COVID-19 Archives - Page 37 of 128

Southern California to Las Vegas High-Speed Rail Line To Begin Groundbreaking This Year

April 20, 2021 2:49 pm

Six months after being halted due to bond sale issues, Brightline West announced earlier this month that construction of the Las Vegas-Apple Valley high speed train is now scheduled to begin in the second quarter later this year. For several...

New Study By Stanford-NIH Adjacent Researcher Hypothesizes Masks Are Ineffective Against COVID

April 20, 2021 1:39 pmMay 16, 2022 11:34 am

CORRECTION and UPDATE: This story has been updated with a clarification that better explains the relationships between the study’s author and various institutions whose proximity to the author cast a greater impression of support from those institutions than was warranted....

Bill To Allow Some Businesses To Deduct PPP Loan Assistance Passes in Senate

April 20, 2021 2:37 amApril 19, 2021 5:59 pm

A bill that would give eligible businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan assistance the power to deduct expenses on their taxes passed in the Senate on Monday over three months after it was first passed in the Assembly....

SD Mayor Todd Gloria Unveils Details of $10 Million in Homeless Services Proposed Budget Increase

April 19, 2021 10:47 am

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria revealed that he would be proposing to increase homelessness services in his new city budget proposal on Monday, outlining how $10 million in new homeless funding by the city would be spent. Under his homeless...

‘Porch Pirate’ Penalty Bill Heavily Amended Thursday Following Committee Passage

April 16, 2021 3:26 pmApril 16, 2021 4:09 pm

A bill that would reclassify ‘porch pirate’ thefts in California as mail thefts and punishable by fines and up to a year in prison was heavily amended on Thursday, only days after passing unanimously in the Senate Public Safety Committee....

Capitol Lawmakers’ COVID Hypocrisy in Full View on Packed Southwest Flight

April 16, 2021 7:07 amApril 18, 2021 8:20 am

Since March of last year, lawmakers in the State Capitol have shunned allowing the public to participate in the legislative process. Early on in Gov. Newsom’s statewide lockdown, legislators completely recessed and did not conduct any state business. Eventually they...

Mandatory Rehiring of Laid-Off Workers Bill Passes Senate, Heads to Governor For Approval

April 16, 2021 2:13 amApril 19, 2021 6:10 am

The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require hotels, event centers, janitorial service companies, and other service companies to offer workers laid-off due to COVID-19 their jobs back before hiring others. Senate Bill 93, authored by Senator...