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Two Sports Betting Initiatives Prepare For Assembly and Senate Battles in 2020

December 23, 2019 9:09 pmDecember 24, 2019 8:55 am

Two different initiatives to make sports betting legal in California will soon be facing the next steps for a November ballot vote. The Gray and Dodd bill One initiative, ACA 16, proposes a widespread legalization of sports betting, similar to...

Democratic Debate at Loyola Marymount University Fails To Get Into Numerous Issues Important to Californians

December 20, 2019 9:31 pmSeptember 12, 2025 10:33 am

In a debate that was largely about President Trump’s current impeachment, several candidates ‘hawking’ books that they wrote, NAFTA-USMCA talks, healthcare, and climate change, very little was mentioned of the state hosting Thursday’s debate: California. Wine Caves Senator Joe Biden,...

California Population Experienced Slowest Growth Rate in a Decade

December 20, 2019 4:52 pmDecember 21, 2019 9:44 am

Estimates released by the state of California on Friday show that while California had added 141,300 people in the last year for a total population of 39.96 million, a net migration loss has caused the state’s population to experience it’s...

Despite Widespread Turmoil Over AB 5 in California, New York Pushes Forward a Nearly Identical Bill

December 20, 2019 4:48 pmJuly 7, 2021 6:30 am

With less than two weeks to go before AB 5 becomes law, and California experiencing widespread employment issues including a growing number of unemployed workers as a result, two New York lawmakers have pushed their almost identical bill to the...

Tonight’s Debate in Los Angeles Features No Black or Hispanic Candidates

December 19, 2019 5:28 pmJanuary 27, 2023 9:09 am

When the sixth debate for the Democratic nomination for president begins tonight at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, the tv lights won’t be the only things that are brightly white. For the first time in 2020, the stage won’t...

California ‘Woman Board Quota’ Law Faces Legal Challenge In Court

December 19, 2019 4:44 pm

A 2018 law that sets a minimum number of women on the board of directors at publicly held companies in California is facing a major challenge in court next year. A two step law SB 826, authored by Hannah-Beth Jackson...

“Porch Package Thieves” Bill Will Return to the Assembly With Harsher Sentences

December 19, 2019 4:00 pm

After a rise of porch package thefts both in California and nationwide, a bill designed to give harsher sentences to package thieves will be returning to the Assembly. Assembly Bill 1210, which was written earlier this year by Assemblyman Evan...