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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. Planned protests against two Congressional Republicans from Southern California, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (23rd C.D.) and Rep. Mike Garcia (25th C.D.) took place as scheduled on Fri., Feb. 26.
The actions took place in the cities of Santa Clarita, Lancaster, and Bakersfield, three bulwarks of the far right in California, as witnessed by their elected Congressional representatives.
The 25th C.D. has not always had ultra-conservative Congressional representation. A previous Republican representative, Steve Knight, also met with opposition from liberal and progressive organizations opposed to his past support for flying the Confederate flag over the Capitol. Those protests ushered in the 2018 election of Congresswoman Katie Hill, considered by many as a progressive Democrat. Hill was forced to resign after serving only a few months owing to a sex scandal orchestrated by her estranged husband. In subsequent elections, one
Some say increasing minimum wage could result in loss of jobs, closure of businesses
âIt has a ripple effect, it s not just raising one number and that s it.â
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â The current federal minimum wage is $7.25, here in California itâs $14.00 an hour, meanwhile, president Biden is pushing for $15.00 an hour, this comes as many people have to work multiple jobs to pay their bills under the current federal minimum wage, but others say that increasing it would result in a loss of jobs and businesses. On the surface, you d go well you give people more money an hour, they re gonna have more money, that s going to help them in life, we re all better off for it. If it were that simple that would be great.â
Former Assembly candidate Julie Solis was arrested for trespassing and refusing to leave Congressman Kevin McCarthy's Bakersfield office, according to the Bakersfield Police Department and Congressman McCarthy's office.
BAKERSFIELD
A former Democratic candidate for the California Assembly was arrested Monday after refusing to leave Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield office in an episode she livestreamed on social media while calling for the congressman’s resignation over last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.
McCarthy’s staff said Julie Solis entered the office shortly before 9 a.m. by following in a delivery driver, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. She was arrested about an hour later on suspicion of trespassing, a police spokesman said.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office website indicated she was still in custody at 3 p.m. Monday but that her release was expected later in the day. No criminal charges had been filed by that time. According to the website, Solis is scheduled for a court hearing at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 9.