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State Paid Leave Laws to Change Yet Again January 1st

December 27, 2024 10:30 amDecember 27, 2024 10:30 am

A new state law is expected to come into effect next week on January 1st, once again altering paid sick-leave laws in California. In the past few years, paid sick leave has drastically expanded in California. In January of 2024,...

Asm. DeMaio Unveils Republican Contract to Reform California in ‘26

December 27, 2024 8:00 amDecember 27, 2024 8:01 am

Carl DeMaio hit the ground running after being sworn in Dec. 2nd to the California Assembly. Two weeks ago DeMaio released his 7-Point Plan to Overhaul ‘Broken’ CA Republican Party. Now, he and Reform California are unveiling a Contract to...

California Courts and the Title of a Bill

December 27, 2024 7:33 amDecember 27, 2024 7:33 am

One of the constitutional requirements for a bill in the California Legislature is that every bill must contain a Title. That Title plays several important roles including advising the reader of what is the general subject matter of the bill...

Sen. Scott Wiener Uses his Platform to Accuse Elon Musk of Using his Platform to Attack Wiener

December 27, 2024 3:10 amDecember 27, 2024 3:11 am

Another story from the “You Can’t Make this &$@! Up” file: Senator Scott Wiener claims “Elon Musk has a long history of using his platform to attack Scott – rallying thousands of hateful trolls online in an attempt to undermine...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Accused of Bamboozling Girl into Transitioning to Male while a Preteen

December 27, 2024 2:44 amJanuary 13, 2025 10:43 am

Trying to turn a physically healthy girl into a boy is arguably an abnegation of nature. So it is not surprising that doctors, psychologists and school officials resort to chicanery and badgering to foist irreversible medical procedures on confused kids...

Number of Registered Lobbyists in California

December 26, 2024 6:40 pmDecember 26, 2024 6:40 pm

In California, there are over 3,200 registered lobbyists with the state. Note that in most large cities in California there are also registration and reporting requirements for those engaged in local government lobbying (i.e., city councils and boards of supervisors)....

Lyft Sues San Francisco Over Alleged Tax Overcharge Of $100 Million

December 26, 2024 6:14 pmDecember 26, 2024 6:14 pm

Lyft sued the City of San Francisco this week, accusing them of overcharging the company $100 million from 2019 to 2023. According to the lawsuit, Lyft claims that the city taxed the entire app ride fare as revenue, rather than...