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Criminal Background Checks on Rental Applicants Now Illegal in Oakland

January 22, 2020 4:37 pmJanuary 23, 2020 5:08 pm

On Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council passed the Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, making criminal background checks on potential tenants in private and public housing illegal within the city. The decision by the City Council was immediately praised by housing...

Environmental Regulations For California Owned Washing Machines Under AB 1952

January 22, 2020 1:50 pmJanuary 22, 2020 4:38 pm

Washing machines in California may need to include a new filter system if AB 1952 becomes law. Assembly Bill 1952, authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay), would require a new microfiber filter system in all state owned and operated...

California Regulators May Declare a Common Headache and Sinus Drug a ‘Carcinogen’

January 21, 2020 8:41 pm

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment is currently considering labeling acetaminophen, a common pain and sinus relief drug used in medicines such as Sudafed, Tylenol, Robitussin, and Excedrin, as a carcinogen. A looming ban In 2011 the Environmental...

Uber Begins to Allow Drivers to Set Their Own Fares in Newest AB 5 Changes

January 21, 2020 5:09 pmJanuary 22, 2020 8:31 am

Uber began testing driver-set fares in three California cities on Tuesday in the latest change the rideshare company has made in the wake of AB 5. Tests in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs Rideshare passengers using Uber in the...

U-Haul Names Top Growth States of 2019… and Inadvertently Identifies States People are Fleeing

January 21, 2020 5:04 pmJanuary 22, 2020 7:16 pm

DIY movers showed again in the 2019 U-Haul state migration index that the top inbound migrations states Americans are moving to are once again in the Southeast quadrant of the country. Florida, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington and Alabama...

From Ruby Ridge to San Francisco

January 21, 2020 6:42 amJanuary 21, 2020 8:53 am

On Sunday night, Fox News ran the second part of their “Scandalous” documentary series on the Ruby Ridge standoff in 1992. The siege, which claimed two innocent lives, took place in northern Idaho, but a California senator played a role...

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...