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Governor Newsom’s Approval No Longer Needed on PG&E Settlements

December 17, 2019 5:21 pmDecember 18, 2019 2:09 pm

PG&E removed a provision requiring the Governor to approve all settlements with wildfire victims on Monday. Meeting with wildfire victim representatives on Monday to come up with an agreeable settlement amount, both sides agreed to not allow the Governor to...

California’s Independent Contractors Are About to Become Dependent Employees – or Unemployed

December 17, 2019 5:15 pmDecember 19, 2019 8:26 am

‘AB 5 conflicts with federal law by excessively burdening interstate commerce.’ UPDATE below. A recent bill signed into law is already changing the employment status of millions of California workers. Assembly Bill 5, passed mostly on party lines in the...

Democratic Socialist candidate Shahid Buttar is running against Pelosi again. (photo by Chris

San Francisco Civil Liberties Lawyer Shahid Buttar Running Against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

December 17, 2019 11:55 amDecember 19, 2019 8:34 am

‘The Speaker can’t likely win an election in San Francisco while doing as much as she has to support & enable our criminal president.’ San Francisco civil liberties lawyer Shahid Buttar last week formerly entered the primary race against House...

‘Tool Box Killer’ Lawrence Bittaker Dies In Prison at 79 Despite Receiving Death Sentence

December 17, 2019 8:39 amDecember 17, 2019 8:48 am

The killer outlived half the jurors who convicted him, along with the judge, lead detective and assistant prosecutor. Lawrence Bittaker, the convicted murder who raped, tortured and murdered teenage girls, has died in San Quentin State Prison at the...

Adam Schiff is a ‘Low Rent Clown’ Says Opponent Eric Early

December 17, 2019 7:24 amDecember 19, 2019 8:43 am

Republican congressional candidate Eric Early says Rep. Adam Schiff has passed his prime and needs to be ousted. “The IG report painted Schiff as the total liar he is,” Eric Early told the California Globe. “He thinks he is morally...

California’s 2020 Solar Home Mandate to Come into Effect in Two Weeks

December 17, 2019 6:19 amDecember 16, 2019 9:22 pm

The new building standards in California that will require solar panels for all new single-family houses and low-rise multifamily complexes will come into effect starting January 1st. Passed in 2018 by the California Energy Commission (CEC), the mandate is designed...

Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Employees Begin Week-Long Strike Across California

December 16, 2019 4:22 pm

Over 4,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health employees went on strike throughout California Monday over better working conditions, better mental health care, and reduced benefits. A strike by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) had been in the works for...