Evan Symon, Author at California Globe

Recall Effort Against Governor Newsom Gains National and International Exposure

December 2, 2019 2:56 pmDecember 3, 2019 12:31 pm

The recall petitions against Governor Gavin Newsom reached a high not seen since 2003 and made national and international news this past weekend. Making national news Major newspapers across the country, from the San Francisco Chronicle to publications in New...

PG&E Fails Attempt at Avoiding Billions of Dollars in Insurance Liabilities

November 30, 2019 2:05 amDecember 1, 2019 10:09 am

PG&E will be held accountable for the $11 billion settlement they had agreed to with insurance companies ruled a bankruptcy judge Wednesday. Inverse Condemnation U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali held up the legal principle of ‘inverse condemnation’, which holds...

Lawsuit at Cal State Fullerton Leads to Calls for Strengthening Hazing Laws

November 29, 2019 8:10 pm

The parents of Bea Castro, a 19-year-old Cal State, Fulletron student who died from acute ethanol intoxication in March of 2018 during a hazing incident, are suing both the University and the Chi Sigma Phi sorority. The charges in the...

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson Announces That He Will Step Down In January

November 29, 2019 2:15 amNovember 28, 2019 10:17 pm

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson announced this week that he would be leaving his council presidency in January. He is leaving to focus on his Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors campaign, but will continue to serve as...

California’s Online Privacy Law to be the Basis for a New Nationwide Online Privacy Bill

November 28, 2019 12:34 pmNovember 28, 2019 7:37 am

A California bill that is to give Californians greater digital and personal data privacy starting in 2020 may soon be law nationwide after U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington proposed another. The Consumer Privacy Act was fought by every major...

Assembly Majority Ian Calderon Announces That He Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2020.

November 28, 2019 7:33 am

Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon (D-Whittier) announced in a statement on Tuesday that he will not seek re-election. Assemblyman Calderon, who has held the seat for the 57th district since 2012 when he was only 27, has said that he...

Marijuana Industry Struggling As Black Market Sales Nearly Triple Legal Sales In California

November 27, 2019 4:06 pmDecember 2, 2019 12:32 pm

Estimates for 2019 Marijuana sales recently released by the state of California show that legal marijuana will have over $12 billion in sales. While seemingly high, only about $3 billion is to come from legal marijuana sales. The rest of...