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State Paid Leave Laws to Change Yet Again January 1st

December 27, 2024 10:30 amDecember 27, 2024 10:30 am

A new state law is expected to come into effect next week on January 1st, once again altering paid sick-leave laws in California. In the past few years, paid sick leave has drastically expanded in California. In January of 2024,...

Sen. Scott Wiener Uses his Platform to Accuse Elon Musk of Using his Platform to Attack Wiener

December 27, 2024 3:10 amDecember 27, 2024 3:11 am

Another story from the “You Can’t Make this &$@! Up” file: Senator Scott Wiener claims “Elon Musk has a long history of using his platform to attack Scott – rallying thousands of hateful trolls online in an attempt to undermine...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Accused of Bamboozling Girl into Transitioning to Male while a Preteen

December 27, 2024 2:44 amJanuary 13, 2025 10:43 am

Trying to turn a physically healthy girl into a boy is arguably an abnegation of nature. So it is not surprising that doctors, psychologists and school officials resort to chicanery and badgering to foist irreversible medical procedures on confused kids...

Lyft Sues San Francisco Over Alleged Tax Overcharge Of $100 Million

December 26, 2024 6:14 pmDecember 26, 2024 6:14 pm

Lyft sued the City of San Francisco this week, accusing them of overcharging the company $100 million from 2019 to 2023. According to the lawsuit, Lyft claims that the city taxed the entire app ride fare as revenue, rather than...

Holiday Spirit’s Alive and Well

December 26, 2024 11:29 amDecember 26, 2024 11:32 am

Sitting in a Starbucks while writing this column, employees are full of joy, joking, smiling, laughing, while making holiday overtime pay. It’s Christmas today, and I’m at a location that’s open on this holiday. The crew behind the counter...

CA Congressional Democrats Scramble to Push Huge High Speed Rail Grant

December 26, 2024 7:58 amDecember 26, 2024 7:58 am

A group of Californian’s congressional Democrats comprising of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Congressional Members Jim Costa (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) continued to make a major push this week for the U.S. ...

More States and Auto Dealers Fight Back Against California’s EV Car and Truck Mandates

December 23, 2024 1:33 pmJanuary 21, 2025 11:51 am

For the past several years, multiple states have followed California on two key electric vehicle mandates. One is the 2035 gas-powered car sales ban. And then the other is the 2042 Advanced Clean Fleets rule, which states that all trucks...