The first annual “River of Death” award goes to the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (‘KRRC’) and its CEO Mark Bransom. Let’s face it, it really takes a lot to kill-off an entire aquatic ecosystem, and in the process, contaminate the Klamath River to...
In January, a trio of judges from the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals struck down the city of Berkeley’s natural gas hook-up ban. Now, Berkeley has a ticking clock running on deciding if they will appeal the decision to...
The California 2024 Primary Election was 7 days ago – last Tuesday March 5, 2024. Most states have already posted election results. There are a lot of Californians who remember election results were provided not long after the polls closed...
In March, 2023 the California Assembly jammed SBX1-2, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, through an expedited hearing, pretending that was enough exposure to the public, and debated the bill and voted on it. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax created a new...
Labor Code Division 2, Part 5.5 provides an employee leave program. Part 5.5 was added in 2010 by Chapter 646. Section 1508 names the law the Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act. Section 1509 defines the terms “employee,” “employee benefits,”...
California’s Labor Code provides for Apprenticeship Programs in Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Division 3. Article 2 was added in 2018 by Chapter 704. Section 3075 authorizes an apprenticeship program to be administered by a joint apprenticeship committee, unilateral...
“Mommy, can I be a COVID lab rat?” That is a request most parents will never hear and it is a request that very few parents would ever want to hear. But, unlike the more typical “can I have a...