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BREAKING: CA Senate Republicans Locked Out of Capitol in Politicized COVID Wars

August 27, 2020 6:09 pmAugust 28, 2020 1:03 pm

There have been several COVID-positive members of the California Legislature. Leading up to Thursday, COVID-positive members and those they were in contact with in the Capitol were asked to quarantine for 14 days. But legislative business went on with some...

BREAKING: 10 GOP Senators Barred From State Capitol Building, Forced To Vote Remotely

August 27, 2020 5:16 pmAugust 27, 2020 6:12 pm

On Thursday 10 of the 11 Republican Senators were denied entry to the Capitol Building amid concerns of spreading COVID-19 to others in the building. 10 Republican Senators barred from the Capitol Building The extreme measure came a day after...

Early COVID-19 Prisoner Release Leads To Severe Wildfire Fighter Shortage

August 25, 2020 5:55 pmFebruary 25, 2021 11:33 am

On Tuesday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) announced that, due to COVID-19 prison releases, the number of inmate wildfire fighters has left the state at least 600 wildfire fighters short of where they have been...

Four Gas Power Plants May See Operation Extensions Due To Blackouts, Grid Issues

August 24, 2020 3:04 pm

This week, environmental organizations, officials from numerous cities, and energy company officials are mounting eleventh hour fights before the State Water Resources Control Board meets next week to decide if several natural gas plants in Southern California will get an...

California Granted $4.5 Billion From FEMA For Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

August 23, 2020 8:16 am

On Saturday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that they secured $4.5 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Lost Wage Assistance Program to add extra money to state unemployment benefits. An extra $300 for 3 weeks for unemployed...

Local Journalism Protection Bill Passes in Senate Committee

August 21, 2020 2:57 pmAugust 22, 2020 4:55 am

On Thursday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for another 2 years passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 7-0. Assembly Bill 5 by former labor leader Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has significantly limited Californians’ ability to...

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...