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As Legislature reconvenes, businesses hone the art of the deal

What’s business looking for in the remaining legislative session and what kind of deals are being discussed to get there? A number of large business organizations have offered support for funding sources to be used for transportation infrastructure purposes on

Four business reform bills earn support of NFIB

CalWatchdog Staff May 18, 2015

Here’s the analysis of four bills in the California Legislature by the National Federation of Independent Business California. The NFIB backs all four bills. Two are by Democrats, two by Republicans. Assembly Bill 12: State Government: administrative regulations. Authored by Assemblyman Ken

Minimum wage debate heats up in Los Angeles

Joel Fox May 3, 2015

What if three different studies on the effects of a minimum wage increase in Los Angeles each came up with a different conclusion — who do you trust? That was a question asked at the Town Hall Los Angeles debate Thursday

Bill would mandate double time on holidays

John Seiler November 28, 2014

A new bill would mandate double-time pay for some holidays. The Bee reported: Californians working through the holidays could get heftier paychecks under legislation that would mandate double pay for Thanksgiving and Christmas shifts. The legislation is by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez,

VIDEO: Pete Peterson — Empowering entrepreneurs to transform California

CalWatchdog Staff September 29, 2014

You can’t register your business online in California and the state has a long history of punishing business owners and entrepreneurs in other ways as well. Pete Peterson, the Republican candidate for Secretary of State, plans to use the entrepreneurial