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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...

Adam Schiff, Fusion GPS and an LA Whistleblower Named Val Broeksmit

October 7, 2019 9:43 amJanuary 27, 2023 9:09 am

The cover story of the business section of the Sunday New York Times features a fascinating profile of a drug-addled, attention-starved whistleblower named Val Broeksmit. Amid the avalanche of details in David Enrich’s 3500-word story is buried something that is...

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...

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...

Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor Of Net Neutrality In California

October 3, 2019 6:52 amOctober 3, 2019 10:02 am

In a 2-1 vote at the Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, judges ruled that California could adopt its own net neutrality laws. Net neutrality, the rule that forbids internet providers from charging more or setting different speeds for visiting...

Public Banks Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Newsom

October 2, 2019 4:54 pmOctober 3, 2019 12:10 pm

Public banks, banks that are run by a city or county, can now open in California following the signing of Assembly Bill 857 by Governor Gavin Newsom. AB 857 states that any public bank in California must go through the...

San Francisco’s Proposition C Loses Juul As Its Largest Supporter

October 1, 2019 1:28 pm

Juul Labs, the largest e-cigarette and vaping company in the country that controls over 70% of the U.S. market, has ended its $19 million dollar campaign in support of Proposition C, the ballot initiative to overturn San Francisco’s vaping ban....