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The Role of the Cal-OSHA Standards Board

May 4, 2023 6:36 amMay 4, 2023 6:57 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 6 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal-OSHA Standards Board). Labor Code Section 140 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The Board consists...

Former Sonoma Developmental Center Site Plan Riddled With Nepotism

May 3, 2023 3:35 pmMay 3, 2023 3:46 pm

Over the past several years, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has held discussions regarding the preservation and future usage of a historically controversial site, the Sonoma Developmental Center. The 945-acre Glen Ellen property has been at the epicenter of concern for local...

Termination of Employment in California

May 3, 2023 7:07 amMay 3, 2023 7:11 am

Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 4 of the California Labor Code concerns the termination of employment.0 Article 4 was originally enacted by Chapter 90 in 1937. Labor Code Section 2920 provides that every employment is terminated by (a) Expiration of its...

Sen. Seyarto Announces Constitutional Amendment to Repeal California’s ‘Death Tax’

May 2, 2023 4:44 pmMay 2, 2023 4:44 pm

Tuesday morning, Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) held a press conference at the State Capitol introducing Senate Constitutional Amendment 4, to restore taxpayers’ property rights by reversing the state’s “death tax” written into in Proposition 19. Deviously titled “the Property Tax...

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...

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....