Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...
California’s massive budget deficit, coupled with the state’s relatively high level of joblessness, has become a major barrier to reducing the billions of dollars of debt it has incurred to pay unemployment benefits. The surge in unemployment brought on by the COVID pandemic pushed the state’s unemployment insurance trust into insolvency. And over the last year California’s joblessness has been on the upswing again, reaching 5.3% in February, the highest among all states. The March job numbers...
(The Center Square) - California’s unemployment insurance fund is “structurally insolvent” due to $55 billion in fraud and overpayment during COVID-19 crisis, leading to a growing $21 billion unemployment benefits loan from the federal government the state is unable to pay down. While the state seeks loan forgiveness from the Acting United States Secretary of Labor, who was California’s Secretary of Labor during the COVID-19 era and oversaw the state’s fraudulent payments —...
State revealed as America’s overwhelming emitter of sulfuryl fluoride, used by $4.2bn pest-control industry to kill termitesLevels of a potent greenhouse gas are quietly spiking in the atmosphere and increasingly worrying environmental groups that say its use needs to be reined in if the US is to avoid climate catastrophe.Furthermore, recent research has found the vast majority of the little-known gas, known as sulfuryl fluoride, is attributable to a state typically known for its climate-forward...
For the second month in a row, California posted the highest unemployment rate in the country, according to new data for March. And it was one of only two states, the other being Nevada, with a March jobless rate above 5%, said the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On the positive side, data released Friday by the state’s Employment Development Department showed that California’s job growth turned upward last month, though the improvement still lagged behind the national average. California’s jobless...
Class-based affirmative action is an illusion, argues Jonathan Bean.
Class-based affirmative action is an illusion, argues Jonathan Bean.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for the ballot in California, his campaign announced Monday. Kennedy, alongside running mate Nicole Shanahan, was backed by the American Independent Party (AIP) of California, the state with the most electoral college votes in the country. The campaign confirmed it filed paperwork with California's secretary of
India-West News Desk PLrEASANTON, CA – A tragic car accident claimed the lives of a Malayali family of four, including two children, in a devastating incident here. The deceased have been identified as Tarun George, his wife Rinsi, and their two sons. The fatal collision […]
A string of prominent California Democrats has been the victim or alleged victim of crime over the past few years raising fresh concerns about law and order in the Golden State.On Thursday, thieves broke into the car of longtime Rep. Adam Schiff—a House Democrat who is currently running for the open Senate seat in California—and stole several bags, including one with his business clothes inside, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.Two days earlier, a fight broke out between San Jose...
Inflation rose by 3.5 per cent in year to March - up from 3.4 per cent in February. Petrol prices surged by 8.1 per cent over the year as Israel fights hostile attacks. Westpac bank now expecting Reserve Bank to delay interest rates cuts in 2024. READ MORE: