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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Regulating Food Delivery Apps

September 26, 2020 7:57 amSeptember 26, 2020 7:58 am

Earlier this week, Governor Gavin Newsom sign a bill into law enacting the Fair Food Delivery Act of 2020, prohibiting food delivery apps from arranging deliveries without getting permission from the restaurant or store to take orders from there. Updates...

California Department of Education Announces New Statewide Anti-Racism Program

September 22, 2020 3:16 pm

On Monday, the California Department of Education announced new anti-racism classes and instructor training called “Education to End Hate,” only days after President Donald Trump said that he would sign an Executive Order to establish an educational commission to develop...

Gov. Newsom Signs Family Leave Extension Bill

September 18, 2020 2:08 pm

On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newson signed into law a bill that would expand protected-family leave for those in small businesses to 12 months a year for companies with 5 employees or more. SB 1383 and family paid time off Senate...

Bill That Would Limit Tear Gas, Rubber Bullet Use By Police Fails In Senate

September 2, 2020 3:04 pm

On Tuesday, a bill that would have banned the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and other “less lethal” projectiles such as bean bags by the police to be used on crowds died in the Senate when time ran out...

‘Save Local Journalism Act’ Bill Passes Assembly, Heads To Governor

September 1, 2020 6:08 amAugust 31, 2020 8:20 pm

On Monday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for one year passed an Assembly floor vote 67-4, making the bill only a Governor’s signature away from becoming law. AB 323 passes in the Assembly, awaits...

Local Journalism Protection Bill Passes in Senate Committee

August 21, 2020 2:57 pmAugust 22, 2020 4:55 am

On Thursday, a bill that would exempt the newspaper industry from AB 5 for another 2 years passed the Senate Appropriations Committee 7-0. Assembly Bill 5 by former labor leader Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has significantly limited Californians’ ability to...

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Uber, Lyft Ordered By Superior Court To Reclassify All Drivers As Employees

August 10, 2020 9:05 pmAugust 10, 2020 9:43 pm

On Monday, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled that rideshare drivers in the state should be reclassified as employees, strengthening the AB 5 law passed last year. Rideshare drivers ruled to be employees Under Judge Schulman’s ruling,...