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Sacramento Homeless Transients Take Over Vacant Home In Stunt by ‘Tenants Union’

April 2, 2020 7:58 amApril 2, 2020 7:58 am

‘This has become a moral obligation, so if that means breaking legal law, we must do what we need to.’ In what appears to be a staged stunt in Sacramento, a group of transients broke into a Land Park...

25,000 People Apply to California Health Corps in 24 Hours

April 1, 2020 9:30 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the California Health Corps, an agency created earlier this week to supply additional medical staff in preparation for a wave of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the state, had received over 25,000 applications in...

Gov. Newsom Still Won’t Suspend AB 5, Even as it Continues to Kill Independent Healthcare Jobs

April 1, 2020 5:45 pmApril 1, 2020 5:45 pm

“If AB 5 is not immediately suspended then the consequences of the coronavirus collapse will be magnified,” former Congressman Doug Ose said in a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently. “Your action now to suspend AB5 will provide relief...

Sonoma County Emergency Management Director Under Fire For Family Visit to Closed Beach

April 1, 2020 2:23 pm

Sonoma County Emergency Management Director Christopher Godley is facing statewide criticism this week for visiting a beach with his family, which had been closed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. A family beach day against county and state orders...

Reed Hastings Gave Over $4 million to Calif Politics in First Quarter

April 1, 2020 12:00 pmMarch 17, 2022 7:31 am

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. With the world’s population locked in its homes and can’t-look-away productions like Tiger King (and my personal favorite The Valhalla Murders), Netflix is on something of a...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Key Provisions of the Legislature’s Internal Rules – The Assembly Rules – Part II

April 1, 2020 6:03 amApril 1, 2020 6:10 am

This is Part ll of Key Provisions of the Legislature’s Internal Rules – The Assembly Rules. Part l is here. The Sergeant at Arms has specified duties, powers and responsibilities, such as preserving order, announcing messages, supervising assistant Sergeants, and...

Post-Coronapocalypse Pension Reform Checklist for California

April 1, 2020 2:10 amApril 2, 2020 6:21 am

Pensions for state and local government employees in California are literally three to five times as costly as Social Security, and at least twice as costly as the Federal Retirement System. In a perfect world, California’s state and local...