Capitol-Updates

MARCH/APRIL 2020 Governor Newsom Takes Executive Action to Establish a Statewide Moratorium on Evictions. N-37-20 (March 27, 2020). This executive order banned the enforcement of eviction orders for renters

MARCH 2020 Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Suspend Standardized Testing for Students in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak (3/18/20) This order waives, pending federal approval, this year's statewide testing for California's more than 6 million students in K-12 schools.

California Issues Directive to Fight COVID-19. N-35-20 (3/4/20)  Gave authority to the State Dept. of Health for the duration of the declared emergency to waive any of the licensing and staffing requirements to any clinic, adult day care, health care, hospice or mobility health care unit

The following ballot initiative recommendations have been announced and published several times and can also be found on the CFRW website.

PROPOSITION 22  -  App Based Drivers as Contractors & Labor Policies InitiativeCFRW Executive Committee Recommends

A quick run through of California Propositions 14 and 16 by CFRW Legislative Analyst Gretchen Cox.

Please share these important voting rules and ballot suggestions for the November 3 election. Also, for your convenience, we have included the Propositions recommendation by the California Republican Women Federated.

VOTE NO TO REPEAL Senate Bill 10. Keep monetary bail.  Monetary bail has worked effectively throughout America's history to ensure that a suspect who is released on bail before trial will keep his or her promise to return to court for trial.

Proposition 15 AKA "Calif. Schools and Local Communities Funding Act" / AKA "Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Gov't. Funding Initiative" / AKA PROP. 13 SPLIT-ROLL TAX INCREASE

Midnight, August 31, 2020 marked the end of one of the most "unique" legislative sessions in the State's history.  Our "one party" state started the year off with hundreds, if not thousands, of bills...

PROPOSITION 22 - App Based Drivers as Contractors & Labor Policies Initiative. In the 2019 Legislative Session, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a San Diego Democrat, proposed AB-5 which would control contract labor. 

In 2018, California lawmakers passed landmark legislation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, to give California the toughest privacy laws in the country to protect consumer information.