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Bill To Erect Memorial to Blind Veterans in State Capitol Signed By Gov. Newsom

October 6, 2023 2:51 amOctober 6, 2023 2:52 am

A bill to erect a memorial to blind veterans inside the State Capitol in Sacramento was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week. Assembly Bill 298, authored by Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia), specifically states that the bill...

CalOSHA Throws Pandemic Shade

October 6, 2023 2:30 amOctober 6, 2023 2:31 am

Between the end of August, 2020 and December, 30, 2022, a California business was cited for a “COVID-19 Related Violation” every 9 hours and 48 minutes. Overall, in less than two-and-a-half years, CalOSHA issued 2,096 pandemic-related citations with a fine...

Jon Hatami, Candidate for Los Angeles DA

October 5, 2023 1:58 pmOctober 5, 2023 9:29 pm

George Gascon had been the Los Angeles County District Attorney for two weeks and already Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami had already had enough. Angry enough about Gascon’s day one “policy directives” that he went public, blasting Gascon and saying...

A Different Type of Double-jointing Language?

October 5, 2023 10:56 amOctober 5, 2023 10:56 am

As readers may recall, double jointing requires technical amendments prepared by the Office of Legislative Counsel that will prevent an amended bill from “chaptering out” the provisions of another bill when both bills amend the same Code section. According to...

Useless, Clueless City Officials Destroying Sacramento with Homeless Crisis

October 5, 2023 8:24 amOctober 6, 2023 6:57 am

In early September we reported on a national study which found that Sacramento placed second only behind Baltimore for the dirtiest cities in America. With 39,186 complaints per 100k population; the Sacramento zip code of 95818 had 48,864 complaints per...

Bill to Ban Ballot Hand Counts Signed By Governor Newsom

October 4, 2023 6:35 pmOctober 4, 2023 6:35 pm

A bill to end the manual hand count of ballots in elections with more than 1,000 voters was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, going into effect immediately after signing. Assembly Bill 969, authored by Assemblywoman Gail...

Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Newsom

October 4, 2023 4:45 pmOctober 4, 2023 4:45 pm

A bill to increase the minimum number of paid sick leave days a year for employees from three to five, as well as expand the minimum number of accrued sick days a year from six to ten, was signed into...