February 8, 2020
Assembly Bill 617 signed into law in 2017, directs the California Air Resources Board to establish the Community Air Protection Program. The program a community-focused action to reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants. On September 27, 2018, the Board selected … More »
January 31, 2020
Business groups today are hailing a ruling in the case against California’s new law banning employers from requiring arbitration agreements as a condition of employment. In the case, United States District Court Judge Kimberly J. Mueller ruled: “having carefully considered all relevant briefing, including supplemental briefing, the court GRANTS … More »
On a bipartisan 56-0 vote, AB 687 (Daly; D-Anaheim) passed the California State Assembly. This bill will allow real estate brokers to incorporate as a limited liability company (LLC), in addition to a C or S corporation. This is a measure that our industry has been pursuing for years, and the Department of Real Estate notes there is pent-up demand … More »
California’s new law, AB 5, attempting to clarify the Dynamex Court ruling has been drawing lots of complaints for having a variety of unintended consequences. Our industry worked hard to clarify that Real Estate Brokers were not included in the law, however another major issue we had was that the bill was not clear in how it impacted business-to-business … More »
A measure that has made lots of headlines over the past year, that would set aside some local ordinances to clear the way for more dense housing near transit corridors, failed twice this week in two votes on the Senate Floor. SB 50 (Weiner; D-San Francisco) attempts to help break the housing logjam in the state by overriding local zoning rules to encourage … More »
Assembly Bill 617 signed into law in 2017, directs the California Air Resources Board to establish the Community Air Protection Program. The program a community-focused action to reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants. On September 27, 2018, the Board selected … More »
January 24, 2020
After years of trying, and months of negotiations with interested stakeholders, we are pleased to report that our sponsored bill, AB 687 (Daly; D-Anaheim) to allow limited liability companies (LLC) to operate as a real estate broker has moved through the Assembly Judiciary Committee and, yesterday, the Appropriations Committee, on bipartisan votes. Real … More »
As part of an employer coalition, we OPPOSE AB 790, which would require that targeted companies provide notices to personal service workers of another entity regarding the personal service workers’ right to form or assist labor organizations as permitted under federal law. Specifically, AB 790 requires that the Department of Industrial Relations identify … More »
Assembly Bill 617 signed into law in 2017, directs the California Air Resources Board to establish the Community Air Protection Program. The program a community-focused action to reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants. On September 27, 2018, the Board selected … More »
On January 1, hundreds of new laws came into effect. Our friends at Cox, Castle & Nicholson have provided some information on the high priority laws that our industry should be immediately aware of. Many of these have been covered in past eWeeklys, but we are providing again because it’s so important your business know about these new laws … More »