Assembly to Newsom: Don’t count on feds to rescue California from deep budget cuts
California shouldn’t rely so heavily on money from the federal government to close its budget deficit, a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers told the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom during an unusual hearing Tuesday. Almost every member of the state Assembly spoke out about Newsom’s proposal to slash billions from the budget amid the pandemic-induced recession. […]
Innovation in Biofuel Industry Creates Economic Opportunities
Silicon Valley quickly solidified San Francisco as the land of innovation. For decades, entrepreneurs and companies have flocked to the city and its surrounding areas with ideas that can elevate their industry to the next level. Whether it’s the development of new products, manufacturing capabilities, or processing techniques, innovation drives economic growth. And if successful, […]
Fitness Facilities Can Help Communities in Recovery from COVID-19 Slowdown
The COVID-19 outbreak has been a difficult time for people across the country. We are working hard to do everything necessary to keep our communities healthy by staying inside and following social distancing guidelines. However, as we do that, a major concern remains how to help small businesses stay afloat in a safe and responsible […]
Trial by Zoom Jury?
I was scheduled for jury duty just as the COVID-19 crisis came to a head in March and courts, along with everything else in the state, closed. With legal cases piling up and the coronavirus court lockdown still in place, the inevitable question arises: Will there be trials in California decided by juries watching on […]
Legislation Advances Allowing Sleeping, Hostile and Unintelligible Jurors
As a member of the public, who would you choose to serve as a juror on a serious criminal case? Jurors need to be responsible enough to get to court on time every day. They must be attentive to complex evidence. They must listen to and comprehend legal instructions from the judge. They must sit […]
California’s Deficit Requires that CALPERS, STRS Pensioners Pay Their Share
The economic toll Covid-19 continues to have on California is revealed in an announcement from Sacramento that the state budget faces a $54 billion deficit instead of an expected surplus. With the rainy day fund less than $20 billion, those cuts are falling on most every level of spending. The cuts will impact counties and […]
The Media, Obamagate and Newsom
Bill and Sherry wonder if Governor Gavin Newsom is being politically smart–or gutless–in cutting education to help make up the $54 billion state budget deficit. They question whether the media is digging up the full story on state finances. And they examine how the media, locked in the past, isn’t up to the challenge […]
Prioritize the Most Vulnerable in the Crisis
The spread of COVID-19 has exposed cracks in our nation’s pandemic response and rapidly changed our way of life. California leaders are working urgently to strengthen the level of care and support available to the most vulnerable among us, including our largest-in-the-nation population of older adults. As many as 400,000 older Californians are receiving care […]
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No Respite for Business vs. Labor Battles During Pandemic
The Covid-19 flame of disease, death and economic devastation has only served to bring aspects of the traditional battle between business and labor to a boil. Optimistically, one might think that the call of ‘all in this together’ would have different interests pulling on the same end of the rope in hopes of quick economic […]