Two California politicians and thousands of Californians who are independent contractors, gig economy workers, and freelancers, are calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to use his Emergency Powers to suspend Assembly Bill 5’s restrictions on independent contracting during the COVID-19 crisis....
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...
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...
The 1st State Senate District: The 1st State Senate District begins on the Oregon and Nevada borders then heads south all the way until it peters out as soon as it hits the Sacramento metro area. One of the largest...
On Wednesday, a new bill that would make campaign contributions from the utility company PG&E illegal was introduced in the Assembly in Sacramento. Assembly Bill 2079, authored by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), would bar PG&E from donating to any state...
‘AB 5 conflicts with federal law by excessively burdening interstate commerce.’ UPDATE below. A recent bill signed into law is already changing the employment status of millions of California workers. Assembly Bill 5, passed mostly on party lines in the...
In a special election earlier this week, Brian Dahle defeated Kevin Kiley in the race to become the next California State Senator representing District One, which sprawls north from the foothills east of Sacramento all the way to the Oregon border. Both candidates were Republican...