California Democrats allocated $20 million in a recently-passed budget to enforce a controversial labor law that some experts say has hampered the state's economy and pandemic response.
Very soon, you and I will have to figure out how to navigate a semi-open America where coronavirus is a terrible fact of life. The lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that state and city governments announced in March are breaking down. This is not red-versus-blue. This is reality. Two weeks ago, Georgia's Republican governor Brian Kemp faced widespread criticism for his easing of restrictions on business and outdoor activities, even as Colorado's Democratic governor Jared Polis did the same thing. Now most states are joining in.
Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rebuffed calls to suspend a controversial labor law that experts say is hindering the state's pandemic response and hurting vulnerable workers. State and federal legislators, small business owners, and more than 150 economists and political scientists have urged Newsom to suspend California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), the controversial 2019 bill that limited a company's ability to classify workers as independent contractors.
California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) said the coronavirus crisis represents an opportunity "to reshape the way we do business, and how we govern" while answering a question about "reimagining a more progressive era."
California governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced his state spending plan to extend health care coverage to illegal immigrants who are seniors under California’s Medi-Cal program, a part of his most recent effort for statewide health care coverage.
As California moves forward with a plan to phase out private prisons in 8 years, state Democrats have no plan for how to deal with the 1,600 inmates housed in such facilities.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) will force California State universities and the University of California campuses to provide abortion pills for students by 2023.
Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris praised California governor Gavin Newsom for a homeowner assistance program that his office once tried to improperly spend on state debt.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) continues to push tens of thousands of dollars in campaign payments to her daughter for accrued debt even as much smaller campaign debts have remained untouched, Federal Election Commission filings show.
California Democrats allocated $20 million in a recently-passed budget to enforce a controversial labor law that some experts say has hampered the state's economy and pandemic response.
