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Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state’s gig worker law
Business Insider article here
The Technology 202: Privacy advocates battle each other over whether California’s Proposition 24 better protects consumers
Washington Post article here
Car insurers gave everyone a pandemic discount. Now some are raising rates
Read the story on LA Times or download it here
Business wants COVID-19 immunity from the law
Corporate lobbyists are pushing to evade consumer, labor and pollution protections California’s biggest corporate lobbying organization has called on the governor and the legislature to grant business sweeping immunity from consumer, labor and environmental protections. In a May 26, 2020 letter, the California Chamber of Commerce used … Read More ›
California should reframe business-oversight agency to protect consumers
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial
Nearly 4 million people have received federal Economic Stimulus Payments on prepaid cards. Many have thrown them out because they look like a scam.
Info on how to use the card and AVOID SERVICE FEES at https://www.nclc.org/images/Issue-Brief-Money-Network-EIP-Cards.pdf
Editorial: California should reframe business-oversight agency to protect consumers
Full article in SF Chronicle
Nurses are protesting working conditions under coronavirus — and say hospitals aren’t protecting them
“We know that the CDC policy is built on shortage. It’s not built on proven evidence,” one expert said. Full article click here