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California’s Commission on State Mandates

July 22, 2020 6:21 amJuly 22, 2020 6:30 am

In California state government is the Commission on State Mandates. It is established in Title 2, Division 4, Part 7 on State-Mandated Local Costs. Chapter 1 contains the following statement of legislative intent in Section 17500: The Legislature finds and...

CA Public Health Doc Outlines New Guideline Changes, Date-Based Re-openings

July 22, 2020 4:07 amJuly 21, 2020 8:52 pm

On Tuesday, California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly replaced the Governor during the normal statewide COVID-19 update press conference, outlining possible new closure changes in California in the future. Dr. Ghaly reiterated and borrowed Governor Gavin...

How Much Do California’s City Workers Make?

July 22, 2020 2:05 amJuly 21, 2020 8:48 pm

With the economic shutdown devastating private sector employment in California, with small family owned businesses the worst hit, how are California’s public employees doing? A recent report by NPR paints a grim picture: “Cities Have Never Seen A Downturn Like...

Armenians and Azerbaijanis fight it out in the Caucasus, and in California

July 21, 2020 9:09 pmMarch 17, 2022 8:25 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. SACRAMENTO—Los Angeles is home to the largest community of Armenians in the world outside of Armenia. So when there’s noise in the Caucasus, the echoes resonate in...

The ‘Gig’ Is Up on Biased Research in the Fight Over AB5

July 21, 2020 3:53 pmJuly 22, 2020 2:54 pm

In a quest to convince Californians to “Vote No on Prop. 22,” a ballot measure that would cement the status of gig workers as independent contractors, the California Labor Federation just released an information guide for voters. The guide cites...

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...