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Two New Bills Threaten Your “Right to Know”

California Black MediaFebruary 27, 2020

If passed, AB 2711 that Assemblywoman Susan Eggman (D-Stockton) introduced would green light the San Joaquin Regional Transit District to post bid notices that exceed $150,000 on a “public internet website.”

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New Bill Temporarily Protects Ethnic Newspapers as State Cracks Down on Gig Economy

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaSeptember 26, 2019

Last week, Gov. Newsom signed AB 5, the “Employee Misclassification Bill,” into law. The legislation changes the classification of more than one million jobs in California from “contractor” to “employee.”