It is clear from reading Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau’s Oct. 7 opinion piece that he disagrees with Gov. Newsom’s recent executive order mandating that 100% of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks are zero-emission by 2035. Mr. Brandau also makes it known that he feels utility investments...
Newsom’s Order Protects All Workers. Can Employers Afford It?
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial executive order Wednesday triggering applause from labor and fears from employers that it will bury them in sky-high workers' compensation costs. “We want to keep workers healthy and we want to keep them safe,” Newsom said Wednesday at his daily briefing. “The worst thing...
Will Newsom Increase COVID-19 Costs on Farms, Other Businesses?
California growers and other businesses oppose a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would increase their workers' compensation costs by billions of dollars. Newsom reportedly is contemplating an executive order providing workers' comp benefits to every "essential" employee who becomes infected with COVID-19. And, infected employees — including farm, restaurant,...
Newsom Cheers Kaiser $25M Pledge to California Housing Fund
OAKLAND — Calling California's homeless crisis a public health issue, hospital giant Kaiser Permanente on Friday pledged $25 million to a new state fund aimed at getting people off the streets. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order last week creating what he proposes to be a $750 million fund...
Tulare Vaping Death Reported. Gov. Newsom Launches Campaign to Warn of Dangers.
SACRAMENTO — A death related to the use of e-cigarettes was confirmed in Tulare County on Monday. On the same day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California will spend $20 million on a public awareness campaign about the dangers of vaping nicotine and cannabis products and step up efforts to halt the sale...
Newsom Now Says He May Commute Death Sentences
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom not only put a moratorium on executions in California on Wednesday, he said he also may commute death sentences and is pushing to repeal capital punishment. Newsom signed an executive order granting reprieves to all 737 condemned inmates on the nation's largest death row. That means no...
Think You Know the US Presidents? Try This Quiz.
Presidents Day, which became an official holiday in 1971 after an executive order by then-President Richard Nixon, is Monday. The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the American presidency and its place in the constitutional...