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CA Senate Honoring The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in LGBTQ Recognition Ceremony

May 28, 2023 10:05 amMay 30, 2023 8:04 am

On June 5 the California Senate will be holding a LGBTQ recognition ceremony. One of the honorees is Sister Roma from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence group. Yes, that Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence group, recently embroiled in controversy with the...

SB 220: New Tax Increases and Relief Proposal

May 28, 2023 7:54 amMay 28, 2023 8:01 am

On May 25, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee gutted-and-amended Senate Bill 220 to put forth their tax reform package, which has received opposition from Governor Gavin Newman and would require a 2/3 vote of each house. Section 1...

$139 Dollars A Second: That’s How Much the EDD Will Borrow TODAY…

May 27, 2023 8:08 amMay 27, 2023 8:09 am

$139 Dollars A Second: That’s How Much the EDD Will Borrow TODAY… …And how much it borrowed yesterday and has borrowed every day since May 8 when it paid the feds about $1.8 billion to cut its outstanding pandemic unemployment...

Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program in California

May 27, 2023 2:50 amMay 27, 2023 2:51 am

California’s Labor Code, in Division 3, Chapter 4, Article 5 establishes the Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program. Labor Code Section 3110 requires this law to be implemented only when sufficient appropriated funds are provided in the budget. The Division of Industrial...

‘Zero Bail’ Goes Into Effect In LA County and City

May 25, 2023 5:30 amMay 25, 2023 6:41 am

The city and county of Los Angeles resumed ‘zero bail’, or the action of not having those with low level, non-violent crimes pay cash bail in order to be released before an arraignment, on Wednesday, following a preliminary injunction ruling...

Senator Winfrey?

May 24, 2023 3:56 pmMay 24, 2023 4:05 pm

It what can only be called a piece of speculative writing, an Associated Press reporter recently opined that maybe Oprah Winfrey would be the perfect placeholder senator for California if and/or when Dianne Feinstein finally realizes who and where she...

L.A. Dodgers Pride Night Imbroglio: When Inclusivity Yields Divisiveness

May 24, 2023 1:05 pmMay 24, 2023 1:06 pm

It seems that as we approach the one quarter mark of the 21st century, our society has determined that every “community” (and don’t we have quite a few of those?) based on race, national origin, age, gender (or genders), sexual...