Coronavirus Archives - Page 26 of 47

California Unemployment Rate Almost 20%

April 30, 2020 7:37 pm

On Thursday, new figures released by the US Department of Labor showed that around 3.7 million Californian workers have filed for unemployment during the last seven weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, a total close to 20% of workers in...

Los Angeles County Offers Free Coronavirus Testing to All County Residents

April 30, 2020 2:32 pm

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that free COVID-19 coronavirus tests would be available to Los Angeles County Residents, becoming the first major city and county in the United States to do so. Citizens exhibiting symptoms would be...

Leaked Police Chiefs Memo: Gov. Newsom to Order All CA Beaches Closed

April 30, 2020 11:24 amMay 1, 2020 6:12 am

‘Governor Newsom, it’s not your beach, and we are not your serfs! Time to take this state back through massive civil disobedience of unconstitutionally overbroad orders!’ In a leaked memo late Wednesday Californians found out Gov. Gavin Newsom plans...

2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 39th Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

April 30, 2020 2:22 amApril 29, 2020 9:25 pm

One of the biggest battlegrounds going into the 2020 election is Orange County. After many Democratic wins over the past few elections, the GOP is gunning to retake seats in the county as the blue wave begins to ebb in...

LA County Board of Supervisors Approve a Pared Down 2020-2021 Budget

April 29, 2020 5:14 pm

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to recommend a $35.5 billion budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. $594 million less from this years budget The budget will see many cuts, with a total of $594 million...

UC, CSU Systems Will Give Stimulus Money to DACA Students

April 29, 2020 2:25 pmApril 29, 2020 2:27 pm

On Wednesday, the University of California System and the California State University System both agreed to help fund Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students currently in the state. CARES Act exclusion of DACA students DACA students, who came to...

California State Capitol dome shines against blue sky

Quarantine and a Free Society

April 29, 2020 7:15 amApril 29, 2020 7:26 am

Quarantine is the forced confinement of a person who has contracted or been exposed to an infectious disease. Although it is a long-standing police power of governments, it is seldom used because seldom needed – sick people generally stay home on...