Road to PAGA Ballot Initiative Paved by CA Supreme Court Ruling
As if businesses were not troubled enough by substantial penalties tied to minor labor law infractions when private attorneys take on lawsuits under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA), a California Supreme Court ruling has opened the door for more business burdens when confronting PAGA lawsuits. In a recent unanimous decision in Williams v. Marshalls […]
In Defense of Republicans Who Supported the Cap and Trade Compromise
Long, long ago and very close by, I was Assembly Republican Leader charged by my caucus to get the best deal I could in budget negotiations and on major appropriations bills requiring a 2/3 vote. Sometimes, I was the target of the same kind of criticism that David Kersten (“Has the California GOP Become Too […]
The California Republican Party is at a Crossroads
The California Republican Party (CRP) is in worse shape than the national party, because they believe leaders like Rocky Chavez are the future of the party who said this after voting for the crony-filled Cap-and-Trade gas tax: “You’re right, we’re a very small component of the world on this (only 1% of global greenhouse emissions come from California), […]
AB 398 is Most Cost Effective Way to Reduce Emissions for Business & the Economy
When SB 32 passed in 2016, California businesses and consumers were confronted with huge costs due to the Air Resources Board command-and-control regulations created to achieve mandated and unprecedented emission reductions, even though California represents only one percent of total global emissions. As a result, we aggressively sought reforms to create a market-based cap-and-trade program […]