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Los Angeles Announces Plans for the First Public Bank In California

October 7, 2019 1:40 pmOctober 8, 2019 7:34 am

In a press conference celebrating the passage of AB 857 in front of the Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson, along with Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), announced that the first public bank in California...

BLM Plan to Open 800,000 Acres of Federal Land in California to Oil and Gas Leasing

October 6, 2019 10:36 amOctober 7, 2019 1:10 pm

The oil and gas industry in California currently provides 368,000 jobs and more than $24 billion in tax revenues to the state, making this industry vital to the entire California economy. The Trump administration Bureau of Land Management has finalized...

Stockton’s Universal Income Program Has Unreported Flaws In How Money Is Being Spent

October 5, 2019 7:19 amOctober 5, 2019 4:57 pm

While are success stories over Stockton’s universal income program being reported, the Globe has found for some participants there is quite a different story going on. Stockton is currently in the midst of a small program called the Stockton Economic...

San Francisco Receives Notice From The EPA Over Pollution

October 4, 2019 6:41 amOctober 5, 2019 7:19 am

San Francisco was given a notice from the EPA Wednesday, finding them in violation of the Clean Water Act. President Trump had previously warned that the EPA could be sending San Francisco a punishment for allegedly allowing homeless trash and...

Political Pressure Behind Cancelled Charity Event for Slain Ventura Sheriff’s Family

October 3, 2019 11:25 amOctober 4, 2019 12:27 pm

‘The Helus family is the real victim here because they aren’t going to get the money now.’ Partisan politics has polluted a charity event that was planned to raise money for the family of Ventura County Sheriff Sgt....

Trump Admin. Abandons Shelter Plans for Unaccompanied Migrant Children In the Inland Empire

October 3, 2019 6:40 amOctober 3, 2019 9:40 am

The Inland Empire was one of multiple locations in the nation the Trump administration was eyeing to either build or lease space for a detention facility for unaccompanied migrant children. However, Democratic Congressman Mark Takano announced Wednesday, Riverside County has been...

San Francisco Backs Down on Declaring NRA ‘Domestic Terrorist Organization’

October 2, 2019 4:03 pm

The Second Amendment wins again. The San Francisco Supervisors recently decided to back off on their recent declaration that the National Rifle Association and its membership are “domestic terrorists.” Guess why? The NRA sued. In early September, the San Francisco City...