H1N1 – California Globe

Concerned Citizens Shout Down COVID Penalties at Sacramento County Supervisors Meeting

December 16, 2020 2:57 amDecember 15, 2020 8:50 pm

When you consider adjectives to describe what a county board of supervisors meeting is, exciting probably isn’t the first that comes to mind. The Dec. 8, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting, however, proved an exception to the rule when...

Sacramento County Threatening $10K Daily Fine for Violating Dubious Public Health Orders

December 7, 2020 3:48 pmDecember 8, 2020 4:22 pm

Californians were just issued new stay-at-home orders by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, which took effect at midnight Sunday evening. Almost immediately, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors announced it was considering an ordinance to impose a hefty fine on...

California’s Coronavirus By the Numbers

April 7, 2020 3:47 pmApril 8, 2020 6:19 am

Only a few blocks away food service employees, bartenders, waiters, bakery workers, ice cream parlor employees, barbers and hair stylists, day spa workers and estheticians, boutique and retail clerks, seamstresses, Uber and Lyft drivers, manufacturing employees, and gym employees, aren’t...

California’s Indeterminate Lockdown Based on ‘What Ifs’

April 6, 2020 8:26 amApril 7, 2020 6:14 am

Most people don’t fear the virus as much as they fear this indeterminate sentence. The indeterminate sentence in penology is considered draconian and cruel by defense lawyers. Yet the indeterminate sentence is exactly what the state’s residents are experiencing...

The New California: Police Arrest Shop Owners and Surfer While Releasing Hundreds of Inmates

April 4, 2020 11:42 amApril 6, 2020 6:51 am

This leaves many to believe the complete shutdown of American society over questionable health concerns is having the desired effect – tanking the U.S. economy before the 2020 Presidential Election. This week Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked snitches...

Taxes at a Standstill: How the Coronavirus Can Halt Ballot Initiatives in the Coming Years

March 28, 2020 5:28 pm

As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to keep people home and put the economy into a lull, the combined health and economic factors have made everyone from state officials to local activists worried about voters passing new taxes, bonds, and propositions...

What Executive Orders Has Gov. Newsom Issued During Coronavirus Crisis?

March 26, 2020 7:32 amMarch 27, 2020 8:13 am

The extraordinary measures California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking ostensibly to prevent the spread of Coronavirus appear autocratic and undemocratic, but all in the name of public health: self-quarantines and isolation for the state’s 40 million residents. However, Gov. Newsom...