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62% of State Employees Are Now Vaccinated According to the Department of Human Resources

October 19, 2021 1:17 pmOctober 19, 2021 1:40 pm

The California Department of Human Resources (Cal HR) reported on Monday that only 62% of all state employees have been vaccinated against COVID-19 despite a mandate having been in place in the state since late July. While the Cal HR...

What Initiatives Might Be on the Nov. 2022 Ballot?

October 19, 2021 8:02 am

California voters are getting used to making state policy via the ballot initiative, due to having such a dysfunctional Legislature. Each election, there are many initiatives on the state and local ballots. What are Californians looking at for the November...

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Insult the Little People Who Bother to Show Up

October 19, 2021 2:33 amOctober 18, 2021 10:03 pm

Last week, I spoke about how government hearing chambers have morphed into echo chambers. As a way of reminder, the definition of an echo chamber is an environment in which people encounter only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their...

Theatrical Union, Hollywood Producers Come To Tentative Agreement Hours Before Strike

October 19, 2021 2:22 amOctober 18, 2021 9:23 pm

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) union and the Alliance of Motion Picture Television Producers (AMPTP) reached a tentative agreement over the weekend, avoiding a strike only hours before it was to begin. An IATSE strike had been...

San Francisco: A City In Denial About Crime and Police

October 18, 2021 5:09 pm

During the weekend, the San Francisco Police Association said that 120 officers would be placed on administrative leave due to not wanting the COVID-19 vaccine. As they have no immediate replacements, and with the SFPD currently sitting at around 1,900...

Dem. Assemblyman Rudy Salas Announces 2022 Congressional Run Against GOP Rep. David Valadao

October 18, 2021 12:45 pmOctober 18, 2021 2:34 pm

Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) announced on Monday that he would be running against Congressman David Valadao (R-CA) for California’s 21st District House seat, which is one of the most on the fence in the nation going into the 2022 election....

20 Months After State Closure to ‘Flatten the Curve’ California State Workers Still Working from Home

October 18, 2021 2:30 amOctober 18, 2021 6:26 am

Why are California’s state employees still working from home 20 months after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order March 3, 2020 locking down the state to “flatten the curve” of coronavirus infection spread? According to state records, “Fewer than...