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SF Employees Fired After Religious Exemptions Denied Over Mandate Suing City

March 17, 2022 11:42 amApril 3, 2022 4:34 pm

Three San Francisco employees ousted from their jobs after their requests for religious exemptions to the City’s vaccine mandate were denied in an arbitrary and capricious manner, are suing the City for religious discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in the United...

California Labor Commissioner Conducts Trial by Press Release

March 17, 2022 7:50 amApril 3, 2022 4:33 pm

This winter, after viewing the Pacific Union rail yards littered with remnants of stolen packages, California Governor Gavin Newsom commented that it looked like a third world country.The Governor is right in one respect: California is quickly devolving into a...

AG Bonta and Pasadena At Odds Over SB 9 Housing District Exemption

March 16, 2022 4:48 pm

Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a letter to the city of Pasadena and Mayor Victor Gordo stating the city is violating a new housing law with an ordinance that exempts denser housing on Tuesday. At the center of the supposed...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Overriding Supreme Court Decision to Halt Enrollment at UC Berkeley

March 15, 2022 12:44 pm

A California Supreme Court ruling to halt enrollment levels from increasing at the University of California, Berkeley was overridden on Monday by Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of a bill that significantly changes the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and gives...

Senate Democrats Kill Chance to End California’s 700-day COVID State of Emergency

March 15, 2022 12:36 pm

SCR 5 is a resolution authored by Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), seeking to end Governor Gavin Newsom’s declared COVID-based State of Emergency, which has continued uninterrupted for 700 days – two years. Originally written nine months after the governor’s...

Validation Bills in the California Legislature

March 15, 2022 8:39 amMarch 15, 2022 11:40 am

Each year, the Legislature enacts a series of “validation bills” which enact the First Validating Act, Second Validating Act, and Third Validating Act. These Acts are intended to validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and...

California Schools Ignoring Unsuitable, Graphic Sex Curriculum, Student Sexual Harassment

March 14, 2022 9:35 amMarch 16, 2022 6:28 am

Last year, California’s public school population saw a drop by 160,000 kids. Some experts say that enrollment drop was even higher. This year, experts expect even more parents to pull their kids from public schools, for myriad reasons. When Gov....