CLEARLAKE
Lake County Campus hosts Super Saturday open registration
Lake County Campus of Woodland Community College is hosting a “one stop shop” event on Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help students sign up for Summer and Fall classes. It is not too late to get started on your career path.
All interested potential students should come to the Administration Building where application workshops, placement information, counseling services, registration, and financial aid information will be provided.
Students should bring their social security card or alien registration number (if applicable), a picture ID, and high school transcripts (if available). The Summer Semester begins Monday, June 10, and the Fall Semester begins Monday, August 19, 2019.
Summer hours for the Administration office will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday (closed on Fridays) starting June 3, 2019. The campus is located at 15880 Dam Road Extension in Clearlake. Everyone is welcome! For more information, call (707) 995-7900.
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SACRAMENTO
California will add Governor to Presidential Tax Transparency Bill
Sacramento, CA – In a historic move, Senators Mike McGuire and Scott Wiener, authors of California’s Presidential Tax Transparency bill, have introduced amendments that would extend the transparency rules to the office of the Governor of California.
“Gavin Newsom has led by example – releasing his tax returns during his run for the Governor’s office,” Senator Mike McGuire said. “He didn’t have anything to hide and he put his own interests aside in the name of transparency. It’s time President Trump does the same.”
Transparency is a nonpartisan issue. And it’s transparency that provides the basis for accountability in government. For the past forty years, every US President – Republicans and Democrats alike – have released their tax returns. That is, until President Trump took office.
Senators Wiener and McGuire are advancing legislation this year that would require all presidential candidates to release their tax returns prior to being placed on the California primary ballot. SB 27 was overwhelmingly approved by the State Senate, and is being amended this week to include the office of the Governor of California. SB 27 is now in the State Assembly and will next be heard in the Assembly Committee on Elections and Redistricting.
The Presidential Tax Transparency & Accountability Act will require basic tax information to be shared with California residents and require that all presidential candidates, and candidates for the Governor, release the last five years of their tax returns in order to appear on the California ballot.
“Voters should have confidence that their President is in fact working for them and not to enrich himself or herself,” said Senator Wiener (D-San Francisco) joint author of SB 27.
Prior to Donald Trump’s refusal to release any tax returns, every president since Jimmy Carter (over 40 years) has released at least one year of tax returns. During the 2016 Presidential election, Hillary Clinton (Democratic) and Jill Stein (Green) both released their tax returns.
“The American people are on our side, over 60% want President Trump to release his returns,” Senator McGuire said. “Here’s the bottom line: What does he have to hide?”
Contrary to President Trump’s statements in public that Americans don’t care about his tax returns, polls have consistently shown over 60 percent of Americans believe his returns should be released.
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