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CDCR Announces Closures Of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, California City Correctional Facility

December 7, 2022 2:30 amDecember 6, 2022 7:02 pm

In a Tuesday press release, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced that both the Chuckawalla Valley State Prison and the California City Correctional Facility will be shut down as prison facilities in the next few years. There will be...

Intel Announces 200 Layoffs Coming Continuing Mass Silicon Valley Tech Cutbacks

December 6, 2022 12:56 pm

Mass tech layoffs that began in late October continued across Silicon Valley on Tuesday, with tech company Intel announcing 201 job layoffs in Santa Clara and Folsom. The trend of layoffs began just over a month ago when Twitter, shortly...

Assembly Republicans Introduce ‘California Promise’ Priorities, Solutions

December 6, 2022 7:18 amDecember 6, 2022 7:19 am

In October, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher first introduced Republicans’ “California Promise.” He enumerated the many serious issues Californians are feeling, including the high cost of living in California, rising crime, criminals released early, rapidly expanding homeless encampments, highest-in-the-nation gas...

Drafting a Bill that Calls an Election

December 6, 2022 6:22 amDecember 6, 2022 6:23 am

The Legislature can enact a statute that calls an election by specifying a date on which that election will be held and what subject will be on that election’s ballot. What does a bill that calls an election look like?...

Restaurant Groups Submit Over 1 Million Signatures For Fast Food Labor Referendum

December 6, 2022 2:30 amDecember 5, 2022 8:59 pm

A group of restaurants and restaurant trade groups submitted over 1 million signatures to the California Secretary of State’s office on Monday, likely enough to place a measure on the ballot over the fate of AB 257, a bill to...

REAL ID Deadline Extended To 2025 Due TO COVID-19 Concerns

December 5, 2022 5:00 pmDecember 5, 2022 4:39 pm

The deadline for Californians and other Americans to get a REAL ID identification card was moved again on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security, with the new date changing for the third time in three years. REAL IDs, which...

Could a ‘Penalty’ on Oil Companies Be Passed by a Majority Vote?

December 5, 2022 2:09 pmDecember 5, 2022 2:15 pm

There have been discussions the past two months regarding whether the California Legislature and Governor Newsom will impose an “excess profits” tax on oil companies in this state. When the Governor issued his proclamation to the Legislature to convene a...