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BREAKING: California EDD ‘Structurally Insolvent’

July 8, 2023 8:26 amJuly 8, 2023 8:44 am

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) trust fund the California Employment Development Department uses to pay benefits is now “structurally insolvent” a new Legislative Analyst’s Office report states. The report – a reaction to the “May Fund Forecast” released by the EDD...

Tulare DA Warns of Bill to Release ‘Worst-of-the-Worst’ Murderers After 25 Years

July 6, 2023 8:49 amJuly 6, 2023 1:48 pm

One of the worst anti-victim, soft-on-crime bills looks as if it will be passed by the California Legislature under the guise of criminal justice “reforms,” Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward told the Globe Wednesday. Senate Bill 94 by Sen....

Gov. Newsom’s 28th Amendment ‘Political Stunt’

July 5, 2023 8:35 amJuly 5, 2023 12:43 pm

“The Second Amendment is about America’s freedom: the freedom to protect oneself, family, home, and homeland,” District Judge Roger Benitez wrote in 2021 for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. “California’s assault weapon ban disrespects that...

Independence Day 1986, President Ronald Reagan Addresses the Nation

July 4, 2023 3:30 amJuly 4, 2023 3:31 am

In 1986 President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on Independence Day, July 4, 1986, from the U.S.S. John F. Kennedy” in New York Harbor. From his address, hold this message closely: “My fellow Americans, it falls to us to keep...

Is California Listing Toward Failed State Status?

July 3, 2023 2:30 amJuly 3, 2023 6:31 am

California used to be known for its stunning weather, Hollywood movies and stars, Silicon Valley – home to the high tech industry, and for the agricultural products grown and raised for the state, country, as well as the rest of...

Sacramento Judge, District Attorney Say Assaults Outside Courthouse Are Out of Control

July 1, 2023 8:56 amJuly 2, 2023 12:19 pm

On the heels of Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman sending a letter to Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Friday outlining the unsafe conditions at the courthouse because of so many homeless vagrants around the courthouse, and imploring the Mayor for...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA?

June 30, 2023 2:30 amJuly 7, 2023 3:32 pm

The following was a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past three months...