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Newsom Signs Bill Creating Council To Set Standards For Fast Food Industry
It's a measure supporters say will give industry workers a voice in determining workplace standards.
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It's a measure supporters say will give industry workers a voice in determining workplace standards.
Officials are urging Californians to step up energy conservation efforts to avoid power outages.
A police officer was the highest paid in the city in 2021 with gross pay of $359,138 including $219,805 in overtime.
The bill was one vote short of passing and failed on the floor of the Assembly Wednesday night.
California lawmakers sent a proposal to Gov. Gavin Newsom that could extend the life of the state’s last nuclear plant through 2030.
The alert is the first of what could be several Flex Alerts issued throughout the holiday weekend.
Lawmakers in the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement ultimately rejected Assembly Bill 1577 on Wednesday, a measure t ...
Lawmakers in the Assembly voted to pass AB 2273 and AB 587, shortly after senators passed the measures.
The bill provides court-ordered treatment plans and supportive services for people on the schizophrenia spectrum or psychotic disorders.
The measure would administer grants from the state's Abortion Practical Support Fund to nonprofits that assist low-income abortion patients.
Understandably, some are upset with that turn of events, but the billboards put up in Los Angeles and San Francisco are a cheap shot.
Bill would cut back on minimum parking requirements for new development near public transit, reducing cost of housing production.
It would authorize the creation of a Fast-Food Council to establish "sector-wide minimum standards" for wages, working conditions and hours.
California could soon extend COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave through December and offer grants to certain nonprofits and businesses.
With California’s legislative session to end Aug. 31, lawmakers this week resurrected last-minute proposal to reform state's bail system.
Leading lawmakers announced that they would support two measures, allowing housing development on much of the state’s commercial land.
Lawmakers in the State Assembly on both sides of the aisle voted Wednesday to reject Senate Bill 930, a local control bill.
California lawmakers quietly killed a bill this month that would have offered property tax exemptions for 100% disabled veterans.
This move will make the Golden State one of the first jurisdictions in the world to enact this increasingly costly requirement.
"Homicides in California increased 7.2% in 2021 as compared to 2020," data released Thursday by Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed.