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Under the Radar: How Gov. Newsom Uses Clemency to Engineer Parole for Recidivist Felons and Murderers

August 26, 2023 2:45 amAugust 26, 2023 2:50 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom is big on demanding transparency and accountability from others, such as school officials and social media companies. But from himself, not so much—and especially not when it comes to using his clemency powers to engineer the future...

Costing LA More Than $3 Billion, Hollywood Writers Strike At A Standstill Again

August 26, 2023 2:30 amAugust 26, 2023 2:31 am

The Hollywood writers strike was once again brought to a standstill on Friday, with both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announcing that no talks are currently in the works...

Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Prepares For Final Votes In Assembly

August 25, 2023 5:14 pmAugust 25, 2023 5:14 pm

A bill to increase the minimum number of paid sick leave days a year for employees from three to seven, as well as expand the minimum number of accrued sick days a year from six to fourteen, prepared for the...

California State Auditor Rates Unemployment Agency ‘High Risk’

August 25, 2023 3:05 pmAugust 25, 2023 3:48 pm

The California State Auditor’s Office has slapped the omni-shambles Employment Development Department, California’s unemployment agency with a “high risk” rating, meaning that the “likelihood of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement or the likelihood of impaired economy, efficiency, or effectiveness causing...

Climate Mental Nuts on Sacramento City Council Go After CA Restaurant Association

August 25, 2023 2:13 pmAugust 28, 2023 6:27 am

The Sacramento Bee has its knickers in a twist because the California Restaurant Association allegedly has attempted “to water down the city of Sacramento’s climate change proposal to require new buildings be powered by electricity.” Stop the presses! The restaurant...

Half Of All Americans View San Francisco As Unsafe New Poll Finds

August 25, 2023 12:38 pmAugust 25, 2023 12:38 pm

According to a new Gallup poll released this week, only 52% of Americans rate San Francisco as safe anymore, freefalling from a previous poll only 15 years ago when the city scored one of the highest ratings and was viewed...

Sonoma County Equity Office Gave ARPA Funding to Inmate for DUI Case

August 25, 2023 7:45 amAugust 25, 2023 7:46 am

Within the County of Sonoma, school boards and nonprofits continue to be riddled with nepotism. Santa Rosa City Schools Board (SRCS) President Stephanie Manieri, her aunt, Executive Director Maria Isabel Lopez, Raizes Collective and SRCS Trustee Alegria De La Cruz...