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EDD Updates Continue With Modernized Disability Benefits Application

May 30, 2025 2:45 amMay 30, 2025 2:46 am

The Employment Development Department (EDD) released a new online application for disability benefits this week, modernizing the agency following years of complaints over the previous longer, more complicated system. Since the beginning of the decade, the EDD has rapidly modernized...

California Public Beach Restoration Act

May 30, 2025 2:30 amMay 30, 2025 2:31 am

Section 69.5 names this chapter as the California Public Beach Restoration Act. Section 69.6 established the California Public Beach Restoration Program. The department is required to administer the program for six specified reasons. In addition, prior to funding any project...

Katie Porter And Public Transit: How Her Post On X Exposed Much Larger Problems

May 29, 2025 1:30 pmMay 29, 2025 1:30 pm

For nearly a week, a huge question has been raised of former Congresswoman and current Gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter: Does she have any idea how trains or public transit works? That concern comes from an X post last week where...

Brandeis Center Taking Aim at Organizations Behind Pro-Hamas Mobs at UCLA

May 29, 2025 12:06 pmMay 29, 2025 12:11 pm

UCLA is already being sued for allowing pro-Hamas mobs to block Jewish students’ access to parts of campus. Now, the Brandeis Center is taking aim at the organizations behind the pro-Hamas mobs at UCLA. They recently filed a federal lawsuit...

Bill to Ban The Sale of Anti-Aging Skin Care Products to Minors Halted In Assembly

May 29, 2025 7:46 amMay 29, 2025 7:47 am

A bill aimed at banning the sale of anti-aging skin care products to those under the age of 18 was halted this week following the bill being moved to the suspense file, all but certainly ending the bill this year....

DOJ Launches Investigation Into California State Law on Transgender Athletes Competing In Women’s Sports

May 29, 2025 3:00 amMay 29, 2025 3:01 am

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it sent letters of legal notice to Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, Jurupa Unified School District, and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) that...

Ringside: Disruptive Desalination Technology Comes to California

May 29, 2025 2:55 amMay 29, 2025 2:56 am

The concept of deep water desalination has been around for decades, but only in recent years has the enabling technology been available. Innovations pioneered by the oil and gas industry to better service offshore drilling platforms have matured. These include...