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Reparations Task Force To Have Final Meeting On Thursday

June 26, 2023 6:45 pmJune 26, 2023 6:47 pm

The California Reparations Task Force entered their final week of meetings to make last minute tweaks to their final reparations recommendations report Monday, with the final report due to the state legislature on Friday. Since the Task Force was first...

California State Capitol dome shines against blue sky

State Employee Who Saved California Millions Loses Compensation Case Against CalHR

June 26, 2023 1:06 pmJune 26, 2023 1:06 pm

New state appellate court documents unveiled over the weekend found that a former California Department of Transportation Employee, whose suggestions have saved the state millions of dollars, lost a court case earlier this month against the California Department of Human...

Woke Squared: SF Department of Children, Youth, and their Families Equity Progress

June 26, 2023 6:30 amJune 26, 2023 6:57 am

This is part of an on-going series called ‘Hidden in Plain Site” which looks at various California government, non-profit and union websites to see what they are saying in public (you can imagine what goes on in private.) It may...

Smart Cities or Gateway to Hell?

June 26, 2023 2:30 amJune 26, 2023 9:06 am

As inflation soars across the State of California, most cannot afford the cost of a home mortgage. Californians continue to seek rental properties as the expansion of low-income housing has aggrandized across the state. Mr. Roger Valdez, Director of the...

What Is the Industrial Welfare Commission?

June 25, 2023 10:53 amJune 25, 2023 10:59 am

What is the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) and why is it important now? The IWC has been inoperative for many years and not funded – until now. The June 24, 2023 amendments to AB/SB 102 (Budget Bill Junior) would fund...

Are Legislative Findings in Prop. 28 Bills Sufficient?

June 25, 2023 7:59 amJune 25, 2023 8:07 am

In reviewing recent legislation that proposes amendments to California’s Arts and Music in Schools Act, as enacted by the voters by Prop. 28 in November 2022, the same legislative finding and declaration is made in a bill. It is a...

Prioritizing Your Safety: My Pledge to Support Law Enforcement and Protect Our Neighborhoods

June 24, 2023 8:40 amJune 24, 2023 8:48 am

The “decarceration” and “defund police” movements have made our neighborhoods less safe, eroded the morale of our law enforcement agencies, and hurt small businesses that power our economy. These dangerous ideologies prioritize criminals over community – and even the real...