Climatec’s California team recently released an informational package regarding the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Created just for California local governments, the package contains projected allocations by agency, distribution plans and more.
California’s private and public sector employers with more than 25 employees are subject to a new, expansive COVID-19 supplemental paid leave requirement.
On September 28, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 1003 into law. The bill extends immunity to local governments that operate skateboard parks. Prior to the bill being signed into law, only skateboards were included as part of that immunity. Now along with skateboards, SB 1003 extends local government immunity at local skate parks for all wheeled, non-motorized recreational devices such as bicycles, scooters, and wheelchairs. Since the bill was passed as an urgency measure, it went into effect immediately.
RPLG Partner Ruth Bond was named a Top Woman Lawyer of 2020 by the Daily Journal, which honors the top 100 women lawyers practicing in California each year.
Ethan Pawson joined RPLG as an associate in October, bringing public agency experience as well as strong knowledge in planning, development and land use to the firm’s growing team.
Anastasia Bondarchuk joined RPLG as an associate this August, bringing a blend of private- and public-sector experience to the firm’s Government and Litigation practice groups.
On September 18, 2020, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 1286, which impacts how shared mobility service providers (e.g. scooter companies like Lime or Bird) operate within a city or county, and requires cities and counties (by ordinance, agreement, or permit terms) to adopt operation, parking, and maintenance rules when such providers are operating within the city’s jurisdiction.
Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”) adopted the three-prong ABC test from Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. AB 5 set forth several exemptions from the ABC classification test, including one for business-to-business relationships, in which the common-law control test for classification established in S.G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341 governs.
AB 992 clarifies what kinds of communications elected and appointed officials can have on social media and what kinds of communications on social media could violate the Brown Act. According to this new law which will be effective on January 1, 2021, officials subject to the Brown Act can communicate with members of the public on social media, but should not directly respond or react to anything posted or shared on social media regarding agency business by another member of the same legislative body.
Yesterday marked the end of an election unlike any we have seen, with over 100 million Americans voting prior to the Nov. 3 election day. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden campaigned until the very end to sway those remaining undecided voters. A record 22 million Californians are registered to vote this year, representing nearly 88 percent of all eligible voters.
Climatec’s California team recently released an informational package regarding the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). Created just for California local governments, the package contains projected allocations by agency, distribution plans and more.
California’s private and public sector employers with more than 25 employees are subject to a new, expansive COVID-19 supplemental paid leave requirement.
On September 28, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 1003 into law. The bill extends immunity to local governments that operate skateboard parks. Prior to the bill being signed into law, only skateboards were included as part of that immunity. Now along with skateboards, SB 1003 extends local government immunity at local skate parks for all wheeled, non-motorized recreational devices such as bicycles, scooters, and wheelchairs. Since the bill was passed as an urgency measure, it went into effect immediately.
RPLG Partner Ruth Bond was named a Top Woman Lawyer of 2020 by the Daily Journal, which honors the top 100 women lawyers practicing in California each year.
Ethan Pawson joined RPLG as an associate in October, bringing public agency experience as well as strong knowledge in planning, development and land use to the firm’s growing team.
Anastasia Bondarchuk joined RPLG as an associate this August, bringing a blend of private- and public-sector experience to the firm’s Government and Litigation practice groups.
On September 18, 2020, the Governor signed Assembly Bill 1286, which impacts how shared mobility service providers (e.g. scooter companies like Lime or Bird) operate within a city or county, and requires cities and counties (by ordinance, agreement, or permit terms) to adopt operation, parking, and maintenance rules when such providers are operating within the city’s jurisdiction.
Assembly Bill 5 (“AB 5”) adopted the three-prong ABC test from Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. AB 5 set forth several exemptions from the ABC classification test, including one for business-to-business relationships, in which the common-law control test for classification established in S.G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Department of Industrial Relations (1989) 48 Cal.3d 341 governs.
AB 992 clarifies what kinds of communications elected and appointed officials can have on social media and what kinds of communications on social media could violate the Brown Act. According to this new law which will be effective on January 1, 2021, officials subject to the Brown Act can communicate with members of the public on social media, but should not directly respond or react to anything posted or shared on social media regarding agency business by another member of the same legislative body.
Yesterday marked the end of an election unlike any we have seen, with over 100 million Americans voting prior to the Nov. 3 election day. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden campaigned until the very end to sway those remaining undecided voters. A record 22 million Californians are registered to vote this year, representing nearly 88 percent of all eligible voters.
