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New Reporting Required for ‘Platform Companies’ Under SB 480

March 12, 2021 7:10 amMarch 12, 2021 7:32 am

On March 10, State Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) amended his Senate Bill 480 dealing with platform companies and content management. This bill would require a platform company to report annually to the Department of Justice by April 1 of...

California Work Opportunity Tax Credit

March 12, 2021 6:51 amMarch 12, 2021 7:00 am

On March 10, State Senator Monique Limon (D-Santa Barbara) amended her Senate Bill 553 to create a state work opportunity tax credit (WOTC). The bill would add and repeal Sections 17053.71 and 23672 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. As...

New Bill is Work-Around to Federal State and Local Tax Deduction

March 10, 2021 11:32 amMarch 10, 2021 12:28 pm

Senators Mike McGuire (D- Healdsburg,) and Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) made amendments on March 9 to their Senate Bill 104, which is a “work-around” to the federal state and local tax (SALT) limitation. The bill would add and repeal Section 17052.10...

Bill to Make Direct Contractors Liable for Contributions, Deductions, Withholdings of Subcontractors

March 10, 2021 11:24 amMarch 10, 2021 11:31 am

On March 9, Senate Bill 727 was gutted-and-amended by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) relating to the liability of direct contractors. The bill would amend Section 218.7 of the Labor Code. First, the bill would provide that, for contracts entered into...

Bill to Address Arbitration Fees and Costs Invoicing

March 10, 2021 11:18 amMarch 10, 2021 11:23 am

Senator Bob Wieckowski D-Fremont) amended his Senate Bill 762 to deal with arbitration fees and costs. The bill would amend Sections 1281.97 and 1281.98 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Section One of the bill would amend CCP Section 1281.97 to specify that,...

Rescuing Public Education in California

March 10, 2021 10:35 amMarch 10, 2021 10:45 am

Depending on who you ask, California’s K-12 system of public education would be doing just fine if taxpayers threw another $30 billion (or more) per year into its insatiable maw; or it is a failed model mostly because the teachers’...

CA Lawmakers Slam Gov. Newsom for Business and School, Lockdowns Following State Address

March 9, 2021 10:42 pmMarch 10, 2021 8:52 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom gave his 2021 State of the State address Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, rather than at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Here is what his campaign said about his address, and legislators’ reaction to it. “As California...