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Fast Food Restaurant Owners Brace As $20 Minimum Wage Law set To Go Into Effect Next Week

March 25, 2024 11:56 amMarch 26, 2024 11:58 am

With only a week to go before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes into effect, restaurants across California continue to make last minute firings, employee hours cuts, and other measures to remain profitable and stay in...

Palm Springs union admits unconstitutional conduct in settlement

March 25, 2024 10:46 amMarch 25, 2024 10:46 am

The Public Employees Association of Palm Springs (PEAPS), a small but muscular government labor union representing public employees in the California desert community, has agreed to settle a legal dispute with a public employee alleging the union violated her First...

LA Deputy District Attorneys Endorse Nathan Hochman

March 25, 2024 4:00 amMarch 25, 2024 4:01 am

Even with a few primary votes remaining to be counted, the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) – the deputys’ union – has already made known who it wants to win the November runoff: Nathan Hochman. In the...

Stop Hiring Interns Based on Race, Pacific Legal Tells Los Angeles Zoo

March 23, 2024 6:01 amMarch 23, 2024 6:01 am

“Creating a just and sustainable world where people and wildlife thrive, together.” That is the “vision” of the Los Angeles Zoo. However, they need to revisit their mission to be “just,” which is equitable and nondiscriminatory. The Los Angeles Zoo,...

Drain the Reservoirs, Return California’s Stolen Land

March 23, 2024 2:45 amMarch 22, 2024 3:12 pm

The destruction of dams on the Klamath River provides an encouraging precedent for progressives throughout California. As was breathlessly reported in the San Francisco Chronicle and elsewhere, indigenous tribes are now able to recover their sacred land and revive their ancestral villages and way...

San Francisco Office Vacancy Rates Reach Record High

March 23, 2024 2:35 amMarch 23, 2024 2:36 am

According to a new report by real estate firm CBRE, San Francisco’s office-vacancy rate rose to a new record high of 36.6% in the first quarter of 2024, albeit with some positive news that tech and AI companies could reverse...

Gov. Newsom Expands Winter Storm State Of Emergency To 11 Northern California Counties

March 22, 2024 7:59 pmMarch 22, 2024 7:59 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom expanded the number of counties covered under a previous State of Emergency declaration over winter storms and subsequent events such as flooding on Friday, adding 11 Northern California counties to the original list of eight. In February,...