News You Need to Know in Two Minutes
The News You Need to Know in Two Minutes
Bi-weekly summary from the CRA on the latest relevant topics. Subscribe here to get email updates.
Key bill gets a vote this week: Make your voice heard now
January 25, 2022
Last summer, we helped defeat AB 257, the bill that aims to
create an entirely new government entity, a “government council”
made up of unelected, unaccountable political appointees. This
council would have the authority to make labor law for
counter-service restaurants with more than 30 locations
nationwide, but proponents of this idea have already said that if
they are successful, they will expand the law throughout the
restaurant industry and to other industries as well.
CRA secures major help from Governor in budget proposal
January 17,2022
At the CRA’s urging, Governor Newsom has proposed tax fairness
for restaurants who received grants from the federal government’s
Restaurant Revitalization Fund, along with a partial paydown of
the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) debt. Neither of these
measures will be official until the state legislature passes the
governor’s budget proposal.
