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Seven Of Top Ten Most Expensive Cities In US Are In California

March 12, 2024 2:30 amMarch 12, 2024 2:31 am

Financial tech company Smart Asset just released a new study of the most expensive cities in the United States to live in comfortably, with seven of the top ten located in California. Previous studies have shown a similarly high number...

San Francisco School Board Recall Leader Autumn Looijen Enters Supervisor Race

March 11, 2024 5:29 pmMarch 11, 2024 5:29 pm

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston was challenged for his District 5 Supervisor seat on Monday by organizer and activist Autumn Looijen, who helped lead the successful 2022 recall of three San Francisco School Board members. As extensively covered by the...

Not So Free-lance: Fed Rule Takes Effect Today

March 11, 2024 4:13 pmMarch 11, 2024 4:13 pm

Are you a freelancer or a gig worker or an independent contractor now? You might not be tomorrow. Today, a new Department of Labor – under the leadership of Acting Secretary Julie Su – rule governing how a freelancer is...

Klamath River: And The Award Goes To…

March 11, 2024 3:44 pmNovember 18, 2024 12:26 am

The first annual “River of Death” award goes to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) and its CEO Mark Bransom. Let’s face it, it really takes a lot to kill-off an entire aquatic ecosystem, and in the process, contaminate the Klamath River to...

New LADWP Report Finds Record 13.5 Billion Gallons Of Storm Water Collected In February

March 11, 2024 12:16 pmMarch 11, 2024 12:17 pm

A report released by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Sunday found that a record 13.5 billion gallons of stormwater was collected last month, Following several years of drought of drought in the state in the 2010s...

Wither Gas Bans?

March 11, 2024 12:04 pmMarch 11, 2024 12:05 pm

In January, a trio of judges from the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals struck down the city of Berkeley’s natural gas hook-up ban. Now, Berkeley has a ticking clock running on deciding if they will appeal the decision to...

California’s Organ Donation Leave Program

March 11, 2024 2:30 amMarch 11, 2024 2:31 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 5.5 provides an employee leave program. Part 5.5 was added in 2010 by Chapter 646. Section 1508 names the law the Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act. Section 1509 defines the terms “employee,” “employee benefits,”...