Highlight – Page 1379 – California Globe

Executive Director of LA Homeless Services Brags Of Success Before Resigning In Middle Of An Epidemic

December 10, 2019 10:31 amDecember 10, 2019 12:50 pm

Executive Director Peter Lynn of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority stepped down last week as homelessness explodes in the nation’s second-largest city. However, his resignation was not a result of his failed efforts in fighting the crisis; it was...

Congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine filed another police report against Omar Navarro after his arrest.

UPDATE: Threats Continue Even After Congressional Candidate Navarro Arrested and Posted Bail For Violating A Restraining Order

December 10, 2019 10:15 amDecember 11, 2019 9:07 am

UPDATE below: Conservative commentator and California GOP Congressional Candidate DeAnna Lorraine filed another police report on Congressional candidate Omar Navarro a day after he was arrested for violating a restraining order, as the California Globe reported. Navarro, who is also...

Former California Rep. Katie Hill Plays the Victim in Her Own #MeToo Case

December 9, 2019 3:37 pmDecember 10, 2019 6:17 am

Former Rep. Katie Hill, the California Democrat who resigned following her très bizarre multi-layered sex scandal with a younger female staffer, is now presenting herself as the victim of harassment, bullying, and revenge porn in a New York Times op-ed published over...

Former Assemblyman Terrence Goggin Pleaded Guilty to Defraunding BART Coffee Shop Investors

December 9, 2019 10:30 amDecember 9, 2019 10:52 am

He took their coffee money and ran. Former Assemblyman Terrence Goggin on Wednesday pleaded guilty to defraunding investors of money they thought was going for him to build more BART station coffee shops. But he instead diverted for personal purposes....

Elk Grove High School Student Says Masked Assailant Attacked Her for Being Muslim

December 9, 2019 9:44 amDecember 9, 2019 10:56 am

Last week in Elk Grove, California, Pleasant Grove High School student Sabah Elias, 17, told her parents a “person” wearing a mask attacked her for being a Muslim, then threw a bucket of water at her. School officials reported the...

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

CA State Auditor Finds State Agencies Overpaying Millions for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

December 9, 2019 9:38 amDecember 10, 2019 12:12 pm

The State Auditor reported total costs of $5.8 billion for 32,043 claims open more than two years. The California State Auditor just released an audit finding at least 10 state agencies purchasing Workers’ Compensation Insurance from State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund),...

Legislative Oversight

December 9, 2019 6:07 amDecember 8, 2019 7:00 pm

A critical role for the legislative branch of government is oversight regarding executive branch activities. Fundamentally, oversight is intended to ensure government accountability and make certain that tax dollars are spent properly and efficiently by the executive branch of state...