Evan Symon, Author at California Globe

LA Mayor Garcetti Urges Residents to Cancel All Non-Essential Travel For Thanksgiving Weekend

November 25, 2020 2:12 pmNovember 25, 2020 4:39 pm

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that all non-essential travel in Los Angeles should be stopped beginning Wednesday as Los Angeles and Los Angeles County brace for a large rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. While not...

Interstate Highway Billboards for Cannabis Ruled Illegal Statewide By SLO County Judge

November 25, 2020 5:48 amNovember 27, 2020 7:53 am

Last weekend San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Ginger Garrett ruled that all billboards advertising for marijuana and cannabis products in California are now illegal due to the wording in Proposition 64. Proposition 64, which California voters passed in 2016,...

Los Angeles to Introduce Mandatory Air, Rail Travel Forms Starting Wednesday

November 24, 2020 6:22 pmDecember 2, 2020 9:08 am

On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti instituted severe new measures to air and rail travel in the city only days before Thanksgiving Starting Wednesday, all out of state and out of country passengers over the age of 16 travelling...

Court Finds Restrictions of ‘Offensive’ California License Plates Unconstitutional

November 24, 2020 4:14 pmNovember 24, 2020 5:02 pm

On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ruled against the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and found that their restriction of personalized license plates that it considers “offensive to good taste...

GM Backs California’s Automotive Emission Standards

November 24, 2020 7:26 am

On Monday, General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced that GM would no longer litigate against California’s car emission standards and instead join the state and the Biden Administration in embracing the tougher standards. Since September of last year, GM, along...

Protests Against Gov. Newsom’s Curfew Throughout California and at Newsom’s House

November 23, 2020 6:11 pmNovember 24, 2020 4:15 pm

During the weekend, protests against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide California curfew were held throughout the state, drawing thousands to break the curfew. The curfew, which went into effect for 95% of the state starting on Saturday, was immediately met with...

Tesla, Other Factories Deemed ‘Essential’ to Remain Open During Statewide COVID Shutdown

November 23, 2020 2:50 pmNovember 23, 2020 6:11 pm

On Monday, the California Department of Health (CDPH) announced that Tesla, along with a small number of other factories deemed critical for the state, would be allowed to remain open during the latest COVID-19 shutdowns and curfew in the state....