2020 Session Inundated with AB 5 Exemption Bills
One of the most controversial bills coming out of the 2019 Legislative Session was Assembly Bill 5, by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez (D – San Diego), dealing with the codification of the “ABC Test” found in the Dynamex decision for classification of workers. Since the enactment of AB 5 last fall, legislators up and down […]
Ready for the 2022 Governor’s Race? There’s a Poll Already!
We haven’t had a 2020 California election yet, but already there is a poll testing potential matchups in the 2022 governor’s race! A poll this early has little relevance and must come with the disclaimer that two years is a lifetime in politics. So much can change. Heck, maybe Gavin Newsom won’t be governor in […]
Growth Control on March Ballot
You’d think that in the middle of a state housing crisis – brought on by a woeful and sustained low level of production – elected leaders would be doing everything in their power to reverse it. But, if you’re a resident of San Diego County you would be wrong. Terribly wrong. Indeed, the southern part […]
Newsom makes big political wager
Gavin Newsom is rushing in where angels — and more cautious politicians — fear to tread by devoting virtually all of his second State of the State address to California’s seemingly intractable housing and homelessness crises. Newsom is staking his governorship, and perhaps his hopes of climbing further up the political pecking order, on jump-starting […]