Governor Newsom’s office provided the following info on the groundbreaking legislation. As part of the state’s continued efforts to support a strong workforce, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Assembly Bill 288 authored by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood), which defends California workers’ rights, including their right to organize — allowing them to petition the Public Employee…
Federal agencies have been ordered to start the shutdown process after funding measures in the U.S. Senate failed. Politico reports: “White House budget director Russell Vought on Tuesday evening directed federal agencies to begin implementing their shutdown plans after Senate Democrats blocked a Republican plan to keep the government open beyond midnight. The leaders of executive branch…
The Depart of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), of all things, has plastered a pop up on its homepage blaming the “radical left” for the potential government shutdown. The generally non-political agency has put its partisan rhetoric front and center on the first page that its website visitors see. “The Radical Left are going to…
President Donald Trump spoke today on the looming shutdown, blaming immigrants and threatening Americans’ benefits. “We can do things during the shutdown that are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that they like, cutting programs that they like,” Trump said. “So they’re…
A brain drain is coming to the federal government as a historic number of employees leaves this week. Reuters reports: “More than 150,000 federal employees will leave the U.S. government payroll this week after accepting buyouts – the largest single-year exodus of civil servants in nearly 80 years, triggering what unions and governance experts warn…