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Millionaire’s Tax Bill Would Create Additional Tax on CA Millionaires

March 26, 2021 7:29 amMarch 26, 2021 7:39 am

On March 24, Assembly Members Miguel Santiago, Lorena Gonzalez, Ash Kalra, Alex Lee, Wendy Carrillo, Reggie Jones-Sawyer, and Buffy Wicks amended Assembly Bill 1253 to create an additional tax on millionaires. The bill would add Section 17044 to the Revenue...

Legislation To Prohibit Business Charging Different Price for Similar Goods Based on Gender

March 26, 2021 7:07 amMarch 26, 2021 7:26 am

On March 25, Assembly Members Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Cristina Garcia amended their Assembly Bill 1287 related to gender-based pricing. The bill would add Section 51.14 to the Civil Code. Existing law, the Gender Tax Repeal Act of 1995, prohibits a...

Amended Wealth Tax Bill to Impose 1% Upon the Worldwide Net Worth of CA Residents Worth Over $25M

March 26, 2021 6:54 amMarch 26, 2021 8:14 am

On March 24, Assembly Members Miguel Santiago, Lorena Gonzalez, Ash Kalra, and Mark Stone amended Assembly Bill 310 to implement a proposed wealth tax. The bill would add Part 27 (commencing with Section 50301) to Division 2 of the Revenue...

Assemblyman Philip Y. Ting who introduced AB 1215.

Jaywalking Decriminilization Bill Introduced In Assembly

March 25, 2021 5:36 pmMarch 26, 2021 6:44 am

On Thursday, a bill that would decriminalize jaywalking in California was formally introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 1238, authored by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), would make it legal to cross a street when not at a crosswalk or...

Child Labor Trafficking Bill Passed Unanimously in Senate Human Services Committee

March 24, 2021 7:59 pmMarch 26, 2021 6:45 am

A bill to expand foster parent caregiver training to include information on providing care and supervision to children who have been victims of child labor trafficking was passed Tuesday in the Senate Human Services Committee. Senate Bill 584, authored by...

Gov. Newsom Appoints Assemblyman Rob Bonta as Next Attorney General

March 24, 2021 4:39 pmMarch 26, 2021 6:45 am

On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) as the next Attorney General of California. Bonta, a Yale University graduate who had previously served as a Deputy City Attorney of San Francisco and an Alameda City Councilor before...

California Only Pretending to be Open For Business Until We Reach ‘Equity’

March 24, 2021 3:16 pmMarch 26, 2021 2:03 pm

California’s coronavirus testing and positivity rate is trending downward so significantly, it’s below 2% as of 3/22/21. The number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital is also significantly down, with a 0.06% decrease. This should be great news. But it...