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California GOP Registered Voters Rise, DEM Registered Voters Fall In Latest Secretary Of State Voter Registration Data

February 10, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 10, 2024 2:31 am

According to new statistics released by the California Secretary of State’s office this week, the number of registered Democratic voters in California dipped for the first time this century, with the number of registered Republicans rebounding back in the past...

SEIU Launches New Fast Food Workers Union Weeks Before Start Of New $20 Minimum Wage Law

February 9, 2024 5:59 pmFebruary 9, 2024 5:59 pm

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) launched the new California Fast Food Workers Union on Friday, creating a labor union specifically for fast food workers less than two months before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes...

Bill To Require a Driver in Driverless Trucks Reintroduced In Assembly

February 9, 2024 12:17 pmFebruary 9, 2024 12:17 pm

A bill to require driverless trucks to have a driver in the vehicle was reintroduced in the Assembly on Thursday, less than 5 months after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the almost identical AB 316. Assembly Bill 2286, authored by Assemblywoman...

Third California U.S. Senate Debate Announced For February 20th

February 9, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 9, 2024 2:31 am

A third U.S. Senate between Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), former baseball star Steve Garvey (R), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) was announced this week, with the debate to be held at Universal Studios in Hollywood on...

More Affordable-Housing Bonds?

February 8, 2024 2:14 pmFebruary 8, 2024 2:55 pm

On March 5 San Francisco voters will decide whether their city should issue $300 million in bonds to subsidize the construction of affordable housing. The matter is likely to be approved, given the voters’ track record on similar measures. In 2015 they authorized $310...

LAPD Appoints Dominic Choi Interim Chief Following Retirement Announcement Of Michel Moore

February 8, 2024 1:19 pmFebruary 8, 2024 1:19 pm

The Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners announced on Wednesday that they have chosen Assistant LAPD Chief Dominic Choi to become the Interim Police Chief in the coming months. Choi will take the office on March 1st following the retirement...

Bill to Exempt Certain Fast Food Restaurants From New $20 Minimum Wage Introduced

February 8, 2024 9:55 amFebruary 8, 2024 11:02 am

A new bill to exempt certain fast food restaurants from the AB 1228 $20 minimum wage law was introduced in the Assembly on Wednesday. According to Assembly Bill 610, authored by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), additional restaurants would be exempted...