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New Wealth Tax Introduced in California

January 21, 2023 8:08 am

On January 19, a new wealth tax was introduced in the California Legislature. Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3 was introduced by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-Palo Alto), along with co-authors Assembly Members Ash Kalra, Wendy Carrillo, Matt Haney, Corey Jackson, Liz...

What Is a Proviso in California Law?

January 21, 2023 7:59 amJanuary 21, 2023 8:01 am

Have you heard the term “proviso” in describing a provision of a bill or statute? Basically, a proviso is language used to exempt something from a general statutory declaration and to provide for it specially. Some legal commentators believe that...

California’s Water Now Less Racist Thanks to New Racial Equity Action Plan

January 19, 2023 4:07 pmJanuary 21, 2023 7:56 am

Save for the single member of the general public who spoke on the matter, the staff of, stakeholders in, and board of California’s Water Resource Control Board Wednesday heaped praise on the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWCRB) first ever...

Gov. Newsom’s Climate Change Pal Resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

January 19, 2023 3:13 pmJanuary 21, 2023 7:55 am

In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signed a “pledge” agreeing to help fight climate change together by working to put millions more electric vehicles on the road, the Globe reported. Why, when New Zealand...

Senators Temporarily Cover ‘Unrepresented’ Areas of California

January 19, 2023 3:03 pmJanuary 19, 2023 3:17 pm

As a result of the interaction of different provisions of law, and the odd-numbered and even-numbered Senate districts, there are instances each ten years for a geographic area of the state to either not have an elected senator representing some...

Former Top LA Democratic Fundraiser Dixon Slingerland Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement, Filing False Taxes

January 18, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 17, 2023 9:57 pm

Dixon Slingerland, the former head of the non-profit group Youth Policy Institute Inc. and once one of the top Democratic fundraisers in Los Angeles, pled guilty to embezzlement from the non-profit and filing false tax returns on Tuesday, and is...

Is Gov. Newsom’s Latest Emergency Order an Emergency, or Another Opportunity ?

January 17, 2023 1:50 pmJanuary 17, 2023 1:00 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed another storm recovery and emergency Executive Order on Monday, continuing to add state support as storms continue to batter California all over the state, the Globe reported. The governor’s latest executive order declaring a state of...