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New Rent Cap Law Fails To Protect Recently Built Granny Flats
AB 1482, which will set rent caps and remove no-cause eviction in California, is set to come into law starting January 1st. While most renter and landlord groups have grudgingly agreed to the compromise law, one set of renters have...
Assemblywoman Gonzalez, Other Lawmakers Begin To Rethink Certain Parts of AB 5
With the independent contractor limiting bill AB 5 about to become law January 1st, many lawmakers and politicians who initially supported the bill are now beginning to question either all or certain parts of it. Freelance press limitations With thousands...
Vaccinations in California Rebound Less Than 5 Years After SB 277 According to New Study
Less than 5 years after SB 277 was signed into law and removed personal belief vaccination exemptions for children in public schools, the number of vaccinated children in California has skyrocketed. A recently released study in the the medical journal...
What is an ‘Appropriations Measure?’
What is an “appropriations measure”? Unfortunately, California law does not define this term. However, it is used frequently. California’s Legislative Counsel defines an appropriation as “the amount of money made available for expenditure by a specific entity for a specific...
Voters May No Longer Approve Public Housing Projects Under New Bill
Article 34 of California’s Constitution requires local voter approval for public housing projects. However, this may be repealed in 2020 if supporters of a bill backing the repeal get it approved. The need for more low income housing SCA 1,...
Per-Minute Electric Car Billing to be Banned in California
After years of complaints of electric car charging stations billing by the minute and running up costs, California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has announced that new rules prohibiting the practice will commence on January 1st. Per minute charging and...