Highlight – Page 799 – California Globe

Teacher Pension Fund Betrays Its Mission

May 1, 2023 12:30 pmMay 1, 2023 12:37 pm

If you think that CalSTRS, the behemoth pension system that supports California’s retired teachers, is focused on pensions, you are wrong. The largest teacher-focused pension system in the country is abandoning its core fiduciary role to chase left-wing political goals....

San Jose Reallocating Voter-Approved Affordable Housing Funds To Homeless Services

May 1, 2023 12:26 pmMay 1, 2023 12:26 pm

An early release of the San Jose City Manager’s budget proposal drew controversy over the weekend. More than half of the $70 million Measure E funds set to go toward affordable housing in the coming year are being reallocated to...

Globe Quiz on California Statutory Construction Principles

May 1, 2023 9:44 amMay 1, 2023 9:47 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s principles of statutory construction. The purpose of statutory construction is to determine what the Legislature intended when enacting the statute in question. An extrinsic analysis is one in which the bill...

The Role of the Cal-OSHA Appeals Board

April 30, 2023 9:50 amApril 30, 2023 9:54 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 6.5 provides for the Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (Cal-OSHA Appeals Board), which was added in 1973 by Chapter 993. Labor Code Section 148 provides within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) the...

Why is California’s Air Board Using Chinese Research to Ban Diesel Trucks?

April 29, 2023 1:06 pmMay 1, 2023 9:53 am

“The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced on Friday that the sale of all new diesel big rig trucks and buses will be banned in the state starting in 2036, coming in a year after a similar new gas-powered car...

Republicans at a Crossroads on Abortion

April 29, 2023 9:06 amApril 29, 2023 9:26 am

For the longest time, the issue of Social Security was considered the “Third Rail” of politics. Touch it in any way—even if common sense adjustments were your call, and it all but guaranteed electrocution at the polls. And that still...

Globe Quiz on California Political and Elections Laws

April 29, 2023 6:57 amApril 29, 2023 7:00 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s political and election laws. Like federal judgeships, California appellate court justices serve lifetime appointments. Trial court and appellate court judges are all appointed by the Governor and then subject to confirmation...