Advocacy Posts Archive

2024 Propositions

Vote YES on Prop 36

Proposition 36 creates accountability to ensure communities are safe and provides meaningful treatment incentives for individuals with mental health and substance (drug) addiction issues.
UCAN
16 Oct 2024
5 min read
2024 Propositions

Vote NO on Prop 32

Raising the minimum wage puts an unfair burden on businesses, especially small businesses, who cannot afford the associated increase in payroll expenses.
UCAN
16 Oct 2024
5 min read
2024 Propositions

Vote NO on Prop 33

Prop 33 would effectively overturn over 100 state housing laws, including laws making it easier to build nimble housing such as ADUs. It grants local governments broad authority to supersede California’s statewide renter and eviction laws.
UCAN
16 Oct 2024
5 min read
Employment Policy

Employee Time Off Provisions:
AB 2499

Under AB 2499, employers are mandated to approve employee time off requests for "crime or abuse" but also a "qualifying act of violence", complicating the current time off statue.  
Fox Rothschild
16 Oct 2024
5 min read
Employment Policy

Employment Discrimination Enforcement: SB 1340

SB 1340 will enable local governments to enforce anti-discrimination laws when employees bring a right-to-sue from the Civil Rights Department (CRD).
Fisher Phillips
16 Oct 2024
5 min read
Employment Policy

Limitations on Employer Preference: FEHA

California’s Fair Employment & Housing Act (FEHA) will prohibit employers from including a statement in a job advertisement, posting, application, or other material that an applicant must have a driver’s license.
Rod M. Fliegel
16 Oct 2024
5 min read