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Atascadero Politicians Face Off in Board of Supervisors Contest
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will have a new member next year from the City of Atascadero. The only question for SLO County’s 5th District voters to resolve is whether the new Supervisor will be Susan Funk, the Mayor Pro Tem of Atascadero, or Heather Moreno, the mayor of Atascadero.
Unions Taking Action for Members Across America
With Hollywood’s screenwriters and actors on strike together for the first time since 1960, shutting down the production of nearly all major movie and television projects, organized labor is once again a topic of conversation for many Americans. While the Writers and Actors Guilds make up a small slice of unionized workers in America, there are over 14 million union members in the United States, representing more than 10% of all wage and salary workers...
California has a New Budget, but Needs to Do More
The California Legislature has passed, and Governor Gavin Newsom has signed, a $310.8 billion budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Key provisions of the new budget are an 8.22% cost-of-living adjustment for public school teachers, $1 billion to help local governments address homelessness, and $5.1 billion to be spent the next four years on public transportation…
The Wild Ride Ahead: A Primer for the 2024 Election
By this time next summer both the Democratic and Republican political parties will be preparing to go full bore into the campaigns for the November 2024 Election. At this stage it appears that the United States will see a rematch between the incumbent 46th president, Joe Biden, and the former 45th president, Donald Trump. Yet we are still a long way from that matchup taking place, if it even shapes up.
SLO County Supervisors Get a 26% Pay Raise
The base salary for an elected member of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will soon be going up. At the Board’s May 16, 2023, meeting, the Board of Supervisors 3 to 2 in favor of raising their pay.
Californians Approve of President & Governor, but Worry about the Future
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) completed its most recent Californians and Their Government Survey at the beginning of the year. PPIC polled the opinions of 1,539 adults in California – 1,050 of them being likely voters --- and the survey has a margin of error of only 3.5%.
What is Going on with Union Membership in America?
In January the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report on union membership in the country. The data in the report for 2022, contained good and bad news for organized labor in America. The positive news for labor was that since 2021, the number of wage and salary employees who were members of unions increased 1.9%.
SLOCEA Endorsed Candidates Elected to Office
On June 7, 2022, Americans throughout California participated in this year’s primary elections. Among the many issues on the ballot to be decided by voters, were the questions of which candidates are worthy to serve on the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, for districts 2, 3 and 4?