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2020 General Election Preview: 35th Assembly District

October 17, 2020 10:00 am

Located on the coast in Central California, the 35th Assembly District is pretty much San Luis Obispo County with a tiny bit of Santa Barbara County on top. Located about halfway between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, the District...

2020 General Election Preview: 29th Senate District

October 7, 2020 2:37 amOctober 8, 2020 8:57 am

The 29th Senate District: Located mainly in northern Orange County with dips in both LA County and San Bernardino County, the 29th Senate District is mainly suburbia. Richard Nixon’s hometown of Yorba Linda is here, as is Fullerton, half of...

2020 General Election Preview: 8th Congressional District

October 2, 2020 10:21 amOctober 2, 2020 7:21 am

The 8th Congressional District: The largest House district by area and the thinnest spread in terms of populations, California’s 8th Congressional District stretches from the Nevada border near Carson City and the Great Basin, going south all the way down...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Mandatory Rehiring Of Laid-Off Workers After Reopenings

October 2, 2020 2:26 amOctober 1, 2020 6:56 pm

In a surprise decision, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have made employers rehire any laid-off employees first when they decide to hire again post-reopening. AB 3216 vetoed despite months of amendments, union endorsements Assembly Bill...

California Adds New Exception for Use of No-rehire Agreements

September 14, 2020 8:18 pmSeptember 14, 2020 8:19 pm

Assembly Bill 2143, by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Monterey), was enacted during the 2020 Legislative Session to expand the number of categories for which no-rehire agreements are allowed. The bill was signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 11 as...

Family Leave Expansion Bill Passes Senate

July 3, 2020 8:15 pm

On Thursday, the Senate passed a bill that would expand the number of companies who have to allow up to 12 weeks of job-protected time off for extended family leave. 12 weeks of leave for those in smaller businesses Senate...

Democrat-run Assembly Isn’t Letting This Crisis Go To Waste

June 11, 2020 1:14 pm

The California economy is struggling after the COVID-related state lockdown order by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Newsom’s stay-at-home orders forced “non-essential” businesses to close, and led to record unemployment insurance claims. Faced with a $54.3 billion deficit following the...