Legislature – Page 625 – California Globe

Prop. 1 Battle Rages On As Final Votes Are Counted, and Disqualified Ballots Grow

March 20, 2024 6:33 pmMarch 21, 2024 9:01 am

A yea or nay of Proposition 1 remains unanswered on Wednesday. The vote tally over the initiative remains close, with questions of disqualified ballots now likely to drag a final vote count into the next several weeks. Proposition 1, if...

San Diego First-Time Homebuyers Fight for Equal Treatment Under the Law

March 20, 2024 2:35 pmMarch 20, 2024 2:44 pm

California’s critical housing shortage is well-known. Surging demand continues to outpace supply, and housing remains extremely expensive compared to much of the U.S. In an effort to tackle home affordability, the San Diego Housing Commission launched a pilot program in...

Ringside: Evaluating Underground CO2 Sequestration in California

March 20, 2024 10:20 amMarch 20, 2024 10:20 am

While the confirmed skeptic will consider Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) to be the ultimate waste of money, it nonetheless is happening. Billions of dollars have already been committed, with no end in sight. Regardless of how one might judge...

Can I Get a Witness? Sure – Got $100K?

March 20, 2024 2:55 amMarch 21, 2024 10:13 am

Can I get a witness? Sure – got $100K? The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this afternoon unanimously approved to spend about $100,000 to re-hire former George Gascon’s former chief of staff so she can act as a “central...

Congress Probing Berkeley Over Anti-Semitism

March 19, 2024 4:17 pmMarch 19, 2024 4:17 pm

You can now add the University of California, Berkeley to the list of high profile, high powered universities that are being investigated by Congress over how they have reacted to the wave of antisemitism that has roiled campuses since the...

Tax Increase on Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans Really for Governor’s $73 Billion Budget Deficit?

March 19, 2024 9:15 amMarch 20, 2024 6:36 pm

California Democrat lawmakers are pushing a bill to increase the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans by another $1.5 billion, to fund the state share of cost in the Medi-Cal program. Or so we are told. While this appears to...

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Head Fake: Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire with $66 Million Budget Deficit

March 19, 2024 7:19 amMarch 19, 2024 7:19 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg thinks he’s doing a clever head fake – he announced last week that he will bring a resolution to the city council calling for a Israel-Hamas cease-fire in Gaza – 7,365 miles away from California’s Capitol...