California Public Records Request Archives

Gov. Newsom’s Office Plays Word Games Over His Travel to Montana

July 8, 2022 8:18 amJuly 10, 2022 8:38 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and his family are vacationing in Montana – one of the 22 states on California’s list of state-banned travel, the Globe reported Wednesday. The Governor’s office sent out a press release Friday afternoon announcing “Governor Gavin Newsom...

Little Scrutiny Two Years After Gov. Newsom’s Odious $1B China BYD Mask Deal

May 4, 2022 12:21 pmMay 5, 2022 10:45 am

Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shady no-bid $1 billion N-95 mask deal with newly formed BYD Mask company, there are still many questions surrounding the deals. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved spending $1 Billion of taxpayers funds on masks from...

Monetizing Data: The EDD, ID.me, and the Unemployed of California

September 14, 2021 2:15 amSeptember 15, 2021 2:00 pm

In the spring of 2020, the pandemic caught many by surprise – no organization, it seems, was caught more by surprise than the California Employment Development Department. When the economy was essentially shut down by edict, both the state and...

Why is the CA Unemployment Agency Using Third Party to Identify Claimants?

June 17, 2021 9:47 am

With the California Unemployment agency allowing more than $30 billion in fraudulent claims during the coronavirus lockdown, and months of ongoing overdue claims payments, the agency is apparently addressing a backlog of claims by reaching out to claimants out of...

Gov. Newsom’s COVID ‘Science’ is ‘Political Science’

July 18, 2020 8:23 amMarch 17, 2022 8:24 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that public school students in most of California will not be attending school in person this fall. “The virus will be...

California Health and Human Services Agency Denies it has Documents to Justify Lockdown or Re-Opening Policy

May 13, 2020 5:57 pmMay 13, 2020 6:02 pm

California Globe filed a Public Records Request May 13th with the California Health and Human Services Agency Director Mark Ghaly, Chief Information Officer Adam Dondro, and General Counsel Gabriel Ravel seeking documents, facts, opinions, data, and analysis, that have been...

Public Records Request Reveals CA Sent Half-Billion$ to Newly Formed Mask Manufacturer

May 7, 2020 8:15 pmMay 8, 2020 8:49 am

California recently made a $1 billion purchase for millions of surgical face masks from a new and unvetted company. You may have heard about it. California Globe wrote on April 13, “There are many questions surrounding the government reaction to...