On Sept. 30, 2018, then Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 826 (SB 826), which requires publically traded companies that have their headquarters in California to have at least one board member who identifies as a woman by the end of 2019. According to a new academic study, companies that meet these criteria have increased […]

It’s starting to get hot across California, which means that the threat of wildfires is increasing. An important part of wildfire prevention is to be proactive and minimize the amount of dead brush that could become fuel for fires. One county has been using a unique fire prevention tactic for about five years now. Ventura […]

Last year, California ranked the highest in the nation in terms of priciest ZIP codes for home sales for the third consecutive year. California had roughly 70 percent (82 of 117) of the priciest ZIP codes in the nation. PropertyShark, a real estate database, compiled the data and analyzed the median sales prices for all […]

This past October, a California couple named David and Laura Hertz won the $1.5 million XPrize For Water Abundance for their device which produces water by using air. The XPrize competition was created by a group of philanthropists, entrepreneurs and others to fund audacious, futuristic ideas aimed at protecting and improving the planet. Over the […]

According to recent studies by finance website Magnify Money, six of the top 50 best cities in the United States for millennials are in California. These cities provide millennials plenty of job opportunities and higher pay. One of Magnify Money’s studies focused on America’s “top boomtowns,” and analyzed industry growth, population, housing and jobs. Another […]

The United Farm Workers (UFW) union will get a new president next month after Arturo Rodriguez, the current president, decided to relinquish the job after 25 years. Teresa Romero will be the third president of the UFW and the first ever female president of the organization. Rodriguez had been the president of the organization since […]

By Luis Alvarado California is home to the some of the most progressive farmers in the world. Despite enormous odds and pressures – drought; climate change; rising land, gas and energy costs; wildfires; labor shortages; regulatory burdens; relentless attacks from pests and disease – the state’s farmers soldier on, providing fresh fruit, produce and dairy […]

In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that requires counties to prepay postage for mail-in ballots for elections. The bill, AB 216, was signed in the hopes of increasing voter turnout during elections. The bill was proposed by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez as a way to remove what she believed was an obstacle to voting. […]

Last month, the California State Senate approved a proposal, Assembly Bill 807, to ask voters to repeal daylight savings time in November and give lawmakers the power to adjust the time with a two-thirds vote. Assemblyman Kansen Chu, who introduced the proposed bill, stated, If signed by the governor, the bill will bring California closer […]

Fox & Hounds By: Michael Vallante This year, there is a reason to celebrate on April 17th: the simpler, fairer, tax system is making a real difference for families and businesses. As a result of the Tax Reform Act passed last year by Congress, Americans are more optimistic about the economy than they’ve been in […]