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Backlash Continues Against The Oakland City Council For Approving $100 Million In Budget Cuts

December 20, 2024 4:43 pmDecember 20, 2024 4:43 pm

Facing a $129 million deficit next year, the Oakland City Council approved a number of large cuts to multiple city services this week, with $100 million being slashed from police, fire, and arts budgets. For years, the city of Oakland...

CPUC Approves $722.6 million Rate Hike For 2025 To Keep The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open

December 20, 2024 11:14 amDecember 20, 2024 11:14 am

In a 4-1 vote on Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission approved $722.6 million in additional ratepayer costs to pay for extended operations at both units of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant through the end of 2025 – a...

SF Mayor London Breed Appoints Office Of Innovation Director Stephen Sherrill Next District 2 Supervisor

December 19, 2024 1:38 pmDecember 19, 2024 1:38 pm

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, in one of her final acts of Mayor, appointed the former Deputy New York City Mayor Advisor and current Mayor’s Office Of Innovation Director Stephen Sherrill as the next District 2 Supervisor, taking the place...

San Francisco Department Of Public Health Hires Weight Based Discrimination Activist As A Consultant

December 19, 2024 10:06 amDecember 19, 2024 10:06 am

Virgie Tovar, a weight-based discrimination speaker and author of “You Have the Right to Remain Fat,” was hired by the San Francisco Department of Public Health earlier this week as a :weight stigma and weight neutrality” consultant, resulting in public...

FBI Raids Home of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Brian Williams Accused of Making Bomb Threat Against City Hall

December 18, 2024 5:01 pmDecember 18, 2024 5:01 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass confirmed on Wednesday that Deputy Mayor Brian Williams is under investigation by the FBI over allegations that he called in a fake bomb threat to the Los Angeles City Hall earlier this year. The FBI...

Backlash Grows Over Gov. Newsom Nixing College Degree Requirements for 30,000 State Jobs

December 18, 2024 3:40 pmDecember 18, 2024 3:40 pm

Backlash continues to grow over Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement earlier this week that college and other educational requirements for 30,000 state jobs would be nixed. Plans for another 32,000 jobs will be added to that list by the end of...

Biden EPA Approves Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

December 18, 2024 10:02 amDecember 18, 2024 10:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden administration, announced on Wednesday that they have approved California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, making it more difficult for President-elect Donald Trump to federally...