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The Uni-Party Isn’t Just Bad for Governance – It’s Bad for Society

May 15, 2023 10:15 amMay 15, 2023 10:16 am

We will take as a given for the purposes of this article that California has one actual political party. It is called the Democratic Party but could easily be called any number of things – the Bureaucratic Party, the Oligarch...

Liberation, Resistance, Intersectionality… A Critical Look at Existing Ethnic Studies Courses in California

May 15, 2023 7:42 amMay 16, 2023 9:03 pm

Many school districts in California have started teaching Ethnic Studies ahead of the state mandated timeline of 2025. This has come on the back of a multi-year movement to promote Ethnic Studies in K-12, a movement fraught with controversies and...

Is California Well Endowed?

May 15, 2023 6:20 amMay 15, 2023 7:03 am

In 1996, an insurance company bought another one, the state got in the middle, and the California Endowment was born. When Blue Cross of California acquired the for-profit subsidiary WellPoint Health Networks, state regulators demanded a non-profit health-care focused foundation...

Collective Bargaining Agreements Under the Labor Code

May 15, 2023 2:15 amMay 15, 2023 6:16 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 7.5 discusses collective bargaining agreements, which was added in 1941 by Chapter 1188. Labor Code Section 1126 provides that any collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a labor organization is enforceable at...

Mother’s Day 2023: Erma Bombeck Wasn’t a ‘Birthing Person”

May 14, 2023 3:00 amMay 14, 2023 8:26 am

One of my favorite writers ever was the inimitable Erma Bombeck. Dubbed the “Socrates of the ironing board” by Life magazine, she was the queen of sassy, funny, irony and reality. Bombeck was a syndicated columnist, author, sitcom writer, “Good...

Equity vs. Equality: California Reparations Commission Wants to Legalize Racial Discrimination

May 14, 2023 2:30 amMay 14, 2023 2:31 am

“With a ‘Reparations Management Council’ to operate independent of the government of San Francisco, what could possibly go wrong?” the Globe asked earlier this week. San Francisco resident Richie Greenberg has identified that the San Francisco Reparations Plan “installs a...

Paid Family Leave Costs Going Up – Will Gavin be Here to See That?

May 13, 2023 7:53 amMay 13, 2023 7:54 am

Last year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 951 by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) to increase the size and scope of the state’s paid family leave (PFL) program. The bill (he vetoed a similar bill the year before during...