Feature – Page 73 – California Globe

Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox

April 27, 2023 12:30 pmApril 27, 2023 3:23 pm

Two major San Francisco-based companies announced mass layoffs on Thursday, with Gap announcing that 1,800 corporate positions will be cut and Dropbox announcing that 16% of all employees, or around 500 people, will be let go. Beginning in October of...

Mob Rule Continues as San Francisco State University Railroads Professor

April 25, 2023 9:58 amApril 25, 2023 11:05 am

Earlier this month swimmer Riley Gaines, who opposes letting men who masquerade as women compete in women’s sports, was attacked by a trans activist mob when she tried to speak at the school. Now comes word that San Francisco State...

Tax Fighter Warns ‘Big Problems for California’s Income-Based Utility Rates’

April 24, 2023 6:55 amApril 24, 2023 7:03 am

Last week the Globe reported that Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric had just filed a proposal to create income-based utility billing. Currently, utility bills are based on electricity and gas consumption. The...

DWR Announces 100% State Water Project Water Allocation For 2023

April 21, 2023 2:30 amApril 21, 2023 5:53 pm

The Department of Water Resources announced Thursday they would be boosting State Water Project allocations this year from 75% to 100%, meeting 100% of all water requests for the first time since 2006. Statewide droughts in the 2010s and 2020s...

Sen. Wiener Bill Requires All Foster Parents to Affirm LGBTQ and Transitioning Youth

April 19, 2023 9:39 amApril 19, 2023 9:42 am

Despite a shortage of foster care families in California, a new bill by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would ensure that unless all potential foster parents are willing to “affirm” LGBTQ gender and sexuality in foster youth, and any gender...

Gov. Newsom Brags that Rest of Country Wants His Gas Tax Scheme

April 12, 2023 8:40 amApril 13, 2023 11:44 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, as it is being called in many circles, creates a new panel of unelected bureaucrats with subpoena power, to investigate oil and gas companies, impose penalties, new costs and regulations, which would inevitably lead to...

Why Businesses Are Leaving San Francisco

April 12, 2023 2:30 amApril 12, 2023 7:14 am

The Monday closure of San Francisco’s flagship Whole Foods supermarket is just the latest in a long string of both chain and small businesses in the city. Crime, drug use, and economic factors unique to San Francisco, have led many business...