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Blanca E. Rubio

‘Save Local Journalism Act’ Bill Passes Assembly, Heads To Governor

September 1, 2020   6:08 amAugust 31, 2020   8:20 pm
On Monday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for one year passed an Assembly floor vote 67-4, making the bill only a Governor’s signature away from becoming law. AB 323 passes in the Assembly, awaits...
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Local Journalism Protection Bill Passes in Senate Committee

August 21, 2020   2:57 pmAugust 22, 2020   4:55 am
On Thursday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for another 2 years passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 7-0. Assembly Bill 5 by former labor leader Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has significantly limited Californians’ ability to...
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Bills to Weaken AB 5 Face Senate Hearings

June 17, 2020   4:56 pmJune 18, 2020   2:45 pm
AB 5, the controversial independent contractor redefinition bill, has become closer to allowing numerous exemptions through two bills awaiting passage in the Senate. More exemptions under AB 1850 and AB 2257 Assembly Bill 1850 and Assembly Bill 2257, both authored by Assemblywoman...
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Senator John Moorlach (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Senator Moorlach’s SB 990 Would Suspend Freelance Job Killer Assembly Bill 5

April 20, 2020   3:42 pm
Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many say under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away.    Since Assembly Bill 5 became law January 1, 2020, millions of freelance and...
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More Than 150 Ph.D. Economists and Political Scientists Call for Gov. Newsom to Suspend AB 5 and Re-Open the Economy

April 16, 2020   1:57 pmApril 16, 2020   1:57 pm
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tweet that “SCIENCE — not politics — must be California’s guide” in its economic recovery, more than 150 California economists and professors sent the Governor an open letter calling on him to suspend AB 5. However, at...
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AB 5 ‘Grace Period’ Introduced in New Bill

March 5, 2020   1:37 pmMarch 6, 2020   5:55 am
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) just announced a new bill, AB 2075, to provide a Grace Period for AB 5 compliance through the rest of 2020. “AB 5, in its current form, is causing chaos,” Kiley explained to California Globe. “Even...
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California’s AB 5 kills off 40-year Lake Tahoe Music Festival

March 1, 2020   9:17 amMarch 3, 2020   10:51 am
California’s AB 5 has taken another life: The new law has now killed off the 40-year old Lake Tahoe Music Festival.  “After 40+ years of classical music concerts offered outside with family and friends, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival will...
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