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Influenza Pandemic Peer Reviewed Study: ‘There Is No Basis for Quarantine’

May 18, 2020 2:15 amMay 18, 2020 5:35 pm

‘The ordinary surgical mask does little to prevent inhalation of small droplets bearing influenza virus’ A 2006 study on Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza concluded “there is no basis for recommending quarantine either of groups...

Two Californias: Full Govt. Paychecks vs. Full Unemployment

May 17, 2020 10:19 amMay 17, 2020 10:40 am

A headline today reads, “To soften blow of state worker pay cuts, California might suspend $2,600 health deductions.” Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed reducing state workers’ pay by 10 percent on Thursday in his May Budget revision, as the state faces...

Gyms Across California Form Alliance to Reopen

May 15, 2020 6:07 pm

California gyms, facing financial stress and worried about the well-being for their members, have organized a new group and sued the state to reopen, all the while facing arrest for reopening. California gyms demand to reopen The California Fitness Alliance...

Gov. Newsom Cuts $6.1 Billion in Revised State Budget with a $54.3 Billion Deficit

May 14, 2020 5:49 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom introduced a revised 2020-2021 state budget proposal that would include over $6 billion in cuts. $6.1 billion in cuts, a $54.3 billion deficit Under the May budget revision, $6.1 billion in programs and spending increases...

Understanding the California Legislative Process

May 14, 2020 2:23 amMay 13, 2020 10:36 pm

Sacramento Lobbyist, attorney and California Globe contributor Chris Micheli has written and compiled many legislative process articles over the years, and has now turned them into a textbook. Micheli, who is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University...

California Health and Human Services Agency Denies it has Documents to Justify Lockdown or Re-Opening Policy

May 13, 2020 5:57 pmMay 13, 2020 6:02 pm

California Globe filed a Public Records Request May 13th with the California Health and Human Services Agency Director Mark Ghaly, Chief Information Officer Adam Dondro, and General Counsel Gabriel Ravel seeking documents, facts, opinions, data, and analysis, that have been...

Separating Good Bailouts from Bad Bailouts

May 13, 2020 2:07 amMay 13, 2020 2:35 pm

If a Republican controlled U.S. Senate and a Republican occupying the White House cannot use this opportunity to demand reforms from financially mismanaged states controlled by Democrats, then they never will. The pandemic shutdown is about to enter its...