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Bill to Allow Rideshare Drivers to Unionize Introduced In Assembly

April 10, 2025 1:49 pmApril 10, 2025 1:49 pm

A new bill that would allow ride-sharing app drivers to collectively bargain as independent contractors and allow unions to negotiate with rideshare companies, effectively going around the voter-passed Prop 22, was announced earlier this week. Assembly Bill 1340, authored by...

New California Healthcare Ordinance Proposal to Be Named After Assassin Luigi Mangione

April 1, 2025 2:45 amApril 1, 2025 2:46 am

A newly proposed California ballot initiative named after Luigi Mangione would make it illegal to “delay and deny” healthcare coverage. Mangione is the the Ivy League grad accused of executing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in cold blood. Aimed at making...

Legislative Black Caucus Unveils 16 Reparations Bills for 2025

February 25, 2025 1:31 pmFebruary 25, 2025 1:31 pm

The California Legislative Black Caucus recently unveiled the 16 reparations bills they are attempting to pass this year in Sacramento, hoping that the effort this year will be more successful than last year when few reparations bills wound up being...

Anti-Slavery Constitutional Ballot Amendment for 2026 Bans Involuntary Servitude as Punishment

February 21, 2025 2:06 pmFebruary 21, 2025 2:06 pm

A bill to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2026 to end involuntary servitude as crime punishment was reintroduced this week, as part of the reparations package. Several other reparations bills were also this week. Assembly Constitutional Amendment...

White, Asian Students Sue University Of California Over Racial Discrimination

February 4, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 4, 2025 2:46 am

The group Students Against Racial Discrimination sued the University of California system on Monday, alleging that UC is still not selecting students in a “color-blind manner” despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that race cannot be used as...

California Secession Question Measure Approved For Signature Gathering

January 25, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 25, 2025 2:46 am

A new ballot effort aimed at asking Californians if the state should remain in the union was approved for signature gathering to appear on the 2028 ballot on Friday. In the past decades, California has gone through numerous ballot measure...

The Top 10 Surprise Elections This Year In California

January 2, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 2, 2025 2:46 am

2024 was a wild year when it came to elections. A close presidential election that wound up not being close at all. The House and Senate going to the GOP. And in California, there were some genuine surprises. Some were...