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Gov. Newsom’s Office Denies Panera Bread Exemption in Minimum Wage Bill, But Doesn’t Back it Up

February 29, 2024 6:36 pmFebruary 29, 2024 6:36 pm

Wednesday the Globe reported that California Governor Gavin Newsom exempted a billionaire buddy from California’s new $20 minimum wage law. Billionaire Greg Flynn owns more than two dozen Panera Bread locations in California, as well as Applebee’s, Pizza Hut, Taco...

Another $170 Million – EDD Faces Fed Debt Interest Hike

February 29, 2024 2:25 pmFebruary 29, 2024 2:25 pm

On January 1, the interest rate the federal government is charging the state on its more than $20 billion unemployment insurance trust fund debt rose from 1.68% to 2.61%. At first blush, that doesn’t look like too much and the...

‘Killing America’ Juxtaposes Woke Triangle: Dumbing-down, Indoctrination & Antisemitism

February 29, 2024 12:03 pm

Award-winning filmmaker Eli Steele has just produced a brand-new documentary to expose the insidious intersections among the critical ethnic studies movement, the war on academic excellence and anti-Semitism against the backdrop of the October 7 Massacre. Using California’s Bay Area...

Is California’s Klamath River Dam Removal a Ghoulish Experiment?

February 29, 2024 10:00 amMarch 2, 2024 7:40 am

This is the third article in a series about the Klamath Dam Removal project in Siskiyou County: This is the First; This is the second. In 2018, plans were released to destroy the Klamath River dam system by American Rivers,...

Ringside: How to Deliver Affordable Energy Again in California

February 29, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 29, 2024 2:46 am

Californians pay some of the highest prices for energy in the United States. Gasoline last year averaged $4.89 per gallon, and diesel fuel $5.07 per gallon, both the highest in the country. Electricity rates had California 45th in the nation in 2023 at $0.27...

Gov. Newsom Exempts Billionaire Buddy from Fast Food $20 Minimum Wage Law

February 28, 2024 3:04 pmFebruary 28, 2024 3:04 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom exempted a billionaire buddy from California’s new $20 minimum wage law. Billionaire Greg Flynn owns more than two dozen Panera Bread locations in California, as well as Applebee’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s. How did the...

To Fight Corruption, San Francisco Must Decriminalize Construction

February 28, 2024 2:12 pmFebruary 28, 2024 2:12 pm

In March, San Franciscans will vote on Proposition D, an anticorruption ballot measure to tighten city rules regarding gifts to public employees. The proposed law follows a massive scandal in which private contractors and real-estate developers bribed government officials to obtain contracts...