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California Top 500 Debtor List Is Out
June has arrived, the season of graduation, barbecues, Father’s Day and that other quintessential California ritual – the public shaming of the state’s Top 500 Delinquent Taxpayers. Revenue & Taxation Code Section 19195 requires California to post this list twice a...
The Homeless Industrial Complex
Los Angeles could be at risk of a deadly typhus epidemic this summer according to Dr. Drew Pinsky, an outspoken celebrity doctor and specialist in addiction medicine. Pinsky, a Los Angeles native, recently quoted on Fox News, said: “We have tens and tens...
State of California Taking County and Homeowners Out of Paradise Fire Cleanup
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency agreeing to pay for 75 percent of the cleanup costs of the Paradise “Camp Fire” destruction, California officials say they want FEMA to pay even more than that. In December, FEMA reported it was...
Gov. Newsom’s Key Staff Picks: Angie Wei
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he hired California labor leader Angie Wei as his chief deputy cabinet secretary for policy development. Most recently, chief of staff of the California Labor Federation. Need we say any more than Capitol Weekly’s Top 100...
Huntington Beach Sued While Marin County Exempted from Affordable Housing Requirements
While Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued the Orange County city of Huntington Beach for failing to provide enough additional “affordable housing,” his own home county of Marin is enjoying a moratorium on affordable housing building requirements until 2028. “But some...
Palm Spring Mayor Calls It Quits
Palm Spring Mayor Robert Moon will not seek re-election this year, citing growing political and personal rifts within the city council. An exchange of verbal fisticuffs between the two played out in local media outlets after the Mayor’s announcement. In...