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Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit To Halt California’s Mandatory Board Diversity Law

October 6, 2020 3:17 pmOctober 7, 2020 8:45 am

On Monday, the legal group Judicial Watch announced that they filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to halt a new state law to require a mandatory number of racial minorities on company boards. The Judicial Watch lawsuit against...

LA Mayor Garcetti Switches Endorsement In DA Race From Incumbent Lacey To Gascón

October 5, 2020 6:18 pmOctober 6, 2020 7:15 am

On Sunday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti switched his endorsement in the Los Angeles County district attorney’s race from incumbent DA Jackie Lacey to former San Francisco DA George Gascón after their performances in a heated debate the day before....

Los Angeles Ordered To Pay NRA $150,000 Over First Amendment Ordinance Violation

October 2, 2020 2:42 pmOctober 2, 2020 3:51 pm

On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson ordered the City of Los Angeles to pay the National Rifle Association (NRA) close to $150,000 over a 2019 ruling on a city ordinance aimed at negatively affecting some city workers who...

Court Opens Up Big Prop.13 Loophole for ‘Public Franchise Fees’

October 2, 2020 7:07 amOctober 7, 2020 7:49 pm

Two recent court cases have created a contested loophole in property-tax related Propositions 13, 26 and 218 which would cause a legal and actual tax earthquake in California. Cities have already started to impose legally unhinged toll booth-like charges, called...

New Bill Would Focus On Cutting Wildfire Carbon Emissions

September 24, 2020 1:49 pmSeptember 24, 2020 3:09 pm

On Wednesday, a new bill that would greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions spread by wildfires in California was announced amid a flurry of environmental executive orders, ordinances, and protections being passed in the state. Wildfires over cap and trade Authored...

California’s Unemployment Averages 27 percent of All U.S. Claims

September 22, 2020 8:07 amSeptember 22, 2020 3:08 pm

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom shutdown California businesses in mid-March, Californians have filed 8.6 million total new claims for unemployment. In the age group of working Californians, ages 18-65, this is a rate of 39% of unemployed, higher than at the...

New Poll Shows 47% Of Californians Against Prop. 16, 22% Undecided

September 18, 2020 7:03 amSeptember 18, 2020 7:32 am

On Thursday, a new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) poll found that a near majority of voters plan to vote against Proposition 16, the ballot measure to reverse 1996’s Proposition 209 and reinstate affirmative action in California. 47% of...