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California’s Mayors Split on Vacation Home Tax Bill Aimed to Aid Homeless

March 11, 2020 6:15 amMarch 11, 2020 7:37 pm

“More money is necessary. But it’s not sufficient. More money needs to be accompanied by some form of legal mandate for all of us to bring people indoors.” ~Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg On Monday, California’s Big City Mayors of...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein Cries ‘Racism’ Over Coronavirus

March 10, 2020 6:21 pmMarch 11, 2020 1:05 pm

“We’ve also seen a rise in racism toward Asian Americans because the virus is associated with China. This is unconscionable, and it’s not the American way,” Senator Dianne Feinstein told reporters last week. “People of all ages, races, and ethnicities...

Santa Clara County Bans All Gatherings of More Than 1,000 People

March 10, 2020 5:28 pm

On Monday evening, Santa Clara County officials formally announced a ban on events and gatherings with more than 1,000 people in attendance for the rest of the month to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The ban in Santa...

DMV Voter Registration Regulations Could Be Changed Under New Bill

March 10, 2020 2:49 pm

A new bill that was recently moved into two Senate committees would give Californians visiting the DMV the choice not to change or update their information for voting records. A new DMV kiosk prompt Under Senate Bill 1295, authored by...

Next Challenge on the California Death Penalty on the Horizon

March 10, 2020 6:37 amMarch 10, 2020 10:13 am

The death penalty in California is due to face another hurdle this year following a number of judges and prosecutors respectively giving and asking for the death penalty in recent murder cases. Going against the moratorium On Friday, prosecutors in...

Church and Hospital Land Housing Bill Back After Amendment Change

March 9, 2020 2:40 pm

On Friday, a bill that would block zoning restrictions on land owned by churches and hospitals to build housing units was brought back to the Senate again following amendment changes. Senate Bill 899, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),...

GOP Uses Obama Law to Fund Dams Barred By State Water Bond

March 9, 2020 2:12 amMarch 9, 2020 7:32 am

The 2014 California Water Bond mainly benefits constituents of the Democrat Party, such as environmentalists, scientists, commercial fishermen, Indian tribes and Bay-Delta farmers to the exclusion of Central Valley farmers and towns for which the federal Central Valley Project was...