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California ‘Woman Board Quota’ Law Faces Legal Challenge In Court

December 19, 2019 4:44 pm

A 2018 law that sets a minimum number of women on the board of directors at publicly held companies in California is facing a major challenge in court next year. A two step law SB 826, authored by Hannah-Beth Jackson...

Senator Patricia Bates authored SB 57. (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Bill That Would Make Voter Registration at DMV Centers an Opt-In Process to be Reintroduced in January

December 18, 2019 8:13 pmDecember 19, 2019 9:06 am

Senate Bill 57, which would stop automatically registering all eligible voters to vote when they get a driver’s license at the DMV and revert it back to an opt-in system, will be back in front of the California legislature next...

California’s Minimum Wage To Go Up to $13 an Hour in January

December 7, 2019 9:12 am

On January 1st California’s minimum wage will increase by $1 an hour, jumping up to $13 an hour for employers with 26 or more employees and $12 for smaller businesses. SB 3 and the rise to $15 Ever since SB...

California’s Online Privacy Law to be the Basis for a New Nationwide Online Privacy Bill

November 28, 2019 12:34 pmNovember 28, 2019 7:37 am

A California bill that is to give Californians greater digital and personal data privacy starting in 2020 may soon be law nationwide after U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington proposed another. The Consumer Privacy Act was fought by every major...

California Democrats Hint At Upcoming Charter School Changes

November 22, 2019 6:30 amNovember 22, 2019 12:20 pm

Under a new change in their party platform, the California Democratic Party aims to add additional limits to charter schools. New party platform language The new language states that charter schools should only have publicly elected boards and not boards...

California’s $7 Billion Surplus – Part I: The Rosier Side of the Surplus

November 21, 2019 4:14 pm

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office found that the state will have an extra $7 billion that wasn’t spent in the budget. And by 2021 there can be as much as $18 billion in the state’s general fund. This is a...

More Cities in California Are Banning The Use Of Natural Gas

November 18, 2019 3:42 pmNovember 20, 2019 7:51 am

“It’s clear that the bulk of Californians want their natural gas appliances.” The Sierra Club reported last week that more than 50 cities across the state are considering or have passed policies that will over time, eliminate the use of...