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New Overtime Law for Agriculture Workers Was Never About the Workers

January 9, 2023 8:10 amJanuary 10, 2023 3:42 pm

After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural workers in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instead signed into law Assembly Bill 1066 in 2016 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), to require overtime pay of time-and-a-half for farm employees working more than eight...

Should Legislative Intent Statements Be Codified?

January 9, 2023 2:45 amJanuary 8, 2023 9:01 pm

On occasion, California legislators include statements of intent, or make findings and declarations, in their bills. When reviewing these bills, readers will see that, in most instances, these statements are “uncodified.” In more limited cases, these statements are codified along...

What the Media Chooses To Ignore On The Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis

January 9, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2023 8:11 am

The United States is mired in an escalating war–and we are losing as the casualties continue to mount. According to the Centers For Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in...

The Classification of State Officers

January 8, 2023 9:56 amJanuary 8, 2023 10:00 am

California’s Government Code provides for the “classification of officers” in Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1, which was enacted in 1943 for public officers and employees in this state. Government Code Section 1000 sets forth...

Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Gets a Killer Boost

January 8, 2023 2:31 amJanuary 7, 2023 3:35 pm

It seems as if anything can be done – truly anything – if it is in the name of safety. From the pandemic to peanut butter, as long as a new rule, regulation, mandate, dictate is couched in the language...

California Gov. Newsom Rewrites State History During Second Inaugural Address

January 7, 2023 9:47 amJanuary 8, 2023 8:42 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom was sworn in Friday for a second term. With the state suffering under a plague of hundreds of thousands of homeless drug addicts living on the streets, a serious spike in violent crime and theft, highest-in-the-nation...

Which Phrase Should Be Used?

January 7, 2023 8:10 amJanuary 7, 2023 8:12 am

We often find in California statutes the opening phrase, “notwithstanding any other provision of law.” In other instances, we find the phrase, “except as provided in subdivision (a).” Which phrase should be used? Which phrase should be avoided? In some...