Legislature – Page 488 – California Globe

Frequently Asked Questions about Tax Levies in California Bills

November 21, 2023 2:45 amNovember 21, 2023 2:46 am

There is often confusion regarding whether a bill is a tax levy or not, and what a “tax levy” designation actually means. To make matters worse, a common misconception is that a tax levy is a bill that proposes a...

How Did I-10 Reopen All Lanes In Damaged Stretch In LA Weeks Ahead Of Schedule?

November 20, 2023 6:04 pmNovember 21, 2023 11:48 am

The fire damaged section of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles that caused major traffic issues for the past week fully reopened weeks ahead of schedule Sunday night, following days of intensive bracing and repair work, with many questioning if it...

State Disability Insurance Taxes Going Up – For Some, Going Up A LOT

November 20, 2023 3:39 pm

Right now, if you earn the typical California salary of about $65,000 a year, you – not your employer – pay about $590 each year in state disability insurance taxes. As of January 1, that tax is going up and...

UC Regent Denounces Obnoxious, Pompous Pro-Hamas Statement by UC Faculty

November 20, 2023 3:10 pmNovember 20, 2023 3:10 pm

As the California Globe previously reported University of California Regents Board Chair Richard Leib and Regent Michael Cohen have maintained a cowardly silence about a professor who was threatening violence against “Zionist” journalists and their family. But on an uplifting...

What Are Section 100 Changes?

November 20, 2023 6:16 amNovember 20, 2023 6:16 am

If you have reviewed California’s executive branch rulemaking activities from the myriad of agencies and departments promulgating regulations in this state, you may have come across a “Section 100” filing. What are those? Basically, changes without regulatory effect are known...

About Last Week… Save SF – Give Xi a House There!

November 19, 2023 3:28 pmNovember 19, 2023 3:28 pm

Well, we learned from the recent APEC conference that, if they want to, the state and the city can clean up San Francisco. We also learned that protesting against a murderous dictator bent on destroying the United States is frowned...

The Civil War in the Democratic Party: Pro-Palestine vs. Pro-Israel

November 19, 2023 11:38 amNovember 19, 2023 11:39 am

In the midst of enraged pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating around the country, the New York Post exposed on Friday that they are “funded in large part by an uber-wealthy American-born tech entrepreneur, Neville Roy Singham, and his wife, Jodie Evans.” “Since...