Highlight – Page 1358 – California Globe

BREAKING: Uber, Lyft Granted Emergency Stay Against Reclassifying Drivers As Employees

August 20, 2020 2:25 pmAugust 21, 2020 2:58 pm

On Thursday, a California Appellate Court judge granted rideshare companies Uber and Lyft an emergency stay against having to reclassify their drivers as workers, only hours before both companies were to suspend service in the state. A victory for rideshare...

Too Much Green Power Worsening Blackouts

August 20, 2020 10:58 amAugust 20, 2020 11:02 am

The wave of power outages in California during the heat wave of 2020 are mostly in the PG&E power grid area where 21 local green energy-buying cooperatives (called Community Choice Aggregators) are buying green power and green jobs for their...

The California Gambling Control Commission

August 20, 2020 6:24 amAugust 20, 2020 6:29 am

The California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) is found in Business and Professions Code Division 8, Chapter 5, Article 2. Section 19811 specifies that there is in state government the California Gambling Control Commission, which consists of five members who are...

Parents, Students Protest For Reopening Schools in Los Angeles

August 19, 2020 9:21 pmAugust 19, 2020 9:31 pm

On Wednesday, dozens of parents, kids, and other supporters in favor of reopening schools in Southern California protested outside of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) building in Los Angeles. A rally outside of the LA teacher union headquarters Members...

California AG Promises to Sue Trump Over Postal Service Cutbacks

August 19, 2020 4:04 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:50 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is vowing to join other states in suing the Trump Administration over Postal service changes that he says are intended to interfere with the 2020 election. “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our...

Eviction Moratorium Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

August 19, 2020 3:32 pm

On Tuesday, a bill that would halt evictions until sometime next year and give renters additional protections during the rest of the COVID-19 panic passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 6-0. AB 1436 and the rent moratorium Assembly Bill 1436, authored...

Kamala Harris Embodies the Corrupt Marriage Between Labor and the Left

August 19, 2020 3:22 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:00 pm

In early August, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza — self-described “trained Marxist” and author of a list of political demands that includes reparations, defunding police and eliminating capitalism — issued a gentle hint to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe...