Legislature – Page 798 – California Globe

Budget Requirement for the Department of Industrial Relations

April 4, 2023 8:00 amApril 4, 2023 8:03 am

California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), pursuant to Labor Code Section 50.7, has some unique state budget involvement. This is due to the fact that the DIR is the state agency designated to be responsible for administering the state plan...

Rep. Mike Gallagher and Lawmakers to meet with Disney, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, about China

April 4, 2023 7:33 amApril 4, 2023 9:31 pm

A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will be traveling to California this week for several high-level meetings with industry leaders, including studio executives from Hollywood, tech industry leaders...

LA County Will Not Release Half Its Inmates After All… for Now

April 3, 2023 9:19 pmApril 3, 2023 9:20 pm

The now (temporarily?) shelved proposal by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis to “de-populate” the local jail system raises a number of interesting questions, one of which is: How many of the inmates proposed for released by Solis – who...

SB 721: California Interagency AI Working Group

April 3, 2023 2:33 pmApril 3, 2023 2:37 pm

Senate Bill 721 by Sen. Josh Becker (D-San Mateo) would create the California Interagency AI Working Group. SB 721 would add and repeal Government Code Section 11546.47 to create this Working Group, require a legislative report, and then disband it...

OPINION: The Sexualization of Students in CA Schools is Escalating to an Ugly Place

April 3, 2023 12:02 pmNovember 21, 2024 3:26 pm

California public schools aren’t your grandfather’s schools any longer. Today’s lesson plans are written by Social Justice Warriors and LGBT activists, and enshrined in the California education code. And what is being foisted on children as young as age five,...

Employers’ Use of Social Media in California

April 3, 2023 6:21 amApril 3, 2023 6:25 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 2.5 concerns “employer use of social media,” Chapter 2.5 was added in 2012 by Chapter 618. Labor Code Section 980 comprises Chapter 2.5. First, the term “social media” is defined. Second, an employer...

SB 647: Access to Criminal Records

April 2, 2023 5:42 pmApril 2, 2023 5:50 pm

Senate Bill 647 by Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles) was amended recently to add Government Code Section 69846.3 to require the clerk of a superior court to allow access to public information that identifies criminal defendants and permit the clerk...