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Physician Explains Why No Improvement in COVID Case Rate with Increasing Vaccination

November 1, 2021 2:15 amOctober 31, 2021 7:03 pm

A California physician familiar with the Globe has over the course of the COVID pandemic provided information and explanations about the virus and treatments, along with questions about the efficacy and longevity of the vaccines, and more recently, breakthrough COVID...

Proposed San Francisco Legislation That Would Make Violent Offender Data More Open to Public Passes Committee

October 29, 2021 4:03 pmOctober 30, 2021 9:08 pm

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted 2-0 on Thursday to approve legislation that would force the District Attorney and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to release more information on violent offender arrest...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Cancels UN Climate Change Trip Citing ‘Family Obligations’

October 29, 2021 2:30 pm

Citing “family obligations,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom abruptly cancelled his much anticipated trip to Scotland to attend the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. An aid made the surprise announcement Friday morning. The Globe reported earlier this week that California...

Delegated Legislative Authority Under the CA Administrative Procedure Act

October 29, 2021 2:43 amOctober 28, 2021 9:44 pm

Executive branch agencies, whether at the federal or state levels of government, are delegated quasi-legislative authority by the lawmaking branch of government – Congress at the federal level and the Legislature at the state level. The legislative branch of government...

Sen. Wiener Holds Annual Halloween Pumpkin Carving Event with Celebrity Drag Queen Judges

October 28, 2021 7:41 amApril 3, 2022 8:04 am

California Sen. Scott Wiener sent out an email Wednesday inviting me to his annual pumpkin carving event in San Francisco. And, there will be “celebrity drag queen judges and awards for winning pumpkins!” Isn’t pumpkin carving an activity that kids...

Underground Regulations and California’s Administrative Procedure Act

October 28, 2021 2:15 amOctober 28, 2021 6:44 am

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is charged with ensuring that agency and department regulations are “clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.” OAL is responsible for reviewing proposed regulations by California’s more than 200 state agencies and...

Another In-N-Out Shut Down For Refusing to Become the Vaccination Police

October 27, 2021 2:27 pm

Another Bay Area county has closed down an In-N-Out restaurant because the burger chain “refuses to become the vaccination police.” Last week the San Francisco city health department closed an In-N-Out fast food burger restaurant over the company’s refusal to...