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Unlawful Activity in Labor Disputes in California

March 30, 2023 7:19 amMarch 30, 2023 7:22 am

California’s Labor Code, in Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 10, discusses prohibited activities during labor disputes. Chapter 10 is titled “Unlawful Acts During Labor Disputes,” which was added in 1999 by Chapter 616. Labor Code Section 1138 prohibits any officer...

SD County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher Admits To Affair While Denying Major Lawsuit Harassment Claims

March 29, 2023 1:38 pmMarch 29, 2023 1:38 pm

San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher announced Wednesday in response to a new lawsuit against him alleging retaliation and harassment, that he did have an affair with the woman who filed the suit while also calling her allegations false. https://twitter.com/PriyaNBCSD/status/1641103925968248834...

The Failings of LA Mayor Bass’ Inside Safe Homeless Initiative

March 29, 2023 2:30 amMarch 29, 2023 2:31 am

For the last several months, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe Project, a “housing first” homelessness initiative that places many in hotels and motels, has been in operation in LA. While the Globe has reported that many, especially the...

SB 699: Non-compete Contracts

March 28, 2023 3:23 pmMarch 28, 2023 3:25 pm

Senate Bill 699 by Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) would address the issue of non-compete clauses in California employment situations. SB 699 would add Business and Professions Code Sections 16600.5 and 16608. Section 1 of the bill would set forth six legislative...

Important AZ Legal Decision Declares Homeless ‘Zone’ an Illegal Public Nuisance

March 28, 2023 7:46 amMarch 28, 2023 7:46 am

A Maricopa County judge just ruled that the city of Phoenix is maintaining an illegal “public nuisance” by encouraging a population of over 1,000 homeless people to reside in tents in a vast swath of downtown referred to as “The...

US Senator Bill Cassidy Lambasts Julie Su Labor Nomination

March 27, 2023 6:00 pmMarch 27, 2023 6:01 pm

Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy took to the U.S. Senate floor Monday evening to lambast President Biden’s Labor Department Secretary nomination of Julie Su, erstwhile chief of California’s preternaturally awful Employment Development Department. “We should ask questions about how Ms....

Governor Newsom’s Gas Tax Scheme Passes Assembly – But Not Without a Splendid Fight

March 27, 2023 5:20 pmMarch 29, 2023 6:33 am

UPDATE below: The California Assembly hosted a side show Monday, when after jamming SBX1-2, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Gas Tax, through an expedited hearing earlier, pretended that was enough exposure to the public, and debated the bill and voted on it....