California is one of the least business-friendly and most unaffordable states in the nation.

Starting January 1, 2020, living and working in California is going to get harder because of a new Democrat-authored law. This law will strip hundreds of thousands of independent contractors of their workplace flexibility by classifying them as employees with strict schedules and less workplace freedoms. California Democrats pride themselves as leading the most progressive state in the nation, but fail to mention the revolting games they play with their constituents, such as they did with Assembly Bill 5. ...

Assembly Bill No. 51 (“bill”) was signed into law on October 10, 2019 and will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Specifically, the bill prohibits employers from requiring any applicant for employment or any employee to waive any right, forum, or procedure for a violation of any provision of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act or other specific statutes governing employment as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit. In other words, it bans mandatory arbitration agreements....

By Susan Shelley

There’s a difference between being “governed” and being “ruled.” It’s the difference between freedom and tyranny.

That’s what’s at stake in California as an unelected, unaccountable board of bureaucrats “rules” the state’s trucking industry into ruins.

The California Air Resources Board is attempting to force diesel trucks off the road. Its latest new rule will require truck manufacturers to build electric-powered trucks and force companies to report to the state government about their shipping practices to assist future rulemaking. ....