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As we head into the final two months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has already killed more than 200,000 Americans and forced hundreds of thousands more out of work. Here in California, we have felt the weight of both numbers throughout the entire year. However, there is a slight cause for optimism here following [...]

In late September of 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new pieces of legislation into law that could have a lasting impact on the way that commercial debt collection agencies are able to operate here in the state of California. After spending years discussing the possibility, the state will now begin issuing licenses for [...]

Remember back in March when we all thought this pandemic thing was only going to inconvenience our lives for a few weeks? Well, that came and went. So did Tiger King, The Last Dance, and about a dozen other ways to break up the monotony of spending almost all of our waking hours at [...]

The Covid-19 pandemic that started as a couple of weeks at home back in March has slowly consumed more than half of the year, and there is a very good chance that our lives have been forever changed thanks to our time spent in quarantine. No matter how much or how little your personal [...]

With exciting games happening almost every night for multiple months now, there is absolutely no denying that the NBA bubble has been a monster success. That success was built upon fantastic production value, lots of creativity, and of course, all of the star players that were willing to leave their families behind in order [...]

Just when you thought that things couldn’t possibly get any crazier, a California lawmaker proposed a new wealth tax last month that applies to residents, including those that choose to leave in search of homes with better tax situations. While the headline sounds pretty outrageous, the fact of the matter is that the state [...]

Those $1,200 stimulus checks from the federal government are long gone. Businesses that were fortunate enough to receive the PPP loans have mostly spent through those nest eggs. Anyone that has been keeping up with their bills because of the extra $600 per week the government is playing for unemployment is about to lose [...]

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on businesses around the globe, it is only a matter of time before government stimulus money runs out and the pain felt by those businesses trickles down to individual people across just about every tax bracket. Regardless of where you might fall on the income spectrum, [...]

In just a few short months, the Covid-19 pandemic has completely transformed the entire world, leaving many businesses struggling to keep up. But while so many companies are struggling, there are also stories of forward-thinking operations that have adapted to the changing conditions and are thriving in this difficult environment. The major difference between [...]

Now that we are more than a few months into the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, we can already begin to see just how devastating the impact has been on our local economies. California has seen the number of residents claiming unemployment benefits rise from about 350,000 in March to a high of 4.8 million [...]