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The Role of the Cal-OSHA Standards Board

May 4, 2023 6:36 amMay 4, 2023 6:57 am

California Labor Code Division 1, Chapter 6 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal-OSHA Standards Board). Labor Code Section 140 establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The Board consists...

‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Legislation Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0

May 4, 2023 2:27 amMay 4, 2023 2:28 am

A bill that would require big tech companies to pay a fee to news outlets for using or posting articles and other local news content advanced in the Assembly Judiciary Committee earlier this week, despite a growing movement to either...

Former Sonoma Developmental Center Site Plan Riddled With Nepotism

May 3, 2023 3:35 pmMay 3, 2023 3:46 pm

Over the past several years, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has held discussions regarding the preservation and future usage of a historically controversial site, the Sonoma Developmental Center. The 945-acre Glen Ellen property has been at the epicenter of concern for local...

Termination of Employment in California

May 3, 2023 7:07 amMay 3, 2023 7:11 am

Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 4 of the California Labor Code concerns the termination of employment.0 Article 4 was originally enacted by Chapter 90 in 1937. Labor Code Section 2920 provides that every employment is terminated by (a) Expiration of its...

Sen. Wiener’s Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Skips Crucial Committee Vote, Heads Straight To Senate

May 3, 2023 2:32 amMay 3, 2023 6:44 am

A bill t0 decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was moved directly to the Senate without a vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week thanks to bill author Senator Scott Wiener invoking a bypass rule. First introduced in December of...

Sen. Seyarto Announces Constitutional Amendment to Repeal California’s ‘Death Tax’

May 2, 2023 4:44 pmMay 2, 2023 4:44 pm

Tuesday morning, Senator Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta) held a press conference at the State Capitol introducing Senate Constitutional Amendment 4, to restore taxpayers’ property rights by reversing the state’s “death tax” written into in Proposition 19. Deviously titled “the Property Tax...

Motions on Bills in Legislative Committees

May 2, 2023 3:46 pmMay 2, 2023 3:51 pm

In recent weeks, two questions have arisen regarding motions on bills in policy and fiscal committees in the California Legislature. The first question concerns whether a motion requires a second in legislative committees. This is one of those instances in which...