By @Marcus Detwiler On October 8, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 557 (Hart) into law, a bill sponsored by CSDA related to the Ralph M. Brown Act (the Brown Act) and emergency remote meeting procedures. AB 557 builds on the success of Assembly Bill 361 (R. Rivas, 2021) , an...
By: Derek Cole, Partner, Cole Huber LLP Nonpayment of bills for water service is an issue California water agencies have faced for many years. This problem became more acute with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has deprived many Californians of the ability to not only make ends...
On October 14, 2022, Cal/OSHA issued its Notice of Proposed Modifications to its pending draft COVID-19 Workplace Non-Emergency Permanent Regulation governing employee safety for covered workplaces. The final version of this regulation is anticipated to be in place January 1, 2023, replacing the...
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID-19-related state of emergency proclaimed back in March 2020 would come to an end, terminating at the end of February 2023. The state of emergency remained in place throughout the pandemic, fostering the state’s response to the...
The California Legislature adjourned on Wednesday August 31. This was the last day that for each house to pass bills. For those bills that passed, Governor Gavin Newsom now has until September 30 to sign or veto bills that are in the Governor’s possession. Numerous priority bills passed before...
The formal public comment period for the proposed Cal/OSHA permanent regulation governing COVID-19 safety for covered workplaces will close on September 15, 2022 , as discussed in more detail below. The final version of this regulation is anticipated to be in place January 1, 2023,...
CSDA and its coalition partners have successfully worked to address key concerns within a number of employment and workplace safety bills impacting employers, including special districts. Following significant amendments to four employee rights and workplace safety bills discussed below, CSDA...
Following a definition change included with a recent California Department of Public Health (CDPH) order , Cal/OSHA has updated the definition of “close contact” for purposes of the current COVID-19 Workplace Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS). Under the current ETS , “close contact” with...
On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the Cal/OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board held its monthly board meeting, at which it voted to re-adopt its workplace COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS), as modified. The ETS is anticipated to be in place from no later than early May (the...
Amid confusion around the Governor’s recent actions to sunset specified paragraphs in Executive Order N-25-20 and N-35-20 , it is worth clarifying that the March 31, 2022 date specified in the February 2022 rollback of certain executive actions has no effect on special districts’...