Articles – Page 1754 – California Globe

Several California Counties Prepare To Ask For In-School Teaching Waivers

July 21, 2020 3:09 pm

Shortly after Governor Gavin Newsom announced his school reopening rules on Friday, many county education departments facing remote learning this fall informed schools that they can be exempted. A waiver for in-school classes in COVID-19 watch list counties In a...

California’s Slippery Slope of Legislating Health Care

July 21, 2020 2:29 pmJuly 21, 2020 2:51 pm

Few of us today were alive during the New Deal Era when the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis spoke about states being the laboratories of democracy. California above all other states embodies that sentiment and leads the nation in...

Gov. Newsom’s Alcohol Agency Issues Edict Declaring What a Bar ‘Meal’ Is

July 21, 2020 8:02 amJuly 23, 2020 1:40 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last lockdown order included closing bars unless they serve food. However, what constitutes “food” is no longer open to interpretation. Apparently Buffalo Wings, fried cheese sticks, fried calamari, sandwiches and salads are not considered a...

CA Rep. La Malfa Jams Up Dems Hydro Dam Giveaway Scheme

July 21, 2020 6:42 amJuly 21, 2020 7:08 am

California Congressman Doug La Malfa must have read Mary Maples Dodge’s 1865 children’s book about a Dutch boy named Hans Brinker who saves his country by plugging up a leaking dike in Holland with his finger. La Malfa (R-Chico) has...

Barbershop, Salon Coronavirus Bans Retracted By Governor Newsom

July 21, 2020 6:34 am

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that barbershops, hair and nail salons, and other similar businesses could now reopen, albeit with strict rules in place for all reopening businesses. Under the new guidelines, all salons and barbershops will need to...

Fair Political Practices Commission

July 21, 2020 6:25 amJuly 21, 2020 6:27 am

The Fair Political Practices Commission was created by Proposition 9 as part of the Political Reform Act of 1974 that was adopted by the statewide electorate in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal at the federal level. The FPPC is...

San Diego Parents Form School Advocacy Group to Improve Public Education

July 20, 2020 6:43 pmJuly 20, 2020 6:43 pm

An active group of parent public school advocates has created San Diego Schools, “to enable parents and student to better understand how their school District operates, how to receive the most value for their education and how their participation can...