On February 17, 2023, Senate Bill 794 by Sen. Roger Niello (R-Sacramento) was introduced regarding California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) litigation. SB 794 would add Public Resources Code Sections 21168.8 and 21175. Section 1 of the bill would add Public...
On February 16, 2023, Senate Bill 725 by Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), was introduced to address grocery worker relocations, terminations, and mass layoffs. SB 725 would add Labor Code Section 1401.1. SB 725 would prohibit a grocery establishment, when a merger...
On February 17, 2023, Assembly Bill 1404 by Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles) dealing with internet website accessibility claims. AB 1404 would add Civil Code Section 55.33. First, the bill would provide definitions for the following terms: “complaint,” “demand letter,” “Internet...
On February 17, 2023, Assembly Bill 1588 (Wilson) was introduced to create the Affordable Internet and Net Equality Act of 2023. AB 1588 would add Government Code Section 11548.5. AB 1588 would define the following terms: “affordable home internet service,”...
In reviewing recently-introduced legislation that proposes amendments to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, as enacted by the voters by Prop. 65, the same legislative finding and declaration is made in each bill. It is a...
The Assembly Committee on Rules recently granted permission for Assembly Bill 269 by Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) – public health: COVID 19 testing and dispensing sites – to have its 30-day in print requirement waived. This type of waiver rarely...
On February 17, 2023, Senate Bill 855 by Sen. Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) was introduced to prohibit veterans from working on Veterans Day. SB 855 would add Government Code Section 12953.5. Current state law, the California Fair Employment and Housing...