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Gov. Newsom Replaces Orange County Water Board Member Over Desalination Plant

October 22, 2020 4:04 pmOctober 25, 2020 1:49 pm

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom removed a director of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board after months of criticisms and questions over a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Director William von Blasingame had repeatedly challenged the Governor...

California’s War on Holidays, Gatherings, Singing, Chanting, and Shouting

October 22, 2020 7:11 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly recommend cancelling Halloween door-to-door trick-0r-treating. The Governor and Dr. Anthony Fauci recommend that Americans should cancel family Thanksgiving gatherings. This reminds me of the actor Alan Rickman...

CA Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher Trial on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘One-Man Rule’

October 22, 2020 2:08 amOctober 23, 2020 8:29 am

California Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher have sued to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “one man rule,” as California Globe has reported. They were in Sutter County Superior Court Wednesday largely arguing that Gov. Gavin Newsom has exceeded his...

Special Rules for California Bill Drafting

October 20, 2020 2:45 amOctober 19, 2020 9:30 pm

With certain types of legislation in California, there are several unique drafting rules, such as for tax measures, bond measures, and criminal statutes. Tax Bills There is a misconception that a bill keyed as a “tax levy” is always a...

How to Save California’s Forests

October 20, 2020 2:13 amOctober 19, 2020 9:11 pm

For about twenty million years, California’s forests endured countless droughts, some lasting over a century. Natural fires, started by lightning and very frequent in the Sierras, were essential to keep forest ecosystems healthy. In Yosemite, for example, meadows used to...

California Globe Ride Along: Rideshare Drivers Concerned Over Future As Election Nears

October 19, 2020 8:51 pm

With the election down to the final weeks, drivers for rideshare companies in California have grown more and more anxious over the results of Proposition 22, which, if passed, would exempt rideshare drivers from the AB 5 worker classification law...

Gov. Newsom Warns of Slow Vaccine Rollouts Once Available

October 19, 2020 3:13 pmOctober 19, 2020 7:30 pm

On Monday, Governor Newsom announced that COVID-19 vaccine dispersal in California will be limited once the vaccines become available either later this year or next year. Newsom said that Moderna and Pfizer were closing in on vaccines, with the earliest...