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Several Los Angeles Supermarkets Close Due To City-Ordered ‘Hero Pay’ Pay Bumps

March 10, 2021 8:06 pmMarch 11, 2021 3:44 pm

Kroger announced Wednesday that three more grocery stores would be closing in the LA-area in the next few months due to the city’s recent “hero pay” ordinance. Under the Los Angeles “hero pay” ordinance passed earlier this month by the LA...

Kern County Board of Supervisors Passes Revised Oil Well Drilling Plan

March 10, 2021 7:04 pm

On Monday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to revise a county ordinance that streamlines environmental impact reports to approve up to 2, 700 new wells a year for the next 15 years. The movement to to create...

Recall Petition Signature Collection To Begin Against San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin

March 10, 2021 2:39 pmMarch 10, 2021 2:42 pm

On Wednesday, the San Francisco Department of Elections greenlit the recall campaign of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, leading to yet another large-scale recall signature collection campaign to begin in the state. Recall activists have been gathering signatures and...

New Bill is Work-Around to Federal State and Local Tax Deduction

March 10, 2021 11:32 amMarch 10, 2021 12:28 pm

Senators Mike McGuire (D- Healdsburg,) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) made amendments on March 9 to their Senate Bill 104, which is a “work-around” to the federal state and local tax (SALT) limitation. The bill would add and repeal Section 17052.10...

Bill to Make Direct Contractors Liable for Contributions, Deductions, Withholdings of Subcontractors

March 10, 2021 11:24 amMarch 10, 2021 11:31 am

On March 9, Senate Bill 727 was gutted-and-amended by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) relating to the liability of direct contractors. The bill would amend Section 218.7 of the Labor Code. First, the bill would provide that, for contracts entered into...

Bill to Address Arbitration Fees and Costs Invoicing

March 10, 2021 11:18 amMarch 10, 2021 11:23 am

Senator Bob Wieckowski D-Fremont) amended his Senate Bill 762 to deal with arbitration fees and costs. The bill would amend Sections 1281.97 and 1281.98 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Section One of the bill would amend CCP Section 1281.97 to specify that,...

Rescuing Public Education in California

March 10, 2021 10:35 amMarch 10, 2021 10:45 am

Depending on who you ask, California’s K-12 system of public education would be doing just fine if taxpayers threw another $30 billion (or more) per year into its insatiable maw; or it is a failed model mostly because the teachers’...