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This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us Now is certainly an interesting time to design an office from scratch. Doing so, in the midst of a pandemic, means doing your best to predict what a workplace will look like and feel like post-COVID-19. Here’s the thing – no one yet is an expert in the post-COVID-19 world, let alone the workplace. In going through this process, it would be easy for our vision to be frequently clouded by the noise of workplace industr

As the pandemic forced Terry Delamater’s two Bakersfield-area fitness centers to shut down for months, the pharmacist-turned-gym-owner in desperation turned to his county supervisor for help. Maybe, Delamater suggested, the gyms could reopen as an essential business? After all, Delamater said, he had kept up his pharmacist license. And he and his daughter had been working since last year with a national organization, the Medical Fitness Association, to certify the Sculpt 365 gyms as “medical fi

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us Gov. Gavin Newsom made the right decision when he vetoed Assembly Bill 331 that would have required all public high school students in California to take at least one semester of ethnic studies in order to graduate. Approximately 33% of California’s 6.3 million students do not even meet the minimum state standards in math and English, and a whopping 72% of high school students did not meet standards on the C

‍ Editor's Note: Independent Voter News was a featured co-sponsor of the open presidential debate. The Free and Equal Elections Foundation (FEEF) hosted its second independent open presidential debate of the year on October 8, an event slated as a rebuke to the presidential debate commission's debates, which have long lacked inclusion and substance. “With the Commission on Presidential Debates reeling in from its poor stewardship of the debate process, today’s cross-partisan debate is an opp

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us Let’s conduct a brief experiment. Read the following statements about candidates for elected office and try to guess who they describe: * “He needs ways to respond without appearing defensive or brittle, his advisers say.” * “Four years of his nasal voice could lead to mass suicides across the nation.” * “His speaking style has a hard lecturing tone, like you’ve been called into the principal’s office.”

In this TPR interview, Hilary Norton, newly appointed chair of the California Transportation Commission, reflects on the ‘phenomenal sea change’ driving state investments in transportation infrastructure and in advance of the 2020 national election. Citing Governor Newsom’s “all of the above” approach, Norton shares her priorities for the CTC and enthusiasm for creative projects that maximize benefits—and generate revenues—to support a more active and equitable vision for transportation in Calif

How much will your Uber driver get paid if gig companies convince California voters to approve ballot measure Proposition 22? It could be anywhere from $5.64 to $27.58 per hour, depending who you ask. As early voting begins this week, the most expensive state ballot measure in modern history has widened the fault lines in the battle over the future of work. Some app drivers among the many Californians scrambling for income during the pandemic say they’ll vote yes to keep making money quickly, d

This story was updated at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Apps and software platforms are built based on profit motives. Anybody with a technology budget — a bank, retailer, or even a home-services provider (like a plumber or an electrician) — can buy industry-specific software to manage their business affairs. Capitalism rules. However, software platforms do exist that can e-manage homelessness. Counting the number of people experiencing homelessness in a region has traditionally called for clipbo

Joseph Wood went to buy gas in Ventura in anticipation of driving up the coast to visit his children this week. The 39-year-old gig driver knew he had money on a debit card connected to his unemployment payments when his purchase was declined. Unable to fill up his tank, he found his card was frozen. By the time it unlocked Monday, $1,380 had disappeared. In what appears to be the latest problem at the besieged state Employment Development Department, unemployed Californians say their accounts

It’s not easy to get work done during a pandemic. Even for the fortunate who kept their pre-pandemic jobs, productivity has taken it on the chin in 2020. The same goes for those in the lawmaking business. In March, just days after the governor instructed all Californians to shelter in their homes, legislators left Sacramento to do exactly that — and they stayed away for two months. A second viral wave, plus more than half a dozen infections among lawmakers and their staff, prompted another ext