Yvonne Walker – California Globe

SEIU Leader Suspended For Six Months Following $44,000 Time Sheet Fraud

November 29, 2021 12:00 pmDecember 8, 2021 3:47 pm

Tony Owens, the former Vice President of Bargaining for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 in Los Angeles, was suspended for six months without pay from his California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) on Monday following an investigation...

New California SEIU Local 1000 President Refuses To Back Gov. Newsom in Recall Election

May 26, 2021 11:06 amMarch 22, 2022 11:43 am

Richard Louis Brown, the incoming president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000, the largest state worker union in California, announced that he would not be backing Governor Gavin Newsom in the upcoming recall election, breaking a long-standing...

Gov. Newsom Cuts $6.1 Billion in Revised State Budget with a $54.3 Billion Deficit

May 14, 2020 5:49 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a revised 2020-2021 state budget proposal that would include over $6 billion in cuts. $6.1 billion in cuts, a $54.3 billion deficit Under the May budget revision, $6.1 billion in programs and spending increases...