PAGA Lawsuits Hit Small Businesses Hard
The problem with the Private Attorneys General Act on small business was made clear in a recent article in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. It points to an obvious solution to prevent the crippling of small businesses while at the same time supporting labor laws: give businesses a fair amount of time to fix […]
The Valley Silver Lining in the Health Bill
In the awful cloud of the Obamacare rollback approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, there’s a silver lining: health care in the Central Valley is going to get much more of the attention it needs. The bill saw California’s Republican members of Congress vote for a bill that would cost millions their health coverage—specifically […]
The News Media are Losing their Search for Truth
To someone who has spent most of his career in the news business, it’s distressing to confront the current state of the media. Rather than a source of information and varied opinion, the media increasingly act not so such as disseminators of information but as a privileged and separate caste, determined to shape opinion […]
Nepotism Wave At UC Merced Fits A Wider Pattern
It’s hard to say what’s more troubling: an audit showing systematic nepotism, sham recruitments and falsifying of records among mid-level managers at the University of California’s newest campus or top administrators choosing to release the findings long after the fact and buried in an innocuous-sounding webinar. The discovery of years of nepotism, abuse and dishonesty […]
CA Public Employee Unions Push Bill to Block Public From Negotiations
Democrats advanced legislation supported by public employee unions this week that would block the public from seeing collective bargaining negotiations between labor and government until they are complete. Assembly Bill 1455, introduced by Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra (D-Pacoima), passed the State Assembly Judiciary Committee on a party line 8-3 vote. According to the floor analysis, AB 1455 “[e]xempts from […]