On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, the General Election in California, and across the nation, will take place. There originally were up to 14 measures that could be voted on by the statewide electorate at that time. However, after actions over...
While the Governor and Legislature adopted similar proposals just four years ago at the outset of the pandemic, there are proposed significant, temporary tax increases on California’s business community in the budget proposals currently under consideration. The net operating loss...
After forcing California grocery shoppers into “reusable” plastic bags at .10 cents a piece, flighty lawmakers are trying to ban them outright now. California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags – again. Assembly Bill 2236 and...
I always appreciate interesting provisions in California legislation. Whether clients support or oppose a particular measure, I spend time reviewing language of bills to understand what is written, particularly when there are intriguing bill sections. In that vein, the following...
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear this daily and see those orders nearly everywhere. Paper or plastic? Separate out your wet garbage and put it in another recyclable food bin. Separate bottles and cans. Compost. Yet none of this has reduced...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, instructing state agencies to look into possible threats that artificial intelligence (AI) can mount against California residents, as well as begin to lay groundwork for AI and generative AI (GenAI) usage...
Throughout the COVID debacle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued warnings about the COVID vaccine, especially as it was newly released: Avoid the the vaccine at all costs. “Even though the media and politicians are currently trivializing the problem and even foolishly...