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Emergency Hospital Loan Bill Designed To Halt Closures Passed In Assembly, Senate

May 5, 2023 2:06 pmMay 5, 2023 2:06 pm

The California Assembly and Senate passed an emergency bill on Thursday to give $150 million loans to struggling hospitals in the state, amid recent reports that as many as 20% of California’s hospitals are at risk of closure and bankruptcy....

IRS Data Reveals California, New York, Illinois Biggest Losers of Residents & their Wealth

May 5, 2023 8:46 amMay 6, 2023 9:20 am

The California exodus to other states is even worse than we realized; the state’s population dropped by more than 500,000 people between April 2020 and July 2022, with the number of residents leaving surpassing those moving in by nearly 700,000,...

Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the Labor Code

May 5, 2023 6:43 amMay 5, 2023 6:56 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 7.5 is on the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH). Labor Code Section 175 establishes DOSH as the lead agency in providing for public health and safety, as well as worker health and...

May is National Masturbation Month!

May 4, 2023 10:31 pmMay 4, 2023 10:35 pm

Put That Thing Down and Read This Story! Well, it’s not quite Californication, but it’s close. May is National Masturbation Month, and, of course, it started right here in the Golden State, at the San Francisco sex co-op Good Vibrations,...

U.S. News Best States Rankings Detail California’s Demise

May 4, 2023 8:30 amMay 6, 2023 9:21 am

U.S. News is out with its Best States Rankings, which details California’s demise by showing how far the Golden State has fallen in so many important categories. U.S. News ranked states on crime and corrections, the economy, education, fiscal stability,...

The Role of the Cal-OSHA Standards Board

May 4, 2023 6:36 amMay 4, 2023 6:57 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 6 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal-OSHA Standards Board). Labor Code Section 140 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The Board consists...

‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Legislation Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0

May 4, 2023 2:27 amMay 4, 2023 2:28 am

A bill that would require big tech companies to pay a fee to news outlets for using or posting articles and other local news content advanced in the Assembly Judiciary Committee earlier this week, despite a growing movement to either...