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Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change!

April 11, 2022 11:07 amApril 11, 2022 11:19 am

Over the last several months or longer, if one were to peruse any one of California’s most read newspapers, the one topic that would most certainly be referenced at least once each and every day would be the (and excuse...

Bill To Require Doctors Training for Transgender Patients Passes Sen. Health Committee

April 9, 2022 2:40 amApril 11, 2022 11:02 am

A bill to require doctors to receive training for providing inclusive care for transgender and intersexed Californians passed 8-2 in the Senate Health Committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 923, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would specifically require...

LA County Board of Supervisors Votes To Suspend All Official Travel to Florida, Texas

April 8, 2022 7:03 pm

Earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to suspend all official travel to Florida and Texas over each respective states’ restrictive LGBT policies. The vote on Tuesday can trace the Board’s decision to actions made...

Chevron, Union Leaders Set To Resume Talks Over Richmond Refinery Strike on Monday

April 8, 2022 4:10 pm

A nearly three week-old strike of over 500 refinery workers at the Chevron Richmond refinery in the Bay area agreed to meet to discuss an end of the strike on Friday following two weeks of no talks and gas prices...

California Diversity Strike Down: Why Most Company Boards Already Met Quotas

April 8, 2022 2:27 amApril 7, 2022 9:10 pm

In the wake of AB 979, the now off-the-books California law that required California-based companies to to have a minimum of minority-appointed Board seats, being tossed out of court in a Superior Court ruling earlier this week, companies have noted...

Temporary Guaranteed Income For Homeless High School Seniors Program Bill Passes Senate Education Committee

April 7, 2022 1:52 pm

A bill to give universal, guaranteed income to high school seniors who are homeless passed in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday in a 5-1 vote. According to Senate Bill 1341, authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Campbell), about 15,000 high...

Former Assembly Leader Connie Conway, DWR Manager Lourin Hubbard To Faceoff in Race For 22nd Congressional Seat

April 7, 2022 2:28 amApril 6, 2022 9:58 pm

The special election election to fill in the 22nd Congressional district seat vacated by former Congressman Devin Nunes earlier this year failed to reach a 50% plurality on Tuesday, forcing a run-off election this June between Republican former Assembly Leader...