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Mark Meuser and Harmeet Dhillon announcing lawsuit against the California Secretary of State and the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles. (press conference, Facebook)

Big Legal Win for Religious Liberty: Easter Services Now Permitted in San Bernardino County

April 10, 2020 2:51 pmApril 10, 2020 2:54 pm

‘Religious freedom is a fundamental human right and the government must respect the dignity of all persons, regardless of their faith background, to exercise their faith according to the dictates of one’s conscience.’ The Center for American Liberty and...

New Bill Will Automatically Mail Absentee Ballots to All Registered Voters for 2020 General Election

April 10, 2020 1:54 pmApril 12, 2020 9:18 am

On Thursday, Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) announced that an updated bill would automatically give a mail-in ballot to every registered California voter for the 2020 general election. Assembly Bill 860, being reauthored by Assemblyman Berman, will be similar to...

CA Globe Exposes Proposed Sportfishing Shutdown, Now Being Walked Back by State and News Media

April 10, 2020 9:49 amApril 10, 2020 9:51 am

This week, California Globe reported that Charles Bonham, director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife was proposing to postpone the sportfishing season through May in rural areas, and credited the Sacramento Bee with first reporting the story. The government’s...

Homeless Begin to Move Into State Funded Hotel Rooms

April 10, 2020 2:15 amApril 10, 2020 6:40 pm

On Wednesday, selected homeless across the state began temporarily moving into state-funded hotel rooms to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. “We have a moral and ethical responsibility to do our part” Announced last week by Governor Gavin...

New California, Nationwide Unemployment Claims Remain High for Third Week in a Row

April 9, 2020 9:33 pmApril 9, 2020 10:24 pm

Statewide unemployment claims climbed past 2 million during the first week of April according to a new Department of Labor report. The weekly report also found that California’s 925,000 newly unemployed workers were a major part of last weeks 6.6...

New Bill Would Aim to Stop Price Gouging During State Emergencies

April 9, 2020 2:16 pmApril 12, 2020 11:28 am

On Wednesday, a new bill that targets price gougers during states of emergency was announced. Expanded misdemeanors for price gougers Under Senate Bill 1196, authored by Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana), consumer protections against price gougers would be expanded....

Asian American ER Physician Debunks Racism Lie During COVID-19

April 9, 2020 12:45 pmApril 10, 2020 7:55 am

Chinavirus. Kung Flu. Yellow fever. All these words come to mind, and we immediately think “racism” and how these words are supposed to perpetuate our country’s long struggle with race in America. For Asian Americans especially, our growing population in...