Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Rep. Waters to Request Federal Investigation into Andres Guardado’s Death

City News ServiceDecember 3, 2020

Rep. Maxine Waters said today she will formally request U.S. Attorney General William Barr investigate the killing of 18-year-old Andres Guardado by a sheriff’s deputy near Gardena as a civil rights violation.

“Enough is enough,” Waters said in the announcement, a day after multiple sheriff’s department officials declined to answer questions during the Los Angeles County coroner’s office inquest into Guardado’s death. The officials cited advice from attorneys.

Judge Denies Uber and Lyft Appeal; Companies’ Last Chance on Prop 22 Falls to Voters

Quinci LeGardye, California Black MediaOctober 29, 2020

The legal push-and-pull over whether ride-hailing company drivers in California will maintain their status as independent contractors or become W-2 employees continued last week.

On Oct. 22, the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco upheld the injunction issued against Uber and Lyft last August that those companies’ app-based drivers are employees.