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2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 25th Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

April 22, 2020 7:11 amApril 22, 2020 9:34 am

When candidates started lining up following 25th district Congresswoman Katie Hill’s resignation, a few front runners emerged for this outer ring suburban Los Angeles seat. Former U.S. Representative Steve Knight, who had lost to Hill in 2018, quickly emerged as...

California State University joins University of California Suspend ACT/SAT Requirements Due to Coronavirus

April 21, 2020 5:04 pm

Over the weekend, the California State University system joined the University of California system in temporarily dropping ACT and SAT test scores as requirements for admission due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. Spring SAT and ACT tests had been halted nationwide...

Assembly Budget Committee Praises and Questions Governor Newsom’s Coronavirus Decisions

April 21, 2020 3:03 pm

On Monday, the Assembly Budget Committee conducted an oversight hearing on Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 coronavirus plan, as well as Newsom’s emergency powers and the $7 billion he has spent on measures so far. Praise and frustration against the Governor...

Is Politics the Reason Gov. Newsom is Keeping California Locked Down?

April 21, 2020 12:42 pm

While Republican governors are announcing plans to re-open their states, many Democrat governors are being non-committal and stalling. California Gov. Gavin Newsom refuses to even put out a tentative date, even as testing of coronavirus infections shows they are not...

2020 Q1 Campaign Finance: What 49th Congressional District Candidates Raised And Spent

April 21, 2020 2:25 amApril 20, 2020 9:21 pm

2020 Congressional battleground districts in California are scattered all over the state, mostly in suburban or formerly rural areas going over a change. But in SoCal, Orange County seems to have the lion share. Most races in or around the...

California Saving $40 Million a Day Thanks to Reduced Road Traffic due to Coronavirus

April 20, 2020 5:35 pm

A UC Davis study has found that since stay-at-home orders have been put into effect, California has been saving around $40 million a day due to reduced traffic and reduced crashes. According to the study, traffic has gone down on...

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Senator Moorlach’s SB 990 Would Suspend Freelance Job Killer Assembly Bill 5

April 20, 2020 3:42 pm

Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many say under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away. Since Assembly Bill 5 became law January 1, 2020, millions of freelance and...