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Why MainStreet’s Viral ‘$10,000 To Leave The Bay Area’ Offer Will Only Hurt The Region
Silicon Valley startup ‘MainStreet’ made headlines this week with its offer of paying $10,000 for people to move out of the Bay Area. MainStreet, whose company goal is to “help create jobs in rural and suburban cities around America“, has...
California Inches Closer To Legalizing Sports Betting
The movement to legalize sports betting in California faces a busy second half of November as a hearing and tribal input threaten the long opposed measure. Assembly Constitution Amendment 16, authored by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and Assemblyman Adam Gray...
Effective Versus Operative Dates of Statutes
There is often confusion regarding effective versus operative dates. Specifically, Capitol observers often inquire when a statute actually “takes effect.” When it takes effect can be different than when the statute is operative. January 1 following the year a bill...
Democratic Presidential Nominee Hopefuls Descend Upon California This Week
For the week proceeding the 2019 California Democratic Party Endorsing Convention, Democratic hopefuls will be traveling extensively around the state in the hopes of getting enough support to win the Democratic Primary vote in March. The center of the focus...
PG&E To Become A Public Utility Under Proposed Legislation
Under a newly planned bill being written by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), PG&E would become a public utility through the state of California. PG&E has faced public scrutiny for years, but recently in the past year, numerous events have...
California Leads Country In New Ranking of States with Most Homeless Street People
A new list on the growing number of homeless living on the streets and in shelters was recently published by 24/7 Wall Street: 48 Major US Cities Struggling to Shelter Growing Homeless Population. California tops the list of states with...