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Repeal AB 5: Innovation is Key to Recovery

April 30, 2020 3:08 pmApril 30, 2020 3:22 pm

Millions of Californians have filed for unemployment since the Governor’s March “shelter in place” order, and experts warn the state unemployment fund will be insolvent in two weeks or less if some sort of corrective action is not taken. One...

California Lockdown Protesters Send Loud Message to Gov. Newsom: ‘The Decision to Re-Open the State is Ours’

April 29, 2020 1:21 pmMay 2, 2020 10:00 am

The recovery rate of the coronavirus remains at 98%. Flattening the curve is already behind us, so why is the state still on lockdown? California hospitals are not and never were, overrun with coronavirus victims, and are in fact, laying...

California State Capitol dome shines against blue sky

Quarantine and a Free Society

April 29, 2020 7:15 amApril 29, 2020 7:26 am

Quarantine is the forced confinement of a person who has contracted or been exposed to an infectious disease. Although it is a long-standing police power of governments, it is seldom used because seldom needed – sick people generally stay home on...

Considerations in Drafting California Legislation – Part II

April 29, 2020 6:30 amApril 29, 2020 2:04 pm

This is Considerations in Drafting California Legislation – Part II; Part I is here. Continuing with our exploration of drafting legislation in California, there are a number of considerations to address when it comes time to working on bills and...

Rates of Pay and Pension Debt Escalating in California’s Distressed Cities

April 29, 2020 2:29 amApril 29, 2020 10:02 am

Nobody needs reminding that California’s cities, like every other going concern in America, are heading for tough economic times. As recently as two months ago, robust collections of sales taxes, utility taxes, transient occupancy taxes, property taxes and other sources...

CA Bill to Allow Employees Sick with COVID-19 to File Workers’ Comp Claims Against Employers

April 27, 2020 5:55 pmApril 28, 2020 10:23 am

A gut-and-amend bill has been introduced to allow employees who were sick with coronavirus to file workers’ compensation claims agains their employers, claiming the illness is a workplace injury, and the employers’ fault. However, Gov. Gavin Newsom is also considering...

Assembly members May Face Coronavirus Tests Before Reconvening on May 4th

April 27, 2020 4:58 pm

On Monday, California lawmakers announced that Assembly members may have to take COVID-19 coronavirus tests before reporting back to the Assembly on May 4th. A question of testing Members of the Assembly are currently being recommended, not ordered, to take...