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Bill Would Force Insurance Co. to Pay Coronavirus ‘Business Interruption’ Claims

July 23, 2020 5:02 pmJuly 23, 2020 8:56 pm

California Assembly members James Ramos (D-San Francisco) and Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) are pushing legislation that would force insurance companies to pay coronavirus-related “business interruption”claims they have been denying. AB 1552 would be retroactive to March 4 and would create...

San Clemente State Route 241 Extension Ban Bill Halted Until 2021

July 22, 2020 5:16 pm

On Tuesday, Orange County lawmakers confirmed that a bill designed to end a toll extension of State Route 241 through the city of San Clemente would not be passed in the state legislature this year. COVID-19 and other urgent matters...

The ‘Gig’ Is Up on Biased Research in the Fight Over AB5

July 21, 2020 3:53 pmJuly 22, 2020 2:54 pm

In a quest to convince Californians to “Vote No on Prop. 22,” a ballot measure that would cement the status of gig workers as independent contractors, the California Labor Federation just released an information guide for voters. The guide cites...

California’s Slippery Slope of Legislating Health Care

July 21, 2020 2:29 pmJuly 21, 2020 2:51 pm

Few of us today were alive during the New Deal Era when the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis spoke about states being the laboratories of democracy. California above all other states embodies that sentiment and leads the nation in...

Guidance for Interpreting California Codes

July 19, 2020 7:20 amJuly 19, 2020 7:24 am

California’s statutes, California Codes of which there are more than half a million, are contained in 29 separate codes. In an effort to provide guidance to those needing to interpret these statutes, each Code begins with a “General Provisions” section....

California State Public Works Board

July 18, 2020 7:04 amJuly 18, 2020 7:06 am

In California government, there is the State Public Works Board (SPWB), which is set forth in the Government Code. The SPWB is found in Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 3 (Executive Department), Part 10.5, Chapter 2,...

FPPC Probing Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation for Campaign Finance Violations

July 17, 2020 3:53 pmJuly 17, 2020 3:53 pm

The California Fair Political Practices Commission, the state’s campaign finance watchdog is moving forward with an investigation of drug company executive Michael Weinstein’s AIDS Health Foundation on a complaint by California YIMBY for allegedly failing to report tens of thousands of...