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AG Becerra Intervenes In San Diego County Housing Development Case Over Wildfire Concerns

March 18, 2021 7:43 pm

On Wednesday, outgoing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed motions in the lawsuits over San Diego County’s approval over the 36 square mile Otay Ranch development site. The Otay Ranch development, which would add over 3,000 single family residential units,...

Longtime Los Angeles Teacher Sues LA Teachers Union Over Wrongly Collected Dues

March 18, 2021 10:40 amMarch 18, 2021 10:58 am

When the United States Supreme Court affirmed in the summer of 2018 that public-sector employees can’t be forced, as a condition of employment, to fund a labor union, United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) and other unions hatched a plan...

As Illegal Immigrants Flood U.S. Borders, California City Votes to Allow ‘Undocumented Residents’ to Serve on City Boards

March 18, 2021 8:52 amMarch 18, 2021 10:00 am

The Biden administration has encouraged a massive border surge, with news media reporting 100,000 detentions last month. Biden vowed to not deport migrants for the first 100 days of his presidency, as well as promising to end illegal alien detention...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

AG Xavier Becerra, 4 DAs File Lawsuit Against Brookdale Senior Living

March 17, 2021 3:05 amMarch 16, 2021 10:06 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, in conjunction with several county and city district attorneys, filed a lawsuit this week against Brookdale Senior Living, the nation’s largest senior home operator, over allegations of misleading customers and breaking patient protection laws. According...

Jailed Criminals With Murder Convictions Celebrate LA DA Gascon’s Early Release Directive

March 11, 2021 6:27 am

On Wednesday, policies put into effect late last year by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, known by many as the Gascon directive, drew renewed criticism following approval by criminals charged with murder who hope to have reduced sentences...

Kern County Board of Supervisors Passes Revised Oil Well Drilling Plan

March 10, 2021 7:04 pm

On Monday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to revise a county ordinance that streamlines environmental impact reports to approve up to 2, 700 new wells a year for the next 15 years. The movement to to create...

New Bill is Work-Around to Federal State and Local Tax Deduction

March 10, 2021 11:32 amMarch 10, 2021 12:28 pm

Senators Mike McGuire (D- Healdsburg,) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) made amendments on March 9 to their Senate Bill 104, which is a “work-around” to the federal state and local tax (SALT) limitation. The bill would add and repeal Section 17052.10...