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Globe Quiz on the California Legislature

April 21, 2023 7:33 amApril 21, 2023 7:36 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about the California Legislature. The Legislature must adopt a balanced budget pursuant to the California Constitution. There are six Assembly Budget Subcommittees and five Senate Budget Subcommittees. The Senate has adopted an official...

Special Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing Over Fentanyl Bills Announced For Next Thursday

April 20, 2023 5:32 pmApril 20, 2023 5:32 pm

A special Assembly hearing of the Assembly Public Safety Committee to discuss all six bills related to the fentanyl crisis was announced on Thursday following weeks of public discontent over the legislature’s inaction over the growing crisis. Currently, the Assembly...

Senators Whiff on Challenging Julie Su

April 20, 2023 12:50 pmApril 20, 2023 12:56 pm

On February 28th – the day President Biden nominated Julie Su to become the next Secretary of Labor – the state of California owed $18,868,506,716.36 to the federal government to repay the money it borrowed to cover unemployment benefits during...

Health or Heredity? COVID-19 Vaccines & California’s History of Eugenics

April 20, 2023 12:28 pmApril 20, 2023 12:36 pm

Last week, the Globe reported on the Sonoma County Equity Office driving the COVID-19 narrative. This is the follow up to that story. As we reflect on the last several years, it is apparent that most everyone in the nation...

Julie Su Slated for Senate Grilling Thursday

April 19, 2023 8:03 pmApril 19, 2023 8:08 pm

California’s former Department of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency chief Julie Su will face a Senate committee Thursday as part of her wobbly quest to become President Joe Biden’s new Secretary of Labor. Su has served as the federal...

Bill To Force CalPERS, CalSTRS Divestment from Fossil Fuel Investments Passes Second Committee

April 19, 2023 12:34 pmApril 19, 2023 12:34 pm

A bill to phase out fossil fuel investments in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) state public pension funds was passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, with the possibility growing that...

Sen. Wiener Bill Requires All Foster Parents to Affirm LGBTQ and Transitioning Youth

April 19, 2023 9:39 amApril 19, 2023 9:42 am

Despite a shortage of foster care families in California, a new bill by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would ensure that unless all potential foster parents are willing to “affirm” LGBTQ gender and sexuality in foster youth, and any gender...