San Diego Archives - Page 13 of 16

Instacart Defeats Emergency Independent Contractor Reclassification Attempt in San Diego

February 4, 2020 9:46 pm

A California state court denied San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliot’s request for an emergency restraining order application to make all Instacart independent contractors employees. Temporary restraining orders and independent contractors Under the application for a temporary restraining order filed...

2020 March Primary Preview: 77th State Assembly District

January 30, 2020 7:41 pmJanuary 31, 2020 8:55 am

The 77th State Assembly District: Welcome to northern San Diego County. Anchored by the Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, the 77th Assembly District has Northern San Diego and its suburbs. When the district was formed in the early 2010’s the...

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer Announces Plan for Ballot Measure to Combat Homelessness

January 21, 2020 8:49 amJanuary 22, 2020 12:42 pm

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced last week his goal of taking a ballot initiative to combat homelessness in California, directly to the voters. Faulconer is the only big-city California Mayor who has successfully reduced homelessness in his city using...

Sinaloa Cartel Drug Lord Extradited to California

January 20, 2020 5:10 pmJanuary 21, 2020 8:49 am

Sinaloa cartel drug tunneler and trafficker Jose Sanchez-Villalobos has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face trial. Sanchez-Villalobos had built two major drug tunnels from Tijuana to the Otay Mesa Industrial Park in San Diego County and...

Freelance Journalists’ Request for Temporary Restraining Order on AB 5 Denied by Federal Judge

January 7, 2020 3:31 pmJanuary 8, 2020 2:18 pm

U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez denied two freelancers’ temporary restraining order request challenging Assembly Bill 5, despite their claims that the new law will prevent them from making a living at freelancing. The judge said they waited too long after...

Federal Judge Temporarilly Exempts Truck Drivers From AB 5

January 1, 2020 12:37 pmJanuary 10, 2020 7:28 pm

Trucking, one of the main independent contractor sectors falling under AB 5, was temporarily given an exemption to the new law on Tuesday at the U.S. District Court in San Diego. AB 5 may be unconstitutional The trucking industry was...

California Leads Country In New Ranking of States with Most Homeless Street People

November 12, 2019 10:37 amNovember 14, 2019 11:00 am

A new list on the growing number of homeless living on the streets and in shelters was recently published by 24/7 Wall Street: 48 Major US Cities Struggling to Shelter Growing Homeless Population. California tops the list of states with...