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10.14.24

California Legislature Amends, Slightly Improves Levine Act’s Pay-to-Play Restrictions

California Legislature recently passed and Governor Newsom signed two bills amending the Levine Act.


11.15.22

UPDATE: Local California Elected Officials Prohibited from Voting On Campaign Contributors’ Projects

The Levine Act prohibits “officers” of any state or local government agency who have received a contribution of $250 or more from an applicant or affiliated party from voting on the applicant’s matter—whether it be a contract, a permit or other entitlement—if the ...


04.25.22

Cal/OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Rules

On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health adopted streamlined COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard regulations after several months of debate regarding whether the state should maintain strict workplace COVID-19 safety ...


03.30.22

California Assemblymember Pulls Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Legislation

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, just a day before her bill was slated to be heard in the Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) announced that she would hold the bill, which would have required all workers in California—in both the public and private ...


02.28.22

Governor Newsom Rescinds COVID-19 Executive Orders as Pandemic Wanes

With new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations falling to pre-surge levels, on February 25, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom acted to lift almost all of the remaining provisions of his COVID-19 executive orders (EOs).


02.08.22

California Legislature Approves Extended Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19

The California State Legislature passed legislation on Monday, February 7, 2022 to provide employees otherwise entitled to paid sick leave under state law with the right to supplemental paid leave retroactive to January 1, 2022.


01.26.22

California on Track to Bring Back COVID-19 Sick Leave Pay

Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders announced they had reached an agreement to restore California’s requirement that businesses provide supplemental paid sick leave for employees impacted by COVID-19.


12.23.21

Cal/OSHA Extends Workplace COVID-19 Protections

On Thursday, December 16, 2021, the Standards Board of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health voted to update and readopt rules it had previously put into effect to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.


12.15.21

California Issues New Indoor Mask Mandate

On Monday, December 13, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced a renewed mask mandate for all indoor settings.


09.21.21

Is California’s Open Meetings Law a ‘Long Haul’ COVID-19 Victim?

California’s historic open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that local governments conduct their business in public meetings and permit in-person public participation.