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Bill to Exempt Small Businesses From Paying $800 Minimum Franchise Tax Introduced In Senate

March 5, 2025 4:46 pmMarch 5, 2025 4:46 pm

A bill that would exempt most small businesses in the state from paying the state’s $800 annual franchise tax was officially introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Bill 816, authored by Senator Suzette Valladares (R-Santa Clarita), would specifically exempt...

A Critical Lifeline for Rural California Just Got More Expensive

February 24, 2025 6:42 amFebruary 24, 2025 6:43 am

Americans and the small businesses they support have long relied on the United States Postal Service for affordable mail and package delivery. However, recent price hikes now threaten to make package delivery less affordable, impacting businesses and their customers nationwide....

California’s Draconian AB 5 Continues to Decimate the Careers of Independent Professionals

December 31, 2024 7:17 amDecember 31, 2024 10:54 am

As California’s onerous AB 5 law enters its fifth year of chaos, independent professionals in the (once) Golden State continue to experience disruption and/or decimation of their careers across hundreds of industries and professions, thanks to the freelance-busting policy authored...

‘Jobs are Down and Workers are Suffering’ While Gov. Newsom Touts Job Increases

December 11, 2024 2:14 pmDecember 12, 2024 7:59 am

Well, it was only a matter of time. The Globe heard from the Governor’s Deputy Director for Rapid Response, Brandon Richards (He/Him), telling us we need to retract our articles on fast food job losses following Gov. Gavin Newsom signing...

96.5% of New Jobs in California This Year Were Government Jobs

November 26, 2024 9:09 amDecember 11, 2024 2:49 pm

UPDATE below: While California Governor Gavin Newsom is traveling around the state gaslighting residents and the media about his purported successes, no one is doing business in the once Golden State. That’s because California is the only employer doing the...

The Gaslighting Governor: Gavin Newsom Shamelessly Claims California is an ‘Economic Powerhouse’

October 12, 2024 4:55 amOctober 12, 2024 4:56 am

“It isn’t by accident that California is an economic powerhouse. Whether it be around education, infrastructure, or immigration, we’re following a formula for success,” California Governor Gavin Newsom claims in a video posted to X. Newsom’s gaslighting would merely be...

Newsom’s ABX2-1 Will Artificially Create a Fuel Shortage Crisis by Limiting Distribution of Fuel

September 27, 2024 8:46 amSeptember 28, 2024 10:40 am

Why is gas more than $5 gallon in California and not across the country if “Big Oil” is so greedy? California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special legislative session after accusing California’s oil refineries of price gouging. The governor...