This provision reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who have worked in the private sector and contributed to Social Security and then had a second career with the Government or in Education.
This provision reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who have worked in the private sector and contributed to Social Security and then had a second career with the Government or in Education.
The IHSS workers have been in protracted negotiations with the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors. A neutral fact-finder has concluded their demands are reasonable.
Whereas conservation of natural resources, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and cost-effectiveness should be prime considerations in restructuring our energy-producing infrastructure, and
Whereas, government of, by, and for the people has long been a cherished American value, and We The People’s fundamental and inalienable right to self-govern, and thereby secure rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed in the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and;
Whereas, at present Eureka City Council members are elected by the voters of the City based upon which candidate for a specific Ward gets the most votes city-wide and;
Whereas, the California Constitution requires certain bills making appropriations from the General Fund, for changes in state taxes for the purpose of raising revenue, to be passed in each house of the Legislature by a two-third vote; and
Whereas the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, a bi-partisan panel of criminal justice experts, concluded that the death penalty costs California at least $125 million more annually than would the alternative permanent imprisonment, and that instituting a completely fair and just death penalty system which insures the best possible defense for the accused would more than double the current cost; and
Whereas, the cost of elections to public office have been escalating astronomically in California and the Nation, including a record $130 million spent on the last California Governor's race; and