With more than a quarter of our state’s residents living at or near the poverty line, California is in a poverty crisis. This reality is even more severe for Black workers. Last summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 90% of unemployed U.S. citizens are Black Americans. Despite being less than 10% of the population in Los Angeles, Black people comprise over a third of all unhoused residents in the county.
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John talks about how State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is implementing a diversion program as opposed to directly punishing criminals. More on Senator Lola and how California employers must develop a ‘workplace violence prevention plan’ or face civil penalties. John discusses that a California teen may avoid jail despite being accused of trying to recreate the Columbine shooting on the anniversary of those murders. Starbucks customers are outraged over 40-minute waits for coffee amid staffing cuts.
John talks about how State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is implementing a diversion program as opposed to directly punishing criminals. More on Senator Lola and how California employers must develop a ‘workplace violence prevention plan’ or face civil penalties. John discusses that a California teen may avoid jail despite being accused of trying to recreate the Columbine shooting on the anniversary of those murders. Starbucks customers are outraged over 40-minute waits for coffee amid staffing cuts.
The owners and founders of South LA Café Joe and Celia Ward-Wallace were surprised with a $850,000 check presented by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
It’s hard to accept the cognitive dissonance that has allowed Republicans to become the party of law and order, and Democrats to be branded as softies who are both ignoring and enabling crime.
As major US stores limit or ban self-checkout entirely to cut down on losses from sky-high retail theft, pro-labor politicians are seeing a window of opportunity.
Self-checkout kiosks seemed to be the way forward for many years. Retailers slowly began adding self-checkout kiosks to their exit points in order to facilitate the process and decrease staff needs. But recently the tide seems to be turning and the self-checkout kiosks are starting to disappear in favor of cashier lanes because of customer complaints and rising retail theft.
Crime has become a big topic in the California State Legislature, reflecting the growing frustration many residents have expressed over crime rates.