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CA State Auditor Finds State Agencies Overpaying Millions for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

December 9, 2019 9:38 amDecember 10, 2019 12:12 pm

The State Auditor reported total costs of $5.8 billion for 32,043 claims open more than two years. The California State Auditor just released an audit finding at least 10 state agencies purchasing Workers’ Compensation Insurance from State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund),...

New ‘Firearm Ownership’ Study Ignores Gun Violence by Criminals

December 7, 2019 9:17 amDecember 7, 2019 9:26 am

The study does not quantify the exercise of constitutional rights as a factor in Californians’ gun purchases. “California may have some of the nation’s most restrictive gun control laws,” Andrew Sheeler reports in the Sacramento Bee, “from bans on assault...

Voting on a Recall Petition

December 4, 2019 10:01 amDecember 4, 2019 10:05 am

As provided by the California Constitution in Article II, Section 13, the “recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.” The process is initiated by filing of the petition alleging a reason for the recall. However,...

Trump Administration Tries to Throw Out California Car Emissions Lawsuit

December 4, 2019 2:21 amDecember 5, 2019 11:12 am

In court documents made public on Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of President Donald Trump, requested that a federal judge throw out California’s car emission lawsuit. In September the Environmental Protections Agency revoked California’s higher car emission standards,...

PG&E’s Lack of Power Line Maintenance Found to be Cause of the Paradise Wildfire

December 3, 2019 6:05 pmDecember 3, 2019 6:06 pm

A report released Monday by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has found that a lack of power line maintenance by PG&E was the main cause of the 2018 Camp Fire. The report narrowed down the specific neglected area to...

Recall Effort Against Governor Newsom Gains National and International Exposure

December 2, 2019 2:56 pmDecember 3, 2019 12:31 pm

The recall petitions against Governor Gavin Newsom reached a high not seen since 2003 and made national and international news this past weekend. Making national news Major newspapers across the country, from the San Francisco Chronicle to publications in New...

PG&E Fails Attempt at Avoiding Billions of Dollars in Insurance Liabilities

November 30, 2019 2:05 amDecember 1, 2019 10:09 am

PG&E will be held accountable for the $11 billion settlement they had agreed to with insurance companies ruled a bankruptcy judge Wednesday. Inverse Condemnation U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali held up the legal principle of ‘inverse condemnation’, which holds...