Governor – Page 332 – California Globe

The Food on Your Table is Literally at Stake

August 24, 2024 3:05 amAugust 24, 2024 9:45 am

The unintended consequences of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) continue to reverberate across the Central Valley. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 there was a court hearing at the Kings County Superior Court that further tested the reach of state...

Disability Compensation under California’s UI Code

August 24, 2024 2:30 amAugust 24, 2024 2:31 am

By Chris Micheli California’s Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 1, Part 2, Chapter 4, deals with contributions for disability compensation purposes. Section 2901 provides that each individual performing services for an employer in employment is required to contribute to the...

Kamala Harris DNC Speech: No Policy, Plenty of Pandering

August 23, 2024 7:52 amAugust 24, 2024 8:15 am

Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination in a self-absorbed speech that made her out to be very “middle-class,” despite being raised by a college professor mother and a college professor father. My father was a public school...

Posting or Sale of Public Officials’ Personal Info in California

August 23, 2024 2:30 amAugust 23, 2024 2:31 am

It is a violation of California law to post online or sell personal information of elected or appointed officials. California’s Government Code, Title 1, Division 10, Part 5, Chapter 14, Article 3 concerns this topic. Section 7928.200 states that an...

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe

August 22, 2024 4:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 4:23 pm

Last week we examined California’s plans to install between 2,500 and 10,000 floating offshore wind turbines approximately 20 miles off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Humboldt counties. The estimated cost to install 25 gigawatts of capacity, which equates...

Bill Volume of California Legislative Committees – 2023-24 Session

August 22, 2024 3:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 3:01 pm

The California Legislature has a combined 56 standing committees, with 33 in the Assembly and 23 in the Senate. There were 2,159 bills (3,291 ABs and 1,530 SBs) introduced during the 2023-24 Legislative Session. Those standing committees, and their hardworking...

BLS Jobs Report Was BS

August 22, 2024 8:11 amAugust 22, 2024 8:34 am

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday that it will revise down its jobs report for the April 2023-March 2024 period by nearly one million – 818,000 to be accurate – the second worst revision in U.S. history. That...