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The Other DA Race: The Landslide San Francisco District Attorney’s Race

October 14, 2024 6:25 amOctober 14, 2024 6:26 am

For months, the Los Angeles County District Attorney election has been the main focus of D.A. elections in the state. As it pits progress incumbent George Gascon against former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Tax Division and current General...

20 Years Later, Orange County is Still Dealing with ‘Legalized Corruption’

October 14, 2024 2:55 amOctober 14, 2024 12:42 pm

Former Orange County Supervisor Tom Wilson passed away on July 16, 2024. While it’s generally considered poor form to criticize the recently deceased, we must remember that he was a public official, and it is critical to reflect on his...

Voluntary Plans under California’s Unemployment Insurance Code

October 14, 2024 2:30 amOctober 14, 2024 12:43 pm

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code, in Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 6, provides for voluntary plans. Section 3251 authorizes an employer, a majority of the employees employed in this state of an employer, or both, to apply to the Director of...

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State Agency Staff

October 13, 2024 1:00 pmOctober 13, 2024 1:01 pm

Article 3 deals with staff. Section 11200 authorizes the Governor, upon recommendation of the director of the following state departments, to appoint not to exceed two chief deputies for the Directors of the Departments of Finance, Transportation, and General Services,...

CalWORKs ‘Assistance Unit’ Doesn’t

October 13, 2024 8:33 amOctober 13, 2024 8:33 am

Assistance unit. That is what the state’s welfare program – dubbed CalWORKs because it sounds better than CalGetsFreeMoneyForMakingBadChoices – refers to its beneficiaries as: an “assistance unit.” Not a family, not a household (those things could be very different, let...

Writs of Review

October 13, 2024 2:30 amOctober 13, 2024 2:31 am

Writs of review are addressed in the California Code of Procedure in Part 3, Title 1, Chapter 1. Section 1067 specifies that the writ of certiorari is also known as the writ of review. Section 1068 allows a writ of...

Discrimination Against Individuals

October 12, 2024 5:21 pmOctober 12, 2024 5:21 pm

Section 11135 prohibits any person in the State of California from being unlawfully denied full and equal access or to be subjected to discrimination under any program of activity administered by the state or any state agency on the basis...