Articles – Page 1427 – California Globe

How to Fix Police Low Staffing Issues? Nix Mandatory Minimum (Safe) Staffing

November 10, 2020 2:23 amNovember 9, 2020 3:35 pm

Law enforcement agencies institute and maintain minimum safe staffing levels because public safety is too important not to. That means not only having enough personnel on duty to handle an ordinary day but also to be prepared for anomalies: home-invasion...

Disney Announces Second Round of Furloughs

November 9, 2020 8:43 pmNovember 11, 2020 6:12 am

On Monday, a memo released by Disneyland President Ken Potrock announced a second round of layoffs following the state’s continued refusal to allow theme parks in California to reopen. Theme parks have been continuously denied approval to reopen under COVID-19...

Insurance Commissioner Lara Extends Insurance Cancelation Moratorium in Wildfire Areas

November 9, 2020 6:10 pmNovember 9, 2020 3:10 pm

On Thursday, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that, for the second year in a row, a one-year moratorium would be placed on insurers from canceling or not-renewing homeowners policies in wildfire-affected ZIP codes. Altogether, the announcement will affect 2.1...

California Shakeup With a Presumed Biden Cabinet?

November 9, 2020 5:42 pm

Since the weekend, media-presumed President Elect Joe Biden* has been looking at many prominent Californian politicians to fill positions in his cabinet. In addition to the upcoming need to fill the now-open Senate seat once held by Kamala Harris, Biden’s...

LAPD $150 million Budget Slash Culminating in Drastic Downsizing

November 9, 2020 3:08 pmNovember 11, 2020 6:10 am

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced an enormous downsizing of its force due to an upcoming $150 million budget slash approved earlier this year. Many bureaus and units, including robbery, homicide, gang units, narcotics units, and...

Gov. Newsom Says No COVID Vax For Masses, Pleads With Californians to Wear Masks

November 9, 2020 2:57 pmNovember 9, 2020 2:57 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom performed his noon update on California’s response to the coronavirus, continuing to instill the state’s residents with ongoing fear, while insisting compliance with the mask mandate… um, “guidelines.” The state is still under a significant lockdown...

Deja Vu All Over Again: Tight California Congressional Races Still Up in the Air

November 9, 2020 10:47 amNovember 10, 2020 6:12 pm

As the counting of ballots continues in California until Dec. 11, 2020, many in the state wonder if 2020 will be a deja vu of 2018, the year of the ballot harvesting slaughter in Orange County. In 2018, ballot harvesting...