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Special Prisoner Releases to Counter Coronavirus Spread Denied By U.S. District Court

April 7, 2020 1:37 pm

An attempt by California prisoners to secure early release due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus failed during the weekend as a special three judge U.S. District Court panel denied their request. The prisoners were hoping for an affirmation...

California Legislature Moves Back Reopening Date to May 4th

April 7, 2020 2:20 amApril 7, 2020 3:48 pm

The California Assembly and Senate announced that their return to session date has been moved from April 13th to May 4th as stay-at-home orders have been extended statewide until at least the end of April. Reconvening on May 4th The...

California’s Indeterminate Lockdown Based on ‘What Ifs’

April 6, 2020 8:26 amApril 7, 2020 6:14 am

Most people don’t fear the virus as much as they fear this indeterminate sentence. The indeterminate sentence in penology is considered draconian and cruel by defense lawyers. Yet the indeterminate sentence is exactly what the state’s residents are experiencing...

Governor’s Executive Orders Impact State Tax Obligations

April 6, 2020 6:15 amApril 6, 2020 6:20 am

On March 30, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-40-20 which is intended to “provide relief to California small businesses.” This particular Executive Order (EO) has a number of provisions related to state tax laws which are intended to...

Governor’s Executive Order Impacts State Regulatory Process

April 5, 2020 10:41 amApril 5, 2020 10:42 am

On March 30, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-40-20 which is intended to “provide relief to California small businesses.” This particular Executive Order (EO) has a number of provisions including extensions of important deadlines contained in California’s Administrative...

Backlog of Coronavirus Tests Reduced by Two-Thirds

April 4, 2020 6:15 pmApril 5, 2020 11:05 am

During a press conference on Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed that the state had cut down the backlog of COVID-19 coronavirus tests by two-thirds. State officials confirmed that the number of people awaiting test results dropped from 60,000 to 13,000....

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

All of California’s Fallout is Not Because of COVID-19

April 4, 2020 5:43 pmApril 5, 2020 11:05 am

COVID-19 didn’t tax you, write AB 5, kill credit, loans, eliminate jobs, create taxes, or cause unemployment. Bad State government policy by unqualified Yahoos did all of this. Electing people who have never successfully run a small business, had to...