Category: Northern California

Newsom Sues to Get Listed As a Democrat on Recall Ballot, Citing ‘Good Faith Mistake’

June 29, 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday filed suit against California Secretary of State Shirley Weber in a bid to get his Democrat party affiliation included on the ballot for the state’s upcoming recall election after an error on the part of his staff led to its absence. Newsom’s office received formal notification of the recall…

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Could California’s Wildfire Season Impact the Governor’s Recall Election?

June 28, 2021
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Commentary High-ranking California Democrats have been pushing to accelerate the timeline for the Gov. Gavin Newsom recall election, hoping to schedule the contest before the governor potentially faces more political trouble in the fall. On June 10, the Democratic supermajority in the legislature provided the governor with a more favorable recall election date by announcing that the…

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Oakland Diverts $17 Million From Police Budget

June 27, 2021
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The Oakland City Council approved a budget on June 24 that will redirect $17.4 million from its police department to other programs over the course of two years. The city council voted 7–2 to adopt the plan that would cut $17 million from the police department and direct the funds instead to a violence prevention…

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Labor Shortages and Inflation Plague California Businesses

June 26, 2021
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There’s an irony to the new dining area at Chef Andrew Gruel’s Huntington Beach, Calif. restaurant. Although he’s now permitted to fill it to capacity under California’s lifted guidelines, he can’t find the staff to work it. Statewide labor shortages and inflation are among the challenges restaurateurs are now facing as they crawl back to…

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Resolution Banning Mandatory Vaccines Fails to Pass in California County

June 25, 2021
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San Benito County Supervisor Peter Hernandez recently introduced a resolution to prohibit businesses from mandating vaccines in the California county, but the resolution was voted down on June 22. During the June 22 board meeting, Hernandez said the resolution would protect people’s freedom of choice and promote informed decision making. “As much as we think…

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Total Personal Income in California Expected to Exceed $3 Trillion

June 24, 2021
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Commentary Economists at Chapman University expect total personal income in California to exceed $3 trillion in 2021, a 7.1 percent boost from 2020. The $3.013 trillion figure predicted by the economists, if realized, will be 20 percent higher than the $2.514 trillion total personal income Californians earned just three years ago, in 2018. To put…

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Newsom Under Fire For California Wildfire Claims

June 24, 2021
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Critics are lashing out at California Gov. Gavin Newsom following a report that claims he misled the public about his wildfire prevention accomplishments. “Governor Newsom’s deceitfulness and half steps don’t cut it. He is a self-serving hypocrite who needs to get his priorities straight,” Sen. Jim Nielsen (R-Red Bluff) said in a press release in response…

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Supreme Court Rules on Behalf of Businesses and Private Property Protections in California Union Access Dispute

June 24, 2021
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The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a California regulation forcing agricultural employers to allow union organizers access to their property is unconstitutional, delivering a win to business interests and advocates of private property protections. In a 6–3 vote, the high court sided with two businesses that challenged the California rule that lets union representatives…

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San Francisco Will Require All City Employees To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

June 24, 2021
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The city of San Francisco on Wednesday evening announced that all workers must be vaccinated for COVID-19, after the vaccines are granted full approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or they face losing their jobs. Local officials said that the northern California city’s roughly 35,000 city employees would be required to be inoculated…

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Newsom to Officially Face Recall Election

June 23, 2021
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The petition to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has cleared its final hurdle on June 23 with confirmation from the state’s top election official that enough signatures remained after voters had been given a chance to withdraw support for the petition. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said 43 signatures have been withdrawn during a…

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