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Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Newsom

October 4, 2023 4:45 pmOctober 4, 2023 4:45 pm

A bill to increase the minimum number of paid sick leave days a year for employees from three to five, as well as expand the minimum number of accrued sick days a year from six to ten, was signed into...

Los Angeles City Council Moves Forward With Proposal to Ban Cashless Businesses

October 4, 2023 11:42 amOctober 4, 2023 11:42 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 on Tuesday to move forward with a motion that would ban all cashless stores in the city, with the chief legislative analyst now being instructed to work with the city attorney on the...

LA County Parents’ Free Speech Win Has National import

October 3, 2023 8:30 pmOctober 3, 2023 8:38 pm

In a major win for the basic American right of freedom of speech that could have national implications, a Los Angeles County Judge has ruled a civil trial against County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s draconian and censorious health department...

Seven (!) Starbucks Closing in SF is Demise of Downtown Culture

October 3, 2023 6:37 pmOctober 3, 2023 6:37 pm

Starbucks is pulling out of much of San Francisco’s downtown Financial District, closing locations in the same area plagued by record-high vacant office space. [First reported by Business Times, and also here]. To some, Starbucks’ leaving is a good thing,...

Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee Accused Of Violating Ethics Laws back to 2016

October 3, 2023 12:21 pmOctober 3, 2023 12:21 pm

According to a new report by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission released on Tuesday, LA City Councilman John Lee stands accused of violating several ethics laws dating back to 2016 when he was then on the staff of former...

Sacramento Homeless Crisis has Caused ‘Erosion of Every Day Life;’ City is ‘Collapsing into Chaos’

October 3, 2023 8:35 amOctober 4, 2023 6:58 am

Sacramento’s homeless drug-addicted, mentally-ill, criminal vagrant population have clearly shown they can’t govern or take care of themselves. They have been allowed to camp, squat and roam unrestrained in the Sacramento region. They are disrupting daily business life in Sacramento’s...

Lawmakers Push For Senator-Designate Laphonza Butler To Stay Out Of 2024 Senate Race

October 2, 2023 6:56 pmOctober 2, 2023 6:58 pm

Californian lawmakers from both parties urged recently selected U.S. Senator Designate Laphonza Butler to not run for the Senate in 2024, saying that it is not fair to the other candidates in the race and that the remainder of Dianne...