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As Fifth Circuit Court Strikes Down Affordable Care Act, Gov. Gavin Newsom Drills Down on Single Payer

December 19, 2019 8:05 amDecember 19, 2019 8:13 am

As a three-judge panel with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s individual mandate this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he will pursue single payer for California. To enact a single-payer system, California...

Justice Delayed for Slain Police Officer Ronil Singh

December 18, 2019 3:08 pmDecember 18, 2019 3:09 pm

As the Modesto Bee reports, Stanislaus County Judge Ricardo Córdova has postponed a preliminary hearing for accused cop killer Paulo Virgen Mendoza until March 10, 2020. The hearing was originally slated for December 10, just short of one year since...

Bankruptcy Court Approves $24.5 Billion in PG&E Settlements

December 18, 2019 2:07 pmDecember 19, 2019 8:06 am

Two PG&E settlement deals worth a combined $24.5 billion to compensate wildfire victims and insurance companies was approved by a U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. After a long 5 hour hearing in San Francisco, Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali first approved...

The Manger vs. The Monster: Housing the Homeless

December 17, 2019 6:01 pmDecember 17, 2019 7:29 pm

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. – Luke 2:7 Advocates for the homeless frequently invoke biblical passages in...

Governor Newsom’s Approval No Longer Needed on PG&E Settlements

December 17, 2019 5:21 pmDecember 18, 2019 2:09 pm

PG&E removed a provision requiring the Governor to approve all settlements with wildfire victims on Monday. Meeting with wildfire victim representatives on Monday to come up with an agreeable settlement amount, both sides agreed to not allow the Governor to...

California’s Independent Contractors Are About to Become Dependent Employees – or Unemployed

December 17, 2019 5:15 pmDecember 19, 2019 8:26 am

‘AB 5 conflicts with federal law by excessively burdening interstate commerce.’ UPDATE below. A recent bill signed into law is already changing the employment status of millions of California workers. Assembly Bill 5, passed mostly on party lines in the...

‘Tool Box Killer’ Lawrence Bittaker Dies In Prison at 79 Despite Receiving Death Sentence

December 17, 2019 8:39 amDecember 17, 2019 8:48 am

The killer outlived half the jurors who convicted him, along with the judge, lead detective and assistant prosecutor. Lawrence Bittaker, the convicted murder who raped, tortured and murdered teenage girls, has died in San Quentin State Prison at the...