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Bill To Give Employees Additional Two Weeks COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Passes Legislature

February 8, 2022 12:01 pm

A bill that would once again give employees an additional two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave for COVID-19, COVID-19 quarantining, caring for those sick with COVID-19, and recovering from COVID-19 vaccine side effects passed in the state legislature on...

CA Senator Nancy Skinner to Introduce Bill to Pay State Funds To Children of COVID-19 Victims

December 29, 2021 2:33 amDecember 30, 2021 7:17 am

Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) announced on Monday she would be introducing legislation next month to give state financial assistance to children below the age of 18 who lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19. Under the bill, currently called “The...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill To Decertify Police Officers With Multiple Misconduct Incidents

October 1, 2021 3:33 pmOctober 1, 2021 8:23 pm

During a visit to the Southern Californian city of Gardena on Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that would remove certain immunity provisions for police officers and prohibit those convicted of a felony from returning to work...

Gov. Newsom Misled Public about Wildfire Prevention Efforts

September 30, 2021 2:35 amApril 3, 2022 7:32 am

The June 2021 report which exposed that Gov. Gavin Newsom misled the public about his wildfire prevention efforts by 690%, should have obligated applicable state agencies to act immediately. There are still many unanswered questions. The Globe has been following...

Governor Newsom Signs 4 Bills Designed To Boost Housing Numbers

September 17, 2021 2:11 amSeptember 16, 2021 9:11 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills on Thursday designed to increase housing, speed up the process to approve multi-family housing, and to alter the approval process for new housing. In total, Newsom signed the following 4 bills: Senate Bill 8...

Do Sacramento Residents Want City Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela Working To Fix ‘Broken’ Criminal Justice System?

September 13, 2021 2:24 amSeptember 12, 2021 9:46 pm

On September 8, Sacramento’s District 4 Council Member Katie Valenzuela and Mayor Darrell Steinberg published a letter online condemning the murder of 61-year-old Land Park resident Kate Tibbits by a homeless man named Troy Davis. Davis is also accused of...

The Facts on Zero Bail in Kate Tibbitts Murder

September 11, 2021 10:25 am

This week, Senate Bill 262, the zero bail bill, was shelved for the year by its author, Sen. Bob Hertzberg, after the recent horrific rape and murder of Sacramento resident Kate Tibbitts by a perpetual felon out on zero bail...