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New Report Finds CARB Failed To Consider Economic Impact in Proposed Boating Regulations

November 16, 2021 2:39 amNovember 15, 2021 8:07 pm

According to a new Southwick & Associates economic impact released Monday by the Sportfishing Association of California (SAC), the California Air Resources Board (CARB) failed to obtain data when assessing the economic effects of new proposed harbor craft emissions standards....

Proposed Ballot Initiatives Raise Corporate Taxes to Pay For Climate Change Mitigation

November 16, 2021 2:22 amNovember 15, 2021 7:48 pm

Submitted to the California Attorney General in early November, two similar ballot measures (21-0037 and 21-0038) would address the reduction and mitigation of major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, paid for by major tax increases. Both measures have the same...

Amazon Settles With California For $500k Over COVID Case Concealment From Employees

November 15, 2021 4:14 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday Amazon and the state reached an agreement where Amazon will now have to inform employees within one business day on how many new COVID-19 cases have come up in the company, as...

School Walkout: ‘Government Is Not A Co-Parent’ rally At State Capitol Monday

November 15, 2021 2:19 pmNovember 15, 2021 7:12 pm

The “Government Is Not A Co-Parent” rally At California’s State Capitol Monday was vast. The “Statewide School Walkout” rally was exactly what it professed it would be: moms, dads, children, grandparents, teachers, and concerned citizens, showed up en masse at...

California Bar To Readjust Thousands of Bar Exam Scores, Offer Free Retakes Following Technical Problems

November 15, 2021 12:13 pmApril 3, 2022 8:21 am

The State Bar of California announced during the weekend that due to the large number of technical issues that led to a massive number of test takers not passing, a large number of scores will be adjusted or be test...

California Corrections Board ‘Unfairly Awarded, Inadequately Monitored’ Federal COVID Funds

November 15, 2021 8:18 amNovember 15, 2021 2:20 pm

The California State Auditor recently released an audit of the Board of State and Community Corrections’, which found that the board “unnecessarily delayed, unfairly awarded, and inadequately monitored federal Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental funds. Adding insult to injury, the board left...

Sacramento Crime Log Grows; ‘Crickets’ from Mayor and City Council

November 15, 2021 2:20 amNovember 15, 2021 2:40 pm

The crime wave across California has come to the front doors of millions in once-safe cities. As the Globe recently reported, in the once sleepy cow town of Sacramento, California, there are now regular (daily) shootings, stabbings, even machete attacks, bank...