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Workers’ Compensation in the Time of COVID-19

September 20, 2020 8:02 amSeptember 20, 2020 8:12 am

On September 17, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1159 , by Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), into law as Chapter 85. Under the new law, employers face stricter requirements to report workplace Covid-19 cases to health authorities, and employees...

Homeless ‘Tiny’ Apartments Balloon to $425,000 Per Unit in Sacramento

September 16, 2020 8:32 amSeptember 17, 2020 6:49 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has been pushing for permanent housing for the city’s homeless. While that may sound reasonable and even decent, the latest project to provide tiny apartments in a renovated old downtown hotel will cost more than $445,000...

Scientific Evidence Reveals ‘No Climate Effect’ on California’s Wildfires

September 15, 2020 11:29 amSeptember 17, 2020 2:33 pm

President Donald Trump stopped in Sacramento, CA Monday to meet with Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials to discuss the 2020 wildfires. Trump was in California last year as well during the wildfires, and warned that forest management needed to...

President Trump in Sacramento For Wildfire Briefing With Gov. Gavin Newsom

September 14, 2020 4:44 pm

President Donald Trump made a stop in Sacramento Monday, to meet with Gov. Gavin Newsom and discuss as the state’s historic wildfires. Air Force One landed at McClellan Airport, which now serves as a Northern California hub for the collaborative...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Protect Sex Offenders Who Have Homosexual Sex with Minors

September 12, 2020 1:57 pmSeptember 13, 2020 4:23 am

California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom just signed Senate Bill 145, which lowers the penalties for adults who have sex with same-sex minors. As Senator Melissa Melendez Tweeted, “Well what a shock. Newsom signed SB145, the bill that allows a 24...

Two Californias: One for Government Ruling Class, the Other for the People

September 8, 2020 11:17 am

Last week we had Salongate when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was caught on security cameras visiting a San Francisco hair salon for a wash and blow-out, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s business lockdown orders, and local ordinances keeping hair and nail salons...

Sex and Taxes: Legislators’ Annual Preoccupation

September 1, 2020 10:13 amSeptember 1, 2020 10:49 am

“Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes,” the popular idiom says. But in California it is more accurate to say “sex and taxes.” With California in dire financial straits having been locked down since March,...