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Paid Sick Leave Expansion Bill Prepares For Final Votes In Assembly

August 25, 2023 5:14 pmAugust 25, 2023 5:14 pm

A bill to increase the minimum number of paid sick leave days a year for employees from three to seven, as well as expand the minimum number of accrued sick days a year from six to fourteen, prepared for the...

Half Of All Americans View San Francisco As Unsafe New Poll Finds

August 25, 2023 12:38 pmAugust 25, 2023 12:38 pm

According to a new Gallup poll released this week, only 52% of Americans rate San Francisco as safe anymore, freefalling from a previous poll only 15 years ago when the city scored one of the highest ratings and was viewed...

CA Senate Republicans Send Letter To Insurance Commissioner Lara Over Faltering Homeowners Insurance Market

August 25, 2023 2:30 amAugust 25, 2023 2:31 am

California State Senators delivered a letter to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday, urging him to take more direct action in fixing the state’s faltering homeowners insurance market. In the past three months, 5 insurance companies operating in California...

Uber Raises Minimum Age For Rideshare Drivers Because Of Higher Insurance Costs, Litigation Concerns

August 24, 2023 4:43 pmAugust 24, 2023 4:43 pm

Rideshare company Uber announced on Thursday that because of California’s high insurance rates and litigation environment, that they will no longer be hiring drivers in the state who are under 25. In recent months, Uber has been dealt several legal...

Apple Reverses Course On SB 244 Right To Repair Bill

August 24, 2023 1:27 pmAugust 24, 2023 1:27 pm

A bill to require companies provide consumers with the necessary materials to repair products that were purchased from a manufacturer received major backing from tech companies this weeks, with long-time “right-to-repair” opponent Apple now formally in favor of the legislation....

Little California, But Lots of Fire at GOP Debate

August 24, 2023 7:38 amAugust 24, 2023 8:15 am

First, as much as it pains me to admit, California was not directly addressed in Wednesday night’s first GOP presidential debate. Mea culpa. Indirectly, though, the hot button issues on the agenda could all be said to have had their...

New IKEA Opening In San Francisco Highlights Heightened Security Changes Stores Face

August 23, 2023 7:02 pmAugust 23, 2023 7:02 pm

A new 52,000 IKEA store opened on Market Street in San Francisco Wednesday, becoming one of only a few major stores to open in a city where many major retailers have left in recent years. Since the beginning of the...