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Motions on Bills in Legislative Committees

May 2, 2023 3:46 pmMay 2, 2023 3:51 pm

In recent weeks, two questions have arisen regarding motions on bills in policy and fiscal committees in the California Legislature. The first question concerns whether a motion requires a second in legislative committees. This is one of those instances in which...

Writers Guild Of America Strike Begins

May 2, 2023 12:56 pmMay 2, 2023 12:57 pm

The Writers Guild of America (WGA), the union representing writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media, began a strike on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with major studio and television producers, affecting 11,500 union members mainly...

Free State California: Reparations Panel Says State Owes $1.2M to Black Residents

May 2, 2023 7:17 amMay 3, 2023 8:24 am

Despite that California was never a slave state, the San Francisco reparations committee recently announced a proposal to pay each multi-decade black resident of the City $5 million. The reparations committee also proposed granting total debt forgiveness due to the...

Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Workers’ Rights

May 2, 2023 6:32 amMay 2, 2023 6:38 am

On May 1, Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 7 was introduced by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana), along with seven Senate Democratic co-authors. SCA 7, if placed before the voters, would add Section 1.5 to Article XIV of the California Constitution....

AG Rob Bonta, State of CA Sue Elk Grove Over Alleged Affordable Housing Law Violations

May 2, 2023 2:32 amMay 2, 2023 2:33 am

Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that he, Governor Gavin Newsom, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will be suing the city of Elk Grove in Sacramento County over their rejection of a plan for...

Los Angeles County Begins County-Wide Single-Use Plastics Ban In Restaurants

May 1, 2023 6:19 pmMay 1, 2023 6:19 pm

The Los Angeles county-wide ban on single-use plastics in restaurants, such as in to-go containers, cups, dishes and cutlery, began on Monday following years of political wrangling and opposition to the ban. Since the late 2010s, LA County has ramped...

Is Julie Su’s ICE Agent Ban Coming Back to Haunt?

May 1, 2023 3:48 pmMay 1, 2023 3:49 pm

In 2017, then-California Labor Commissioner Julie Su issued an order barring agents of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from entering Commission offices. Late last month, Su – President Biden’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Labor –...