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San Francisco To Reallocate $3.75 Million From SFPD Budget to Black-Owned Businesses in City

May 7, 2021 2:36 amMarch 22, 2022 11:39 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Wednesday that $3.75 million of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) budget would be redirected to black-owned businesses in the city. The reinvestment by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) and...

Secretary of State Releases Final Recall Petition Signature Report

May 6, 2021 2:57 pmMay 6, 2021 2:59 pm

The California Secretary of State’s office released a final recall petition report on Wednesday, showing that a total of 1,719,943 valid signatures were verified out of 2,161,349 signatures submitted two months ago – just under an 80% validation rate. According...

Truckers Request Appellate Court Rehearing Over AB 5 Ruling

May 6, 2021 11:14 amMarch 22, 2022 11:39 am

The California Trucking Association announced on Wednesday that they are requesting a rehearing over last weeks Appellate Court ruling over having truckers no longer being exempt from the AB 5 worker classification law. Press play to hear a narrated version...

Assembly Subcommittee Rejects Gov. Newsom Proposal to Create/Replace EDD With New Agency

May 6, 2021 2:13 amMay 7, 2021 3:45 pm

The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration unanimously rejected a proposal by the Governor on Tuesday that would create a new working conditions agency, favoring instead more improvements at the Employment Development Department (EDD). The meeting was the first time...

Court of Appeal Rules on Governor’s Emergency Powers Challenge

May 5, 2021 3:58 pmMay 5, 2021 4:31 pm

On May 5, in an unanimous 3-0 decision, the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, issued its ruling in Newsom v. Superior Court of Sutter County (Gallagher, Kiley, and others as Real Parties in Interest). The decision was certified...

California #50 (again) in Chief Executive Mag’s Best & Worst States For Business 2021

May 5, 2021 3:57 pmMay 7, 2021 7:07 am

In 2020, Tesla founder Elon Musk announced he had enough of California’s lockdowns and left California for Austin Texas, and took more than 10,000 jobs with him. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced its global headquarters move to Houston, Texas from California. Oracle announced...

Bill to Require Improved Reporting of Child Marriages Passes Unanimously by Assembly Committee

May 5, 2021 2:54 pm

A bill to require all counties to report the number of child marriages to the state on a quarterly basis was passed unanimously by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Tuesday. Assembly Bill 1286 was also passed unanimously in April by...