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Assembly Approves 2020-2021 State Budget of $202.1 billion

June 26, 2020 9:15 pm

On Friday, the California State Assembly approved the $202.1 billion 2020-2021 state budget 57-16, one day after being approved by the Senate. Final approval in Sacramento The budget, which had to bridge a $54.3 billion deficit gap, will include many...

To Speed Up Economic Recovery, Businesses Need PAGA Relief

June 26, 2020 10:53 amJune 26, 2020 11:20 am

PAGA authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations. For Golden State businesses trying to reopen following the coronavirus lockdown, there’s one...

Governor Newsom Declares State Budget Emergency to Use Rainy Day Funds

June 26, 2020 2:05 amJune 25, 2020 8:13 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state budget emergency to use emergency “rainy day” funds for the 2020-2021 budget and to help bridge the $54.3 billion deficit gap. The rainy day funds were opened up to help pay for...

Coronavirus Deaths Continue to Fall Even as Number of Cases Rise

June 25, 2020 1:42 pmJune 25, 2020 4:14 pm

‘The curve hasn’t just been flattened, it’s been crushed.’ The number of coronavirus deaths per day has continued to fall in June even as the number of cases has increased due to ramped up testing. “Cases” only mean those...

Gov. Newsom’s Pea Shell Game Budget Tricks

June 25, 2020 4:04 amJune 25, 2020 4:09 am

California’s budget is balanced only on the assumption that Nancy Pelosi’s $3 trillions bail-out is approved by Congress, including funding to bail out pensions and state operating costs. Just as in a pea shell game, there is no way to...

California Looking For a Few Good ‘Disease Detectives’ for Gov. Newsom’s COVID-19 Tracing Army

June 24, 2020 3:43 pmJune 24, 2020 3:43 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in May that contact tracing those who test positive for coronavirus would be crucial to reopening the state’s economy. Contact tracing is used to identify who may have been in contact with those who test...

Academia Must Wake Up to Sophisticated Chinese Espionage Threat

June 23, 2020 2:33 pmJune 23, 2020 2:57 pm

Amid the frivolity of frat houses, football games and spring break parties lies a far more serious concern on America’s college campuses. “China’s Communist Party uses American professors and Chinese national students as ‘nontraditional collectors’ of valuable information,” explains Congressman Michael...