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DA Gascon Has Little to Show for Multi-Million Dollar Special Cop Prosecutor

April 28, 2023 2:30 amApril 28, 2023 2:31 am

Almost exactly two years after he was hired to do something, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s multi-million-dollar special law enforcement prosecutor Lawrence Middleton finally did something. Whether or not it was the right thing to do remains as yet...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

What Is Interim Study?

April 27, 2023 5:24 pmApril 27, 2023 5:33 pm

For those who watched or participated in the Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing on seven fentanyl bills on April 27, 2023, you would have heard that one bill was sent to “interim study.” Such a motion has not been regularly...

Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox

April 27, 2023 12:30 pmApril 27, 2023 3:23 pm

Two major San Francisco-based companies announced mass layoffs on Thursday, with Gap announcing that 1,800 corporate positions will be cut and Dropbox announcing that 16% of all employees, or around 500 people, will be let go. Beginning in October of...

Senate Democrats Praise Budget Raising Taxes on California Businesses

April 27, 2023 10:19 amApril 27, 2023 10:20 am

“Senate Democrats praise budget raising taxes on California businesses.” This is our headline. Here is how Senate Democrats spin their tax increase on California businesses: “Senate Leader Atkins, Budget Chair Skinner praise responsible budget plan to protect California progress, economy.”...

Globe Quiz on California Rulemaking Process

April 27, 2023 6:34 amApril 27, 2023 6:41 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s Rulemaking Process. The main principles of the California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA) are notice to the public and opportunity to be heard. An underground regulation is one that has complied with...

2024 Election $10 Billion K-12 Community College Bond Act

April 27, 2023 2:45 amApril 27, 2023 2:46 am

A bill to place a proposition on the 2024 ballot over a $10 billion bond in state matching funds for K-12 and California Community College new school construction and modernization was passed in the Assembly Higher Education Committee on Wednesday....

Congress is Fed up with the California EDD

April 26, 2023 6:21 pmApril 27, 2023 6:11 am

Congress is getting fed up with the California EDD, today sending a third request for information regarding its disastrous, fraud-riven pandemic response. In January, the House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee asked EDD chief Nancy Farias to turn over...