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Levi Strauss Announces Corporate Workplace Cuts Of 10%-15%

January 26, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 26, 2024 2:31 am

San Francisco based jeans and clothing company Levi Strauss announced on Thursday that between 10% and 15% of their workforce will be laid off in the first half of 2024, becoming the latest Bay Area company to announce layoffs this...

LA Board Of Supes Proposes Maximum Indoor Temperatures For Apartments During Warm Months

January 25, 2024 5:36 pmJanuary 25, 2024 5:38 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance this week that would set up a maximum indoor temperature threshold for rental units during hot months of the year. According to Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath, the ordinance...

Sacramento City Manager Pushed for $20K Raise Before Delivering Bad News: $50 Million Budget Black Hole

January 25, 2024 10:40 amJanuary 26, 2024 6:36 am

The City of Sacramento is facing a budget deficit of more than $50 million this year – up from a $24 billion deficit last year – resulting in a hiring freeze, and a travel and office supply freeze, City Manager...

The Greenberg Brief: SF Supervisor Dean Preston Has a Challenger – I Won’t Support Him

January 25, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 26, 2024 8:58 am

San Francisco’s notorious, self-branded socialist Supervisor Dean Preston has been wreaking havoc for several years, garnering national headlines over claims capitalism is to blame for drug addiction and homelessness in The Tenderloin (his home district and jurisdiction, as member of...

2024 Los Angeles Official Homeless Count Begins

January 25, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 25, 2024 2:31 am

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) began their 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The count is expected to not just show if the number of homeless people increased in both Los Angeles County and the city of L.A....

Bill to Require Speed Limiters in California Cars Introduced In Senate

January 24, 2024 4:45 pmJanuary 24, 2024 4:47 pm

A bill to require all cars sold or made in California after 2027 to have devices limiting their top speed to only ten miles per hour above the speed limit was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday. Senate Bill 961,...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Gives Rare Early Endorsement For Assembly Candidate Rusty Hicks

January 24, 2024 12:28 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom gave a rare pre-Primary election endorsement on Wednesday to California Democratic Party (CADEM) Chairman Rusty Hicks, who is currently running for the Assembly in the crowded 2nd District race. Hicks, who has previously been a state...