Legal – Page 861 – California Globe

Utility Breakup Plan: Two Attorneys Say ‘PG&E Too Big to Succeed’

November 5, 2019 2:05 amNovember 5, 2019 8:19 pm

The opening paragraph of a lawsuit names the California Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Finance Director Keely Bosler, State Treasurer Fiona Ma, and all of the CPUC Commissioners, Marybel Batjer, Liane Randolph, Martha Guzman...

What to Know About California’s Automatic Renewal Law – Traps for the Unwary

November 4, 2019 11:22 amNovember 4, 2019 11:40 am

California is usually the trailblazer state for most consumer-facing legislation, and litigation. Enterprising plaintiffs’ attorneys usually look to California first for the venue in which to “vindicate” consumer rights (by finding loopholes and technical requirements of the laws that can...

California to Train Poll Workers to Interact with Transgender Voters

November 3, 2019 8:51 amNovember 3, 2019 8:53 am

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla has announced a partnership with an LGBT group to train poll workers on how best to interact with transgendered voters. The details are sketchy but it sounds like they’ll be instructed not to hassle...

How Federal Intervention Can Ease California’s Homeless Crisis

October 30, 2019 7:25 pmOctober 31, 2019 12:05 pm

By Edward Ring and Soledad Ursua On October 24, Curbed LA reported that the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to provide an additional $24 million in homeless housing bonds to “repurpose a building (207) on the Veterans Affairs campus in West Los...

Petition To Increase Property Taxes For Commercial And Industrial Property Underway In California

October 30, 2019 6:04 amOctober 30, 2019 6:08 am

Signature gathering began Sunday for a proposition that would increase taxes for commercial and industrial properties in California. Currently state law follows the language of Proposition 13, a 1978 law that can only raise the value of a property by...

Car Companies Join Trump Administration To Block California From Setting Their Own Emission Standards

October 29, 2019 2:52 pmOctober 30, 2019 10:34 am

Eleven car companies known as the “Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation” filed with the U.S. Appeals Court of the District of Columbia Monday, joining the Trump Administration in trying to block California from setting their own emission and fuel efficiency...

Gov. Newsom Blames ‘Dog-Eat-Dog Capitalism’ as Millions of Californians are in Darkness

October 29, 2019 7:24 amOctober 30, 2019 10:42 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom, doing his best to avoid responsibility for California’s power failures, blames “dog-eat-dog capitalism” for the state’s current crisis. In his next breath, Newsom wants Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to make a takeover bid for bankrupt utility giant PG&E Corp....