jackals here.’ Grocery stores and Supermarket chains have taken the unusual step of mass hiring new employees in response to the greater demand that has been brought on...

Coronavirus and Leviathan: Is Gov. Newsom Exploiting a Crisis to Expand State Government Power?

March 15, 2020 8:08 amMarch 15, 2020 8:09 am

Executive Order N-25-20, issued on March 12 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, “readies state to commandeer hotels & medical facilities to isolate & treat COVID-19 patients,” and also “readies the state to commandeer property for temporary residences and medical facilities...

The Fate of Offices: A Long-Term Coronavirus Effect No One is Discussing

March 13, 2020 8:13 pmMarch 17, 2020 12:25 pm

With more and more Californians being ordered to work from home for the next several weeks, a potential long term effect on office rentals and telework could be felt. Telework during the COVID-19 outbreak While the economic impact worldwide is...

Coronavirus Fears to Stop Basketball Fan Attendance, Delay Coachella in California

March 11, 2020 7:36 pmMarch 12, 2020 7:46 am

Amid growing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in California, numerous events around California have either been delayed, canceled, or will have greatly reduced attendance, costing the state and local areas hundreds of millions of dollars. Coachella and...