California Minimum Wage Rising To $9 Per Hour
July 1, 2014
(AP) -- California's minimum wage is rising to $9 per hour, providing workers with the first increase since 2008.
July 1, 2014
(AP) -- California's minimum wage is rising to $9 per hour, providing workers with the first increase since 2008.
June 30, 2014 | Max Pringle
California state employees will be getting the first pay raise many of them have had in years starting Tuesday.
June 27, 2014 | Max Pringle
A law that extends California’s paid family leave benefit to people caring for grandchildren, grandparents, siblings and in-laws will go into effect July 1. The original law took effect on the same day 10 years ago.
June 26, 2014 | Ben Adler
California voters will decide this fall whether some low-level drug and theft offenses should be tried as misdemeanors instead of felonies. Meanwhile, the Legislature and Board of Equalization are pushing policies to help the food industry.
January 6, 2014 | Ben Adler
Victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking in California no longer have to worry about being fired or discriminated against at their workplace under a new state law now in effect.
January 6, 2014 | Melody Stone
With all the new laws taking effect in California this year we wanted a quick and fun way to share the stories with our listeners. Explore the new legislation from teen drivers to immigration within this interactive graphic.
January 3, 2014 | Katie Orr
Children in California can now have more than two legal parents.
January 3, 2014 | Katie Orr
A sixteen-year-old California student was a driving force behind a new state law aimed at improving school for transgender students.
January 2, 2014 | Ben Adler
Craft breweries and liquor distillers in California could get shots of new business as a result of two new state laws taking effect in 2014 - and beer and liquor drinkers will likely be happy as well.
January 2, 2014 | Katie Orr
The California Supreme Court has admitted an undocumented immigrant to the state bar.