California voters approved Proposition 22 this Election Day, cementing rideshare and delivery drivers’ status as independent contractors rather than as employees. Moving forward, drivers will be excluded from AB 5, a state law passed last year that made gig workers into employees who would have to receive associated benefits.
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At the end of a tumultuous election, nearly four million Americans were once again left out. That’s because Americans living in Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands do not have the right to vote for president.
On Mountain View’s Castro Street, local businesses are brainstorming new plans to survive as public health guidelines continue to change and an end to coronavirus restrictions remains out of sight.
Downtown Mountain View’s Businesses Seeking Creative Ways to Avoid Shuttering Read More »
Proposition 23, a California ballot measure that would have increased regulations on outpatient dialysis centers that serve nearly 80,000 patients in California, was overwhelmingly defeated by 63 percent of the electorate who voted against it.
Prop 23 Fails While Needs of Dialysis Patients Persist Read More »
Waiting periods. Magazine restrictions. Age limits. California gun owners are optimistic all of these state gun control laws — and more — could son be ruled unconstitutional.
As the U.S. copes with economic strife, a global pandemic, and the products of an ideologically divided nation, the 2020 election is a reminder that our nation’s political landscape has markedly shaped individuals’ everyday reality.
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Voters in Palo Alto are feeling nervous about the election as the polls come to a close.
Palo Alto Voters Feeling “Nervous” About the Election Read More »
Voters in East Palo Alto are feeling motivated to have their voices heard in this year’s election.
East Palo Alto Voters Hopeful on Election Day Read More »
SF Playhouse performed and filmed a live play in-house, making it the first West Coast theater company to produce an in-person show on an Actors Equity Association contract since COVID forced theaters to shutter over seven months ago.
SF Playhouse Returns to Theater and Films Live Performance Read More »
On Sept. 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation focused specifically on farmworker health and safety during the pandemic. But some advocates say more is needed to help this vulnerable population.
Public pressure is mounting against Kansas City Police Chief Richard Smith amid criticism that he failed to hold his officers accountable for alleged excessive use of force and mistreatment of communities of color.
Citizens Call for Removal of Chief of Police, Greater Officer Accountability Read More »
Hundreds of Bay Area residents – many of them Nigerian and Nigerian-American – gathered at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland Oct. 24 to rally around the #endSARS movement. Those at the gathering protested against police brutality in Nigeria, particularly demanding for the end of a special police unit known as SARS, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
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