Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have given grocery store workers who are laid off as a result of a merger or acquisition a week of severance pay for every year of their service.
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Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Courtesy photo)
The State Legislature has passed a package of bills introduced by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas that will better empower and protect workers across California. These transformative bills are now headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for his signature.
Calls for prison reform in its many forms have made their way to the state Capitol. Members of the California Legislative Black Caucus are among those backing bills in an effort to address concerns across the state. We share a few significant ones here.
The Marina Freeway has long been a peculiarity on the map of Southern California.
Envisioned initially as a major route from the Pacific Ocean to northern Orange County, it stands as a testament to the fading era of freeways.
On August 16, bicycle advocacy group Streets For All (a registered 503 c 4) tweeted out the following:
"Announcing Marina Central Park, our vision with @SWAgroup to reimagine the space taken up by CA-90: 4,000 units of affordable housing. Large, beautiful new park BRT connecting Lincoln to Sepulveda Class 1 bike path Cleaner and quieter air."
The 90-freeway in Marina Del Rey is a vestigial roadway left over from a bygone era’s freeway expansion boom and like an appendix or wisdom teeth, a new group thinks the community would be better if it were removed.
This September marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Rumford Fair Housing Act, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that banned homeowners and landlords from racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing, according to George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times.
A bill that would make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits is headed to the floor of the California Senate.