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Responsive Bidders in Public Procurement

September 29, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 29, 2024 2:31 am

In the California Public Contract Code, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 2, there are provisions related to responsive bidders. Section 2000 authorizes any local agency to require that a contract be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder who also meets...

Legislative Session After War or Disaster

September 28, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 28, 2024 1:01 pm

Article 2.5 deals with a Legislative Session after a war or an enemy-caused disaster. Section 9035 defines the term “disaster” to mean a war or enemy-caused calamity within this State, such as an attack by nuclear weapons. Section 9036 specifies...

Ousted California DA is Intro Speaker at Kamala Harris’s Arizona Border Event

September 28, 2024 10:38 amSeptember 28, 2024 10:42 am

Presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a 20-minute stop at the Arizona southern border Friday before heading to an event. And apparently a 20 minute photo op was all it took to impress the muttonheads at the Daily Beast, who ran...

Refunds and Overpayments under the UI Code

September 28, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 28, 2024 2:31 am

Refunds and overpayments are addressed in the California Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 4, Article 9. Section 1176 states that the wages received by an employee during any calendar year exceed the remuneration upon which contributions...

The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act

September 27, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 27, 2024 1:01 pm

In the California Civil Code, Division 3, Part 4, Title 1.5, there is the “Consumers Legal Remedies Act.” Chapter 1 contains general provisions. Section 1750 provides the title of the act as the CLRA. Section 1751 specifies that any waiver...

Decades Late, Billions Short: EDD Getting New Computers

September 27, 2024 12:20 pmSeptember 27, 2024 12:20 pm

Took long enough. During the pandemic, California’s unemployment agency – the EDD – was looted to the tune of at least $50 billion dollars. Last month, more than two years after the end of the worst of it – the...

Newsom’s ABX2-1 Will Artificially Create a Fuel Shortage Crisis by Limiting Distribution of Fuel

September 27, 2024 8:46 amSeptember 28, 2024 10:40 am

Why is gas more than $5 gallon in California and not across the country if “Big Oil” is so greedy? California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special legislative session after accusing California’s oil refineries of price gouging. The governor...