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CA Auditor Warns 18 State Agencies ‘High Risk’ for Waste, Fraud, Abuse of Federal COVID Funds

August 27, 2020 11:15 amAugust 27, 2020 11:16 am

California’s non-partisan State Auditor, Elaine Howle, warned Governor Gavin Newsom this week that she has very serious concerns about 18 state agencies responsible for doling out $17 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds. These 18 departments have officially been added...

Senate Cancels Floor Session After 2 New COVID-19 Cases Found In Capitol

August 26, 2020 8:13 pmAugust 26, 2020 9:12 pm

On Wednesday, less than 2 months after the State Capitol Building and surrounding office buildings shut down to to a mini-outbreak, 2 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Capitol Building were announced, cancelling today’s floor session and threatening to...

U.S. DOJ Should Also Investigate California Sending COVID Patients to Skilled Nursing Facilities

August 26, 2020 5:56 pmAugust 26, 2020 5:57 pm

On April 2nd California Globe reported the California Department of Public Health was suspending nursing home relegations to allow for COVID-19 patients to be “discharged to a Skilled Nursing Facility when clinically indicated.” Following deadly COVID outbreaks in nursing homes and...

New Amendments To Oil, Gas Well Bill Bring Controversy Before Assembly Vote

August 26, 2020 2:48 pm

With only days away from an Assembly floor vote, a bill designed to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells has had controversial new amendments added to it, with some claiming that oil and gas operators themselves won’t need to...

Early COVID-19 Prisoner Release Leads To Severe Wildfire Fighter Shortage

August 25, 2020 5:55 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:33 am

On Tuesday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) announced that, due to COVID-19 prison releases, the number of inmate wildfire fighters has left the state at least 600 wildfire fighters short of where they have been...

Climate Goal Bill For California Lands Fails To Reach Senate Vote

August 21, 2020 8:15 pm

On Friday, a bill that would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other state agencies to find a climate goal for California natural and working lands failed to advance to a Senate vote. AB 2954 fails to...

Local Journalism Protection Bill Passes in Senate Committee

August 21, 2020 2:57 pmAugust 22, 2020 4:55 am

On Thursday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for another 2 years passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 7-0. Assembly Bill 5 by former labor leader Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has significantly limited Californians’ ability to...