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Affirmative Action Could Return Under New State Constitutional Amendment Proposal

March 17, 2020   2:19 amMarch 17, 2020   11:27 am
A new state constitutional amendment proposed last week to reinstate affirmative action in California gained more political support during the weekend, potentially setting up the largest fight over the issue in California since 2014. A new challenge to affirmative action...
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‘No-Rehire’ Clauses In Employee Settlements Now Illegal Under California Law

October 16, 2019   2:30 pmOctober 17, 2019   11:23 am
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 749 earlier this week making it illegal to have no-hire clauses in settlement agreements with former employees. Many employers currently settle claims and lawsuits from a former employee with a settlement that includes a...
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Female Dockworkers In Los Angeles And Long Beach File Discrimination Suit

October 9, 2019   6:18 am
A Federal discrimination suit against the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)  Local 13 and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) has been filed by the ACLU in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims that both the union (ILWU) and the shippers...
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California Close to Adding ‘Source of Income’ as Newest Housing Discrimination Protection

September 4, 2019   6:09 pmSeptember 5, 2019   7:19 am
Section 8 housing vouchers can become one step closer to being a source of income for housing applicants if Senate Bill 329 passes the final Assembly vote.  Currently under California law, Section 8  and similar vouchers for housing are not...
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Why are Vaccine Adverse Events Not Acknowledged or Reported by Medical Professionals?

August 31, 2019   2:29 pmSeptember 4, 2019   8:49 am
Physicians are bound to their Hippocratic Oath to “First, do no harm,” but government officials do not carry any liability for injury or harm, nor do pharmaceutical companies since the 1986 National Childhood Vaccination Injury Act protects them. Legislators have...
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In Gender ‘Neutral’ California, Why Mandate More Women on Corporate Boards?

August 10, 2019   9:28 amAugust 12, 2019   6:17 am
What both bills will likely cause is for male minorities to lose board seats to white women.   In 2018, the California Legislature passed a bill to require large corporations with base operations in California to put more female directors...
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Bill to End ‘Hair Discrimination’ In the Workplace Moves Ahead

June 4, 2019   11:23 amJune 13, 2019   6:39 am
While existing state and federal laws prohibit racial discrimination in schools and workplaces, one area has not legally evolved — hairstyles, or rather “natural hairstyles” traditionally worn by African American men and women. Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) authored SB...
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