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California’s Draconian AB-5 Law Should Be Debate Topic #1 for Gov. Newsom

November 27, 2023 3:22 pmNovember 27, 2023 3:22 pm

When Gov. Gavin Newsom faces off with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the upcoming Fox News debate on Thursday, November 30, Newsom should be made to answer for the countless flagrant fiascos of his own making in California — not...

State Disability Insurance Taxes Going Up – For Some, Going Up A LOT

November 20, 2023 3:39 pm

Right now, if you earn the typical California salary of about $65,000 a year, you – not your employer – pay about $590 each year in state disability insurance taxes. As of January 1, that tax is going up and...

Fed Unemployment Debt to hit $20 Billion

October 31, 2023 2:45 amOctober 31, 2023 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department will be putting $20 billion worth of coal into California’s stocking this Christmas. On Christmas Day, or thereabouts, the EDD debt to the federal government will reach $20 billion dollars in principal and interest and –...

This Time, Governor Newsom Lied About the EDD

October 18, 2023 10:28 am

This story has two aspects, one simple and one complicated, complicated with a capital B for bureaucracy. First, the simple part – Governor Gavin Newsom lied. Not an obfuscation, or a missing context thingy, or a matter of interpretation –...

California Slavery Reparations Technology Boondoggle

September 19, 2023 8:00 amSeptember 19, 2023 8:08 am

First it must be understood, slavery was never legal in what is now the state of California, under Spanish, Mexican, U.S. military occupation, or as a state. Prior to European contact, there were Native American slaves held by at least...

About Last Week… Legislative Lunacy

September 17, 2023 1:14 pmSeptember 17, 2023 1:14 pm

“Anything you do crazy, I can do crazier than you…no you can’t, yes I can, no you can’t, yes I can HULABALA!!!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnVrop697uU While that may not be an exact transcription – nor exact security camera video – from a...

Rep. Kiley Crosses the Su-Be-Gone

September 14, 2023 5:51 pm

This morning, the House Education and the Workforce Committee approved a bill authored by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) that would strip Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of her position. The bill – which mirrors Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-Louisiana) legislation...