Transparency measure won’t be on ballot By David Garrick, July 12, 2016, San Diego Union Tribune A proposal to increase government transparency in the city of San Diego suffered a setback this week when the City Council decided not to place it on the November ballot. The proposal would have made city business conducted by employees...
San Joaquin County workers strike By Team Staff, July 5, 2016, ABC 10 The San Joaquin County workers union began their strike with a press conference and rally at the County Administration at noon Tuesday, July 5. Instead of reporting to work Tuesday morning, nearly 4,400 San Joaquin County workers — represented by SEIU 1021 —...
Does California shutdown mean the end of nuclear power? Not so fast. By Jessica Mendoza, June 28, 2016, Christian Science Monitor When California’s largest electric utility announced last week that it would close the state’s last operational nuclear power plant, supporters were quick to call the moment a potential game changer for America’s energy future....
In Step with California’s Evolving Energy Policy, PG&E, Labor and Environmental Groups Announce Proposal to Increase Energy Efficiency By Pacific Gas and Electric Company, June 21, 2016, Business Wire Reflecting California’s changing energy landscape, PG&E today announced a Joint Proposal with labor and leading environmental organizations that would increase investment in energy efficiency, renewables and...
$450K Cap Proposed on Hospital CEO Salaries in California By Michelle Leming, June 14, 2016, NPQ One of America’s largest labor unions is taking a third attempt at capping hospital CEO salaries. The latest proposal by Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-United Healthcare Workers West would give authority to the California attorney general’s office to oversee...
Rift Between Unions, Democratic Party Is Not Just Awkward As Campaign Season Nears By Dan Haar, June 6, 2016, Hartford Courant Sometime in the next couple of days, Sen. Danté Bartolomeo will sit in a closed room with leaders of the AFL-CIO. The Meriden Democrat will ask the labor coalition to endorse her for re-election...
Santa Clara County’s campaign finance records provide glimpse of Silicon Valley’s political landscape By Saurabh Datar, May 31, 2016, Peninsula Press Santa Clara County is one of just 17 counties in California that provide campaign finance records online in a form that is easy to analyze. Those records provide a glimpse of the political landscape...
Labor unions, environmentalists are biggest opponents of Gov. Brown’s affordable housing plan By Liam Dillion, May 24, 2016, The San Diego Union Tribune Powerful opponents have emerged to fight Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to streamline affordable housing development — and their main reason isn’t about building homes. A coalition of labor and environmental organizations has come...
Millionaires Targeted in L.A. Tax Proposal to Ease Homelessness By James Nash, May 17, 2016, Bloomberg Los Angeles County leaders are turning to millionaires to pay for solutions to its growing homeless problem, part of a trend of state and local governments looking to raise income taxes on the highest wages. Supervisors in the county of...
Farmworkers win court battle over access to California labor board’s proceedings By Geoffrey Mohan, May 10, 2016, Los Angeles Times A District Court of Appeal panel has revived a constitutional case involving public access to contract mediation proceedings held by the state’s farm labor watchdog. A farmworker and business owner now can air their case against...
Faculty Union Approves Proposed CSU Contract By City News Service, May 3, 2016, KPBS Members of the California Faculty Association, including instructors at San Diego State and Cal State San Marcos, overwhelmingly approved a proposed contract with California State University that would give them 10.5 percent raises over three years, the union announced Tuesday. The proposal...
$15 Minimum Wage Sends California Businesses Fleeing By Connor D. Wolf, April 26, 2016, Daily Caller California businesses are already starting to move out of state less than a month after lawmakers raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to reports Monday. California beat New York by a couple hours April 4 to become...
Marin County is not the only county in California where pension benefits were increased, retroactively, back when the increased cost was seemed to be easily covered by double-digit returns on pension fund investments. But Marin County is the only county, at least right now, where a private citizen is taking the county Board of Supervisors to court over...
Calif. Grower Interfered With Union Election By Elizabeth Warmerdam, April 19, 2016, Courthouse News Service California’s farm labor board upheld a ruling that the state’s largest tree fruit grower interfered with its employees’ election on whether to decertify the United Farm Workers as their union representative. The Agricultural Labor Relations Board voted unanimously Friday to uphold...