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By THE SACRAMENTO BEE EDITORIAL BOARD October 15, 2020 https://www.sacbee.com/article246477815.html Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act, would strengthen…
Oct 15, 2020By J. Jennings Moss, SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL October 9, 2020 https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/10/09/prop-24-would-strengthen-states-new-digital.html By J. Jennings Moss – Silicon Valley Business Journal 10…
Oct 9, 2020By Dakota Smith, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 6, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-06/la-fined-serious-abuse-evidence-dwp-case A Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the city of Los Angeles…
Oct 6, 2020By John Woolfolk, THE MERCURY NEWS October 5, 2020 Proposition 24: Big Tech quiet in California data privacy initiative fight Proposition 24 on the…
Oct 5, 2020By Chris Ramirez and Olivia Wynkoop, GOLDEN GATE XPRESS October 3, 2020 https://goldengatexpress.org/94521/election-2020/the-xpress-2020-california-ballot-measure-voting-guide/ Californians will have the option to vote on 12 statewide…
Oct 3, 2020By Jocelyn Gecker, ASSOCIATED PRESS October 3, 2020 https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-10-03/andrew-yang-takes-lead-in-california-data-privacy-measure SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Fitbits on our wrists collect our health and fitness…
Oct 3, 2020By Dan Ross, CAPITAL AND MAIN September 30, 2020 Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle? For many, the health…
Sep 30, 2020Host – Larry Mantle, AIR TALK – KPCC 89.3 FM SCPR Pasadena, CA September 30, 2020 Click here to listen to the…
Sep 30, 2020By Judith Lewis Mernit, CAPITAL AND MAIN September 30, 2020 https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/09/29/california-gov-gavin-newsom-and-big-oil-its-complicated/3564007001/ It was early November 2018, and the boosters of Kern County…
Sep 30, 2020By John Wildermuth, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE September 24, 2020 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Californians-could-sign-ballot-measures-online-if-15595362.php A consumer advocacy group wants to pull most of the rickety…
Sep 25, 2020By Janet Wilson, THE DESERT SUN September 24, 2020 https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/09/23/newsom-aims-phase-out-new-hydraulic-fracking-permits-california-2024/3506908001/ Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday vowed to work with the state legislature…
Sep 24, 2020By Patrick Range McDonald, CITYWATCH LA September 24, 2020 https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/20461-who-s-paying-controversial-flack-steve-maviglio-to-kill-proposition-21 HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT-As the battle over California’s Proposition 21 heats…
Sep 24, 2020By Dan Bacher, RED GREEN & BLUE September 23, 2020 Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker challenge the honesty of California oil drilling permits In…
Sep 23, 2020By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS September 23, 2020 https://apnews.com/article/legislature-climate-hydraulic-fracturing-environment-california-f78ddd43fa0e7f10a49d3edf513f481d SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom moved Wednesday to end issuing…
Sep 23, 2020The U.S. as a nation spends more on health care than any other developed country but has worse health outcomes. How is…
Sep 22, 2020By Jacqueline Alemany with Brent D. Griffiths, WASHINGTON POST September 15, 2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/15/power-up-california-may-be-burning-it-also-still-drilling-oil/ DRILL BABY DRILL?: Much of the ire over the fires raging across…
Sep 15, 2020By Angelica Cabral, THE CALIFORNIAN September 8, 2020 https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/2020/09/08/proposition-24-centers-internet-privacy/5739293002/# Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of four articles highlighting…
Sep 8, 2020As the California Resources Corporation and other oil companies filed for bankruptcy and COVID-19 cases shattered California daily records in the second quarter…
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