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EDD Job Creation Program

March 11, 2023 9:29 amMarch 11, 2023 9:33 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code, in Division 9, concerns CalWORKS Job Creation Program. Division 9 was added in 1997 by Chapter 270. UI Code Section 17000 defines the Employment Development Department (EDD). UI Code Section 17001 requires the EDD to encourage...

The Pat Brown Republicans

March 11, 2023 2:29 amMarch 11, 2023 8:18 am

California old timers can remember the state’s first Governor Brown, Jerry Brown’s father Pat Brown, who served as the 32nd governor of California from 1959 to 1967. It would be difficult to imagine anything the elder Brown did that would be...

State Regulators Shut Down Silicon Valley Bank

March 10, 2023 12:46 pmMarch 10, 2023 12:46 pm

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced on Friday that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) would be shut down with the FDIC in charge of liquidation, officially ending one of the largest banks in the country and one...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

It’s Not Just the ‘Spot Bill’ Deadline

March 10, 2023 10:03 amMarch 10, 2023 10:10 am

In another one of my “legislative geek” moments, I would like to suggest that we change our terminology to “placeholder bill.” For example, everyone is aware of the upcoming “spot bill deadlines” in the Assembly (amendments in Legislative Counsel form...

How Productive Is the California Supreme Court?

March 10, 2023 7:12 amMarch 10, 2023 7:19 am

Undoubtedly there are different metrics for determining how “productive” a branch of state government is. For example, for the legislative branch, how many bills do they process each year? For the executive branch, how many individuals or businesses are licensed...

Immigrant Groups Oppose LA City Council’s Sanctuary City Proposal

March 10, 2023 2:20 amMarch 10, 2023 2:21 am

Multiple groups in Los Angeles came out in opposition to Tuesday’s Los Angeles City Council to make the city a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants and stop the use of city resources to aid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Garcetti’s Ambassador to India Vote Expected Tuesday

March 9, 2023 4:34 pmMarch 9, 2023 5:54 pm

In what could be a sign the votes might astonishingly be there to confirm former Los Angles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the next ambassador to India, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer filed for “cloture” on the nomination today. The move...