COVID-19 – Page 6 – California Globe

Three Years Later, Gov. Newsom Clings to Emergency COVID Powers – For the ‘Next Emergency’

August 1, 2023 8:35 amAugust 1, 2023 8:38 am

“Did Gov. Newsom Really End CA’s COVID-19 State of Emergency?” the Globe asked March 1st when the governor announced he was lifting his emergency COVID order. “Three years later, it doesn’t appear the governor is really giving up his emergency...

LA Evictions Coming With Looming COVID-19 Back Rent Due

August 1, 2023 2:30 amAugust 1, 2023 2:31 am

Los Angeles officials said on Monday that a rise in homelessness in the city is expected in August, with the looming August 1st deadline for tenants to pay all back rent owed from March 2020 through September 2021. Citywide eviction...

In-N-Out Bans Employees From Wearing Masks In Most States

July 18, 2023 4:37 pmJuly 18, 2023 4:37 pm

Irvine-based fast food restaurant In-N-Out unveiled through a memo this week that the chain will ban employees from wearing masks at locations in every state but California and Oregon, becoming one of the first major restaurant chains to formally end...

Up To 2.8 Million Californians To Lose Medi-Cal Coverage Over Income Verifications

July 17, 2023 11:37 amJuly 17, 2023 11:37 am

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) is expected to lose between 1.8 million and 2.8 million of their roughly 15 million enrollees by the end of 2024, according to a new report released on Monday, with verifications resuming this week...

The Cashless Ban: San Francisco’s Continued Folly

June 24, 2023 2:45 amJune 27, 2023 5:24 am

Back in 2019, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance banning nearly all “cashless” stores, or those that only accept credit cards, debit cards, and other virtual payments while not accepting cash. The Board said that such brick...

Truckers to POTUS: Withdraw DOL Nominee Julie Su

June 23, 2023 6:50 amJune 23, 2023 6:57 am

Thursday two starkly contrasting messages were sent about the stalled confirmation of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, California’s failed former Labor and Workforce Development Agency Secretary. It’s the independent truckers versus Lorena Gonzalez. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent a...

Congress is Fed up with the California EDD

April 26, 2023 6:21 pmApril 27, 2023 6:11 am

Congress is getting fed up with the California EDD, today sending a third request for information regarding its disastrous, fraud-riven pandemic response. In January, the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee asked EDD chief Nancy Farias to turn over...