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Davis bans sodas, juices as default drinks from kids’ meals
On Tuesday, the city of Davis passed an ordinance requiring restaurants to offer milk or water as default drinks with any children’s meal. Although the ordinance does not prohibit a restaurant’s ability to sell, or a customer’s ability to purchase,
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More than 100,000 households’ tax data stolen through IRS website
The Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday that identity thieves “used taxpayer-specific data acquired from non-IRS sources to gain unauthorized access to information on approximately 100,000 tax accounts through IRS’ ‘Get Transcript’ application.” Data acquired illegally, such as Social Security information, date of
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CA Assembly passes fast food franchise regs
As changing consumer tastes roil the fast food industry, the California Assembly passed a so-called “Franchise Bill of Rights” designed to transform the way franchisors like McDonald’s do business. Assembly Bill 525, introduced by Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena, would make
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Medi-Cal paradox creating problems for both doctors and patients
California’s health program for the poor and disabled, Medi-Cal, has presented state lawmakers with quite a perplexing paradox. More and more people fall under the protection of Medi-Cal and need a doctor but fewer and fewer doctors are accepting the
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L.A. caps CA trend with $15 minimum wage vote
By a nearly unanimous vote, the Los Angeles City council voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. As the biggest development yet in a nationwide labor effort meant to compensate for failed federal legislation,
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California continues tussle with ex-offender employment
The good news is that the California Department of Corrections offers program to help inmates become opticians. The bad news is that there are four different state statutes that allow the state to refuse to license an ex-offender as an
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Ratification of new port contract adds stability to West Coast ports
According to a release from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, West Coast Longshore workers have voted 82 percent in favor of ratifying a new five-year contract with employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association. “The negotiations for this contract
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San Diego stadium plan: Ingenious? Fair? A ripoff?
The San Diego stadium task force’s proposal to finance a $1.15 billion stadium project to keep the Chargers from fleeing to Los Angeles has been subject to close looks for more than a week now. There’s no consensus at all about
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L.A. Controller’s audit reveals overtime pay abuse
Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin released an audit on Tuesday outlining excessive overtime use in the Department of Transportation. The controller’s office received an anonymous tip from its Fraud Waste & Abuse Hotline and was able to “identify four supervisors
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Covered CA hits familiar rough patch
As a number of state exchanges across the country struggle and fold, Covered California — by far one of the most successful — has begun to experience similar challenges. Dramatic cuts Covered California officials portrayed a slate of new budget
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