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CalWORKs ‘Assistance Unit’ Doesn’t

October 13, 2024 8:33 amOctober 13, 2024 8:33 am

Assistance unit. That is what the state’s welfare program – dubbed CalWORKs because it sounds better than CalGetsFreeMoneyForMakingBadChoices – refers to its beneficiaries as: an “assistance unit.” Not a family, not a household (those things could be very different, let...

UPDATED California Globe Voter Guide: 2024 Ballot Measures Broken Down to Just the Facts

September 24, 2024 8:42 amOctober 17, 2024 4:32 pm

UPDATED 10/15/2024: California voters have many decisions to make November 5, 2024, and not just on a President. California voters are facing 10 ballot initiatives dealing with rampant theft and drug trafficking (Prop. 36), limiting rent control laws (Prop. 33),...

Opinion: The Debate and Obamacare

September 12, 2024 7:46 amSeptember 12, 2024 7:46 am

As you can probably guess, I was concerned most during the presidential debate about the question of “Obamacare” by ABC and the rapid attack against Trump by Kamala Harris. By her own account as a California senator in 2018, she...

The Madness of California

September 3, 2024 7:00 amSeptember 3, 2024 7:01 am

There is an old saying in politics, that a democracy can only last until the citizens figure out they can vote themselves rich. California is taking that truism a step further, an absurd step that was never contemplated before and...

‘Trick or Treat’ in July!

July 3, 2024 2:45 amJuly 3, 2024 2:46 am

The recent article in the California Globe covering the style of Democrat Leadership through the maneuvers of Assembly Bill 440 draw more concern and weariness from this Californian. While political shifting and backroom dealing are all matters of fact in...

The Hippocratic Oath: Limitations

May 24, 2024 4:14 pmMay 24, 2024 4:14 pm

So far in our discussion of the covenants of the Hippocratic Oath we have covered honor and teaching. An equally important covenant is that of limitations. Please recognize that as with all the covenants, the function of both the doctor...

Legislative Analyst and Gov. Newsom Still Disagree on Budget Deficit and Solutions

May 20, 2024 7:51 amMay 20, 2024 7:51 am

The Legislative Analyst’s Office updated spending plan in Gov. Newsom’s revised budget shows a $55 billion budget deficit as opposed to the $27.6 billion figure Newsom presented last week, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The LAO released its latest...