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EDD Unemployment Fraud Leaving Californians Facing a Looming Tax Tsunami

February 2, 2021 6:41 pmMarch 22, 2021 3:14 pm

In November, California Globe reported that District Attorneys from across California joined together for a press briefing hosted by Sacramento County DA Anne Marie Schubert and El Dorado County DA Vern Pierson, to expose the massive unemployment benefits fraud in jails and prisons...

Several Long Beach Supermarkets Close Due To City-Ordered ‘Hero Pay’ Pay Bumps

February 2, 2021 2:38 pmFebruary 5, 2021 1:45 pm

Monday, Kroger announced that it will be closing two locations in Long Beach due to a recent local ordinance passed by the city that increases worker pay by $4. On January 19th, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to...

California’s 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Utility Wildfire Bailout Case

February 1, 2021 4:10 pmMarch 28, 2022 3:42 pm

After the Public Utilities Commission denied three Investor Owned Utilities in California – Pacific Gas and Electric, San Diego Gas and Electric, and Southern California Edison – the cost of wildfire repayments in 2019, the utilities filed a lawsuit in the...

New Books on California State Government and Bill Drafting

February 1, 2021 6:56 amFebruary 2, 2021 1:16 pm

Two new books on California government, authored by California Globe contributor, lobbyist and lawyer Chris Micheli, have just been published. Micheli wrote these college-and-law-school-level textbooks and professional manuals to offer insights into California state government and bill drafting. “In my...

California’s Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies Curriculum Designed to Eliminate Dissent

February 1, 2021 2:24 amFebruary 8, 2021 8:09 pm

In 2019, California Globe reported that the California Department of Education had released an unintelligible draft of ethnic studies gibberish, which included a section on “Islamophobia.” The Legislature’s Jewish caucus, all Democrats, took umbrage with this, and issued a statement:...

Catholic Church Files Motions to Make ‘Child Sexual Assault’ Law Unconstitutional

January 30, 2021 2:18 amFebruary 2, 2021 1:19 pm

This week, the Catholic Church filed motions in the Northern and Southern Superior Courts to remove the AB 218 law. Assembly Bill 218, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) was passed by the legislature and signed into law by...

SB 260: The Climate Corporate Accountability Act

January 29, 2021 1:01 pmJanuary 29, 2021 1:00 pm

Earlier this week, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 260, which would enact the Climate Corporate Accountability Act. It will be amended to apply to all businesses with over $1 billion in revenue who are doing business in...