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Huntington Beach Denies Pandemic Reality, Dispenses Pay Raises

April 15, 2020 2:37 amApril 15, 2020 1:08 pm

According to data straight from CalPERS, Huntington Beach taxpayers in 2019-20 will pay $14.7 million for the “normal cost” of their employee pension benefits. They will pay $29.9 million in catch-up money, aimed at paying down the unfunded liability for...

House Speaker Pelosi’s Anti-Corona Virus Water Infrastructure Bill Unneeded in CA

April 13, 2020 2:04 amApril 13, 2020 2:09 am

U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s call for a second round of federal stimulus for anti-coronavirus water infrastructure in California is mostly unneeded. That is because most water and sewage treatment plants have installed ultraviolet disinfection treatment facilities in the last...

Los Angeles County Extends Stay-At-Home Orders Until May 15th

April 12, 2020 2:20 amApril 12, 2020 9:01 am

On Friday, Los Angeles County officially extended coronavirus stay-at-home and essential business measures for another month, moving the end date from April 19th to May 15th. LA County under lockdown until May 15th LA County health officials warned at a...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

All of California’s Fallout is Not Because of COVID-19

April 4, 2020 5:43 pmApril 5, 2020 11:05 am

COVID-19 didn’t tax you, write AB 5, kill credit, loans, eliminate jobs, create taxes, or cause unemployment. Bad State government policy by unqualified Yahoos did all of this. Electing people who have never successfully run a small business, had to...

Gov. Newsom: Coronavirus Is ‘Opportunity for Reimagining a More Progressive Era’

April 1, 2020 3:05 pmApril 2, 2020 8:01 am

Thursday will be two weeks since California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his March 19th mandatory shelter-at-home order to the state’s 40 million residents. Since then, he predicted his order could extend into June. Gov. Newsom has been giving live daily...

Farmers Will Face Labor Shortage as Guest Worker Visas Are Temporarily Suspended

March 19, 2020 2:25 amMarch 18, 2020 7:57 pm

On Tuesday, the U.S. government, responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus, suspended all routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services with Mexico to stop the spread of the virus. The suspension, which began on Wednesday, will greatly reduce the number of migratory...

California State Capitol dome shines against blue sky

California House and Assembly Suspend Session For a Month

March 18, 2020 1:46 pmMarch 19, 2020 11:16 am

Shortly after both houses of the California legislature voted on and passed over $1 billion of bills and measures to thwart the coronavirus and economic and social damage caused by the coronavirus in the state on Tuesday, the legislature voted...