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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Proposes 1,647 City Employee Layoffs Amidst Huge $1 Billion Budget Gap

April 22, 2025 2:20 pmApril 22, 2025 2:20 pm

During her state of the city address on Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced several cuts and rollbacks in the city budget to close the nearly $1 billion city budget deficit, including the layoffs of 1,600 employees and the...

Department of Insurance Holds Public Hearing Over Proposed State Farm Insurance Rate Hike

April 9, 2025 2:24 pmApril 9, 2025 2:24 pm

The California Department of Insurance held a public hearing on Tuesday to help determine if they should accept the request by State Farm Insurance to increase the rate on rental homes, non-rental homes, rental units, and condos by at least...

LA Mayor Karen Bass Sued By L.A. Times Over Deleted Text Messages

March 31, 2025 4:40 pmMarch 31, 2025 4:40 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was sued over the weekend by the Los Angeles Times, with the paper claiming that Bass and other officials purposefully withheld and deleted texts and other records during the opening days of the Southern California...

Gavin Newsom Recall Petition Approved For Signature Gathering

March 31, 2025 1:03 pmMarch 31, 2025 1:03 pm

The petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom was approved for signature gathering by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Monday, with Saving California, the group behind the recall effort, saying that petitions are already going out. According to a...

Governors’ Fitness Councils Chairman Jake Steinfeld Considering a Run For Governor

March 28, 2025 1:09 pmMarch 28, 2025 1:09 pm

Actor and Chairman of the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC) Jake Steinfeld announced on Friday that he is now considering running for Governor of California in 2026. During an interview on “The Brian Kilmeade Show” on Fox News,...

City Of Los Angeles Expected To Make Major Cuts As City Faces A Nearly $1 Billion Budget Deficit

March 20, 2025 1:48 pmMarch 20, 2025 1:48 pm

Los Angeles City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo shocked many on the Los Angeles City Council Wednesday by announcing that the city budget deficit was worse than they thought, coming in at just under $1 billion in the red. In a...

California Department of Insurance Provisionally Accepts State Farm’s Requested 22% Rate Hike

March 14, 2025 5:25 pmMarch 14, 2025 5:25 pm

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced on Friday that he has conditionally approved the requested 22% insurance rate hike by State Farm, but only if they can justify their reasons for an increase at a public hearing in April. For over...