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Vote by Mail Extension: SB 29 on Fast Track to Enactment

January 29, 2021 10:27 amFebruary 2, 2021 1:20 pm

Senate Bill 29 by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) has already passed the State Senate and is headed to a quick enactment as an urgency statute. SB 29 would extend to the requirement to mail a ballot to every registered...

Judge Rules Against Union That Spied on, Read Emails of Public Sector Employees

January 28, 2021 5:52 pmFebruary 2, 2021 1:21 pm

On Thursday, a California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) administrative law judge ruled that a union, the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 3, unlawfully surveilled emails and communications of several Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District employees. The...

Doctors Who Challenged Contra Costa Public Health Orders Still Fighting Back

January 28, 2021 1:28 pmJanuary 29, 2021 3:16 pm

Three John Muir Hospital physicians recently sent a letter to Contra Costa Public Health Doctor Dr. Chris Farnitano, challenging several crucial issues surrounding the state and county health officials’ handling the COVID-19 virus in California, and the data being manipulated...

California Supreme Court Greenlights Removal of Appeals Court Judge

January 27, 2021 8:36 pm

On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by California Court of Appeal Judge Jeffrey Johnson over being removed from the bench, clearing the way for his full removal. Judge Johnson, who has been on the Appeals...

Southern California Edison to Pay $2.2 Billion in Wildfire Settlements

January 27, 2021 2:30 amJanuary 26, 2021 9:14 pm

On Tuesday, Southern California Edison announced that it would be paying a $2.2 billion settlement over claims from the 2018 Woolsey Fire within the next 90 days. The Woolsey Fire burned nearly 100,000 acres of land in Los Angeles and...

School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support

January 27, 2021 2:15 amJanuary 26, 2021 3:27 pm

In the November 2020 election, California’s powerful teachers’ unions spent over $20 million promoting Prop. 15, which would have increased taxes on commercial properties. Other unions, mostly in the public sector, spent another $17 million to promote Prop. 15. But voters...

Prop. 22 SEIU Lawsuit Should be Rejected by Courts

January 24, 2021 11:12 amJanuary 25, 2021 5:37 pm

With the adoption of Proposition 22 by 58% of California voters on November 3, a new employment designation was created in California law for “app-based drivers.” Prop. 22 was placed on the ballot after Assembly Bill 5 was passed in 2019...