Tag: Capitol Insider
Cal/OSHA COVID Regulation Transitions into ‘Non-Emergency’ Form as State Emergency Ends
After years of rapid change – the potentially final form of California’s COVID-19 regulation has been filed with the Secretary of State and goes into effect today.
On...
After Three Weeks of Storms, What’s California’s Water Outlook?
Following a barrage of storms at the end of December and beginning of January, California made a quick about-face from critically dry conditions to...
California Air Resources Board Adopts Updated Scoping Plan
After conducting a series of workshops over the last year and a half, the California Air Resources Board approved an updated version of their scoping...
Cal/OSHA’s Holiday Gift – a 2-year Extension of COVID-19 Regulation
Sometimes, the holidays come with gifts that … aren’t necessarily what the recipient asked for. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board gave just such a gift...
COVID-19 Emergency Regulation to Expire (And Potentially Be Extended) Later This Year
As the legislative cycle reaches its peak frenzy and the fate of 2022’s crop of bills is decided, the regulatory world at Cal/OSHA is...
New Article Shows Record Number of PAGA Filings During COVID-19 Pandemic
While most business operations seemed to slow down during the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows that one industry did not: plaintiff’s firms filing lawsuits....
Regulatory Dithering
The California Legislature passes hundreds of new laws every year, many of which require executive branch interpretation and implementation. According to legislative process maven...
Film Tax and Manufacturing Tax Credit Bills Continue On
CalChamber recently released its eighth semi-annual California Chamber of Commerce Poll and the results were clear- two-thirds of voters believe the country is headed down the...
Voluntary Agreements for Water Management in the Delta Reach Key Milestone
While multiple projects and initiatives concerning water conveyance and use in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta have been in progress for several years, many of...
The COVID-19 Regulation’s Final Re-Adoption – What Does it Mean Going Forward?
It has been almost a month since the third (and final) readoption of the COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) was adopted at Cal/OSHA’s...
The Economics of a Job Killer
Economic growth and job creation are essential to California’s success. Every year, the California Chamber of Commerce identifies the legislation that will hinder job...
Californians Deserve Better Data Privacy Laws, Not More
“As California goes, so too does the rest of the nation.” It is true that this state has long sought to lead the way...
Action at the Capitol is Heating Up
The legislature recently returned from their spring recess, which always signals a sprint of sorts until they get to their summer recess which will...
State Legislation Could Make Gas Prices Even Higher
State lawmakers wrapped up their lawmaking business last week and commenced with the Legislature’s annual spring recess. While the state’s legislators are on break...
CalChamber Wins At Ninth Circuit: Prop 65 Preliminary Injunction Restored
The old saying, “when one door closes, another one opens,” felt particularly apt last week in the Prop 65 context.
First, the business community learned...
Continued Drought Leads to Reduced Water Deliveries
As California enters another year of drought conditions, water shortages will again take their toll on California residents and businesses. Recent estimates put the...
COVID’s Endemic Transition in the Workplace – Where We Are and What’s Coming
Since the decline of the holiday COVID-19 spike and Governor Newsom’s announcement of California’s transition to treating COVID-19 as an endemic risk on February...
New Bill Will Help Stop Delays in Hiring
A recent court decision out of Riverside County has stalled hiring by making routine background checks nearly impossible to complete. SB 1262 (Bradford) will...
Another Surplus and Another Wealth Tax
Governor Newsom’s January Budget proposal forecasted another historic surplus estimated to be approximately $45 billion. As 2022 marches on, that surplus continues to grow....
SEC Poised to Issue Draft Framework for Climate Reporting, Potentially Displacing California Bill
Shortly after the introduction in California of SB 260 (Wiener), which would require California’s Air Resources Board to build a new framework for the...