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Can California Budget Trailer Bills Create New Offices?

March 22, 2024 7:37 amMarch 22, 2024 7:37 am

A colleague raised an interesting question recently – can a budget trailer bill create a new executive branch state department or office? The reason that this is an intriguing question is because urgency statutes cannot “create or abolish any office.”...

Freelancer Freedom Bill Moves Forward

March 22, 2024 4:54 amMarch 22, 2024 4:54 am

The House Education and the Workforce Committee today approved and sent to the full House of Representatives a measure that would overturn the new anti-independent contractor rule put in place by Julie Su’s Department of Labor. The committee passed the...

State Farm Announces Non-Renewal Of 72,000 Insurance Policies In California

March 22, 2024 2:45 amMarch 22, 2024 2:46 am

In an announcement on Thursday, the largest property and casualty insurance company in California, State Farm Insurance, announced that 30,000 property insurance and 42,000 commercial apartment policies would not be renewed throughout the state, effectively removing 2% of all policies...

Frequently Asked Questions about Permissible Closed Sessions of the Legislature

March 22, 2024 2:30 amMarch 22, 2024 2:31 am

Does the state Constitution provide when the California Legislature can meet in closed session? Yes, it does so in Article IV, Section 7(c). What does the California Constitution provide regarding closed session of the Legislature? There are specified instances, despite...

What Are the New Exemptions in the Fast Food Council Law?

March 21, 2024 2:00 pmMarch 21, 2024 2:01 pm

Assembly Bill 610 is pending on Governor Newsom’s desk. The bill would exempt several types of restaurants from last year’s landmark bill creating a Fast Food Council and increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour...

Prop. 1 Narrowly Passes Following 15 Days Of Vote Counting

March 21, 2024 12:22 pmMarch 21, 2024 12:22 pm

Following over two weeks of counting votes, the controversial Proposition 1 ballot measure narrowly managed to eke passage late Wednesday, expanding the state’s mental health infrastructure on a $6.4 billion bond. Propped up by Governor Newsom last year and into...

LA Left Leads Leap

March 21, 2024 9:25 amMarch 21, 2024 9:25 am

As of the end of election night, March 5, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon had garnered 22% of the vote. As of the same time, Democratic Socialists of America member Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithia Raman, running as a plain...