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Debt Collector Licensing Bill Passes Assembly Banking and Finance Committee

August 13, 2020 4:11 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:49 pm

On Wednesday, a bill that would require the licensing of debt collectors and debt buyers passed the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee. SB 908 moves up through the Assembly Senate Bill 908, authored by Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), would have...

Latest Casualty in COVID Era: Customer Service

August 13, 2020 3:04 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:10 pm

My neighborhood grocery store, which once had very nice customer service, has degraded into COVID mask hysterics, and clerks now yell at shoppers for for allowing their own reusable bags touch the conveyer belt at the check out stand. Far...

California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax

August 13, 2020 2:24 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:25 pm

On the morning of August 13, Assembly Bill 2088 was gutted-and-amended an elections bill into a wealth tax. AB 2088 is jointly authored by Assembly Members Bonta, Carrillo, Chiu, Gonzalez, Kalra, Santiago, Stone, Ting, and Wicks. Assembly coauthors include Chu...

CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation ‘Wealth Tax’ on State’s Billionaires

August 13, 2020 1:10 pmAugust 13, 2020 2:27 pm

Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta held a press conference Thursday announcing his legislation to tax the state’s wealthiest job creators and innovators – the 30,400 billionaires living and working in California. This first-in-the-nation net worth tax is estimated to generate $7.5...

Who Is in Charge of Education Policy in California?

August 13, 2020 6:18 amApril 2, 2022 10:20 am

There are multiple players who take part in setting education policy in the State of California. Beginning with the California Constitution, Article IX is focused on education. Article 9 was adopted in 1879 as part of the state constitution. This...

Senate Republicans Attempt To Move Forward School COVID-19 Liability Issue

August 12, 2020 7:42 pmAugust 13, 2020 6:32 am

On Wednesday, GOP Senators led by Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber), asked for a motion to dismiss a bill that would limit schools of any COVID-19 related liability. An attempt at withdrawing AB 1384 Assembly Bill 1384, authored by Assemblyman Patrick...

Federal Judge Proposes Letting ACLU Determine Who is a Journalist

August 12, 2020 6:05 pmAugust 14, 2020 5:24 am

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is proposing to allow the American Civil Liberties Union to vet and provide journalists’ credentials in the form of an ACLU-blue vest to reporters, in order to avoid assault or arrest by federal agents. This...