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Public School, Outdoor Dining Reopenings Among COVID-19 Influenced Bills Introduced Monday

December 7, 2020 8:58 pm

On Monday, the Assembly started a new session from their temporary home at the Golden 1 Arena, with many new bills being introduced attempting to reopen California by the spring. Among the newly introduced bills was Assembly Bill 61, authored...

New Senate Bill Introduced that Would Expand Student-Athlete Compensation Rights

December 7, 2020 7:46 pm

On Monday, a new bill was introduced in the Senate that would add onto a previously passed bill that allowed NCAA students compensation and the right to make money off of their name-image-and-likeness (NIL) being used. The as of yet...

AG Xavier Becerra Named As Biden HHS Secretary

December 7, 2020 3:05 pm

On Monday, presumed President-elect Joe Biden picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), a move that would leave open a key Constitutional office in California. Becerra, who also served in the...

SJ Mayor Claims That He Didn’t Know His Gathering Broke Guidelines

December 5, 2020 6:11 amDecember 8, 2020 4:19 pm

On Thursday, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo gave an interview with NBC saying that he didn’t know that he had broken state social gathering guidelines during Thanksgiving, despite evidence pointing to the fact that he had been well aware of ...

Senate Bill That Would Waive State, Local Operating Fees to be Introduced Next Week

December 4, 2020 10:16 pm

On Friday, Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced that he will introduce a bill next week that would waiver operating fees for businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The currently unnamed bill would specifically waive all state...

LA Mayor Garcetti Announces $800 Restaurant Worker Stipend Program

December 4, 2020 2:49 pm

On Thursday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that 4,000 out-of-work restaurant workers severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic would be given a one-time $800 stipend of cash. The $3.2 million program, the Secure Emergency Relief for Vulnerable Employees, or...

California Sued By Parents Over Remote Learning Inequalities

December 3, 2020 2:20 amDecember 2, 2020 8:27 pm

Earlier in the week, a group of seven Los Angeles and Alameda County families sued the California Board of Education, the Department of Education, and state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tony Thurmond over accusations of not giving students in the...