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More Than A Month’s Worth: That’s the Size of LA DA Gascon’s Case Backlog

August 27, 2023 2:32 amAugust 27, 2023 2:33 am

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has been criticized – rightly – for any number of justice system reasons: soft on crime, does not add gun enhancements to charges, does not support victim’s families, does not oppose the parole of...

Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Prepares For Final Votes In Assembly

August 25, 2023 5:14 pmAugust 25, 2023 5:14 pm

A bill to increase the minimum number of paid sick leave days a year for employees from three to seven, as well as expand the minimum number of accrued sick days a year from six to fourteen, prepared for the...

Climate Mental Nuts on Sacramento City Council Go After CA Restaurant Association

August 25, 2023 2:13 pmAugust 28, 2023 6:27 am

The Sacramento Bee has its knickers in a twist because the California Restaurant Association allegedly has attempted “to water down the city of Sacramento’s climate change proposal to require new buildings be powered by electricity.” Stop the presses! The restaurant...

Half Of All Americans View San Francisco As Unsafe New Poll Finds

August 25, 2023 12:38 pmAugust 25, 2023 12:38 pm

According to a new Gallup poll released this week, only 52% of Americans rate San Francisco as safe anymore, freefalling from a previous poll only 15 years ago when the city scored one of the highest ratings and was viewed...

Sonoma County Equity Office Gave ARPA Funding to Inmate for DUI Case

August 25, 2023 7:45 amAugust 25, 2023 7:46 am

Within the County of Sonoma, school boards and nonprofits continue to be riddled with nepotism. Santa Rosa City Schools Board (SRCS) President Stephanie Manieri, her aunt, Executive Director Maria Isabel Lopez, Raizes Collective and SRCS Trustee Alegria De La Cruz...

CA Senate Republicans Send Letter To Insurance Commissioner Lara Over Faltering Homeowners Insurance Market

August 25, 2023 2:30 amAugust 25, 2023 2:31 am

California State Senators delivered a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday, urging him to take more direct action in fixing the state’s faltering homeowners insurance market. In the past three months, 5 insurance companies operating in California...

Uber Raises Minimum Age For Rideshare Drivers Because Of Higher Insurance Costs, Litigation Concerns

August 24, 2023 4:43 pmAugust 24, 2023 4:43 pm

Rideshare company Uber announced on Thursday that because of California’s high insurance rates and litigation environment, that they will no longer be hiring drivers in the state who are under 25. In recent months, Uber has been dealt several legal...