Enforcing the New Normal; Beware Class Action Lawsuits
The New Normal, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, will look quite different for restaurants, and stores with gloved and masked attendants, throw away menus, spacing protocols and health checks at the door. How will the rules be enforced? A concern for the business community is that officials might turn to private litigation in a way […]
California Housing: Costs May Be Greatest Threat
Amid the tempest and tumult brought on by the Coronavirus is a troubling issue for housing: rising costs. High costs, so prevalent in California communities, are already swamping markets – threatening affordability, particularly for households with lower incomes. Nevertheless, high housing costs will likely go higher. Lingering just below the surface of the current statewide […]
Reopening The Economy, Business Resiliency And Change: The Coronavirus Workplace Series
(The fifth in a series on the impacts of the coronavirus on employment and the workplace. The first four are here). On Friday, President Trump announced a task force on reopening the national economy. Also on Friday, several Governors, including California Governor Newsom, announced they were developing plans on state reopening processes and strategies. Good. […]
Questionable California Priorities are about to Hit Pocket books
Taxing the rich has seemed to be one of the Band-Aid solutions for California’s budget, but that’s dangerous as seventy percent of the General Fund is already provided by personal taxes on just five percent of the population. That small five percent is only about two million of the forty million in the state. As […]