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Newsom and Law Enforcement Labor Unions Agree on One-Time $1,500 Pandemic Bonuses

June 24, 2022 1:16 pm

On Friday, multiple state law enforcement and public safety unions reached an agreement with Governor Gavin Newsom, ensuring the workers receive a one-time $1,500 COVID-19 pandemic bonus. According to the agreement, members of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the...

General Guidance in Reading the California Insurance Code

June 24, 2022 6:33 amJune 24, 2022 6:35 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The sixteenth alphabetically is the Insurance Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Insurance Code: Section...

Paul Pelosi, Husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Charged With DUI By Napa County DA’s Office

June 24, 2022 2:30 amJune 23, 2022 8:56 pm

The Napa County District Attorney’s Office charged Paul Pelosi, a businessman and the husband of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), with a DUI on Thursday nearly a month after the incident in question. Last month, on May 28th,...

Bill to Encourage Schools to Teach Asian American and Pacific Islanders History Stonewalled

June 23, 2022 5:18 pmJune 24, 2022 6:30 am

A bill to encourage schools to adopt a course of study related to Asian American and Pacific Islanders History for grades 1-12 has strangely met with resistance in the Legislature, and specifically from the California Asian American and Pacific Islander...

Bill To Force CalPERS, CalSTRS to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies Dies in Assembly Committee

June 23, 2022 4:12 pm

A bill that would have had forced both the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to divest from fossil fuel companies they have invested in died in the Assembly on Wednesday after...

California’s Federal Laboratory Contracting Act

June 23, 2022 3:20 pmJune 23, 2022 3:24 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. The Federal Laboratory Contracting Act is found in the Public Contract Code Division 2 (General Provisions), Part 2 (Contracting by State Agencies), Chapter 7, which contains Sections 12500 to 12502. Chapter...

University of California Retreats from Unlawful Diversity Statement Mandates

June 23, 2022 2:14 pmJune 23, 2022 2:35 pm

In 2015 the University of California enacted a seemingly innocuous policy which said, “faculty achievement that promote equal opportunity and diversity should be given due recognition in the academic personnel process.” But this modest mandate for recognizing contributions to diversity...