Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D- San Jose)

How Many Official State Holidays Does California Need?

March 14, 2025 10:17 amMarch 15, 2025 7:05 am

A newly introduced bill would create an official Hindu state holiday. Two percent of California is Hindu. New Jersey, with 8 million residents, has a larger Hindu population than California. What about Catholic, Presbyterian, Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish official state...

PAGA Reform Legislation Unveiled

June 21, 2024 10:00 pmJune 21, 2024 10:01 pm

On June 18, 2024 Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire announced a legislative compromise to make changes to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) statute, contained in Labor Code Sections 2699, et...

AB 1516: Minimum Wage

March 24, 2023 9:31 amMarch 24, 2023 9:47 am

Assembly Bill 1516 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) would add Labor Code Section 1182.14 in order to require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to convene, until July 1, 2024, a working group consisting of representatives from the Labor Commissioner’s...

The Latest In Woke Hysteria: California Bill Claims Police DOGS Are Racist!

February 21, 2023 7:32 pmFebruary 21, 2023 8:14 pm

Woke hysteria has hit an all-time ridiculous height as far-Left California lawmakers have introduced a bill to stop the use of DOGS from crime enforcement because…they’re RACIST! Assembly Bill 42, introduced by far-Left California Assembly members Corey Jackson and Ash...

Is There a Doctor in The House?

January 30, 2022 2:04 amJanuary 31, 2022 10:33 am

Consider that the better question may be, “Is there a decent doctor in the house?” The Medical Board of California has recently asked the State Legislature to amp up the ability to discipline doctors who have run afoul of the...