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Executive Director of LA Homeless Services Brags Of Success Before Resigning In Middle Of An Epidemic

December 10, 2019 10:31 amDecember 10, 2019 12:50 pm

Executive Director Peter Lynn of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority stepped down last week as homelessness explodes in the nation’s second-largest city. However, his resignation was not a result of his failed efforts in fighting the crisis; it was...

Former Assemblyman Terrence Goggin Pleaded Guilty to Defraunding BART Coffee Shop Investors

December 9, 2019 10:30 amDecember 9, 2019 10:52 am

He took their coffee money and ran. Former Assemblyman Terrence Goggin on Wednesday pleaded guilty to defraunding investors of money they thought was going for him to build more BART station coffee shops. But he instead diverted for personal purposes....

Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

CA State Auditor Finds State Agencies Overpaying Millions for Workers’ Compensation Insurance

December 9, 2019 9:38 amDecember 10, 2019 12:12 pm

The State Auditor reported total costs of $5.8 billion for 32,043 claims open more than two years. The California State Auditor just released an audit finding at least 10 state agencies purchasing Workers’ Compensation Insurance from State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund),...

Legislative Oversight

December 9, 2019 6:07 amDecember 8, 2019 7:00 pm

A critical role for the legislative branch of government is oversight regarding executive branch activities. Fundamentally, oversight is intended to ensure government accountability and make certain that tax dollars are spent properly and efficiently by the executive branch of state...

Proposed Settlements From Bondholders and Shareholders in PG&E Bankruptcy

December 9, 2019 2:10 amDecember 10, 2019 6:16 am

PG&E Corporation announced late Friday a proposed agreement to resolve all claims and pay wildfire victims of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, and the October 2017 wine country fires in Northern California. The deal is expected to boost the...

New ‘Firearm Ownership’ Study Ignores Gun Violence by Criminals

December 7, 2019 9:17 amDecember 7, 2019 9:26 am

The study does not quantify the exercise of constitutional rights as a factor in Californians’ gun purchases. “California may have some of the nation’s most restrictive gun control laws,” Andrew Sheeler reports in the Sacramento Bee, “from bans on assault...

California’s Minimum Wage To Go Up to $13 an Hour in January

December 7, 2019 9:12 am

On January 1st California’s minimum wage will increase by $1 an hour, jumping up to $13 an hour for employers with 26 or more employees and $12 for smaller businesses. SB 3 and the rise to $15 Ever since SB...