Articles – Page 1491 – California Globe

CA Power Co-ops Respond to California Globe on Blackouts

August 24, 2020 12:48 pmAugust 24, 2020 3:10 pm

In response to the August 18 California Globe article, “Too Much Green Power Worsening Blackouts: Green Power-Buying Cooperatives are Worsening Problem,” Leora Broydo Vestel, Director of Communications for the California Community Choice Association, an organization of 21 green energy purchasing...

Wildfires and Rolling Blackouts: CA Democrat Lawmakers Pushing Electric Vehicles

August 24, 2020 8:44 amAugust 24, 2020 10:01 am

With wildfires burning 1.3 million acres throughout the state, and rolling power blackouts from the weak electrical grid, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee voted to pass Assembly Bill 326 to make driving an Electric Vehicle “more accessible for all...

Revolving Door Limitations in California

August 24, 2020 6:24 amAugust 24, 2020 6:30 am

There are rules for those leaving government service, which we refer to as the “revolving door” between the public and private sectors. Article IV, Section 5(e) of the California Constitution provides that “the Legislature shall enact laws that prohibit a...

Gil Duran Says Gavin Newsom Presidential Future a ‘Likely Future Has-Been’

August 24, 2020 2:12 amAugust 24, 2020 6:33 am

Former Governor Jerry Brown’s press secretary Gil Duran has some pointed words for Gavin Newsom, which add up to “Fuggedaboutit.” In a Sacramento Bee op ed, Duran opined: “Once Newsom accepts that he will never be president, he’ll be free...

California Granted $4.5 Billion From FEMA For Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

August 23, 2020 8:16 am

On Saturday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that they secured $4.5 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Lost Wage Assistance Program to add extra money to state unemployment benefits. An extra $300 for 3 weeks for unemployed...

California’s Government Holidays and Designated Days

August 23, 2020 8:13 amAugust 23, 2020 8:14 am

Government Code Title 1, Division 7, Chapter 7 deals with holidays. Chapter 7, which contains Section 6700 to 6730, was added to state law in 1951. Section 6700 provides that the holidays in the State of California are the following:...

Endangered Species Protection For Joshua Trees Delayed By A Month

August 22, 2020 6:59 am

On Thursday, the California Fish and Game Commission delayed a decision to give the Joshua tree legal protections under the California Endangered Species Act. Possible greater protections delayed for the Joshua tree The delay comes as efforts between conservationists and...