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2021 Legislative Session Bill Introductions

February 26, 2021 2:06 amMarch 4, 2021 11:52 am

Friday, February 19, was the last day to introduce bills for the 2021 Legislative Session. We saw 539 new bills (about 200 fewer than last year) introduced between the two houses on the final day last week. There was a...

Lawsuit Filed Against California, CalGEM Over Fracking Environmental Reviews

February 25, 2021 3:17 pm

The state of California was sued this week by an environmental group for approving thousands of oil and gas drilling and fracking projects without the required environmental review. In the suit Center for Biological Diversity V. California Geologic Energy Management...

LA County Board of Supervisors Passes $5 An Hour ‘Hero Pay’ Increase Proposal

February 25, 2021 2:20 amFebruary 25, 2021 1:48 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday 4-1 to begin instituting a mandatory $5 per hour extra “hero pay” wage addition for food and drug store employees in unincorporated parts of the county. The new mandate, first proposed...

New Bill Requiring Businesses to Disclose Personal Information Used for Political Purposes

February 24, 2021 7:41 amFebruary 24, 2021 7:54 am

On February 19, Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced Senate Bill 746 related to the use of personal information for political purposes. The bill would amend Section 1798.130 of, and add Section 1798.111 to, the Civil Code. Section One of the...

Final Net Neutrality Lawsuit Against California Halted By District Court Judge

February 23, 2021 8:35 pmFebruary 24, 2021 11:17 am

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge John Mendez denied a request from telecommunication companies to block California’s net neutrality law, allowing the state to enforce it after a three year wait. The three year battle over California’s law began in...

Gov. Newsom’s $100 Million COVID Lab Has Trouble Again with ‘Significant Deficiencies’

February 23, 2021 1:19 pmFebruary 25, 2021 9:17 am

In August 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that a “Twindemic” would be upon us soon with COVID and the flu season in the fall, at the same time he announced a new partnership with PerkinElmer, Inc. a diagnostic company, to...

Proposed ‘Excise Tax’ Intentional Effort to Subvert the Will of California Voters?

February 22, 2021 4:42 pmFebruary 23, 2021 8:06 am

One of the newly proposed bills is Assembly Bill 1199 by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Carson), to impose an annual excise tax for the privilege of renting or leasing out qualified property, as the Globe reported Friday. Our first reaction was this...