California Is Suing Big Oil Over Climate Change Officials have filed a suit against five major oil companies in the state for damages related to climate change. Read more…

Court blocks California’s online child safety law California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the CAADCA last year. | Photo by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesA federal judge has granted a request to block the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), a law that requires special data safeguards for underage users online. In a ruling issued today, Judge Beth Freeman granted…

Benjamin Netanyahu and Elon Musk to Meet in California Mr. Netanyahu, the Israeli leader, flew to California, where he met with Mr. Musk, the owner of X, formerly Twitter. In a live broadcast, the men discussed antisemitism, Israel’s judicial crisis and artificial intelligence.

do you legally need to pass the test through CCIDC in california to be able to call yourself an “interior designer” my friend and i got into a discussion about this- do you legally need to pass the test through CCIDC in california to be able to call yourself an “interior designer”? TIA submitted by /u/whackadamianuts

California Lawmakers Push for a Court Ruling on Trump’s Eligibility Nine California legislators asked the state’s attorney general to seek a court opinion on whether former President Donald J. Trump is disqualified from office under the 14th Amendment.

Landlord is saying I’d be responsible for rent for the time I won’t be here as I’m moving out soon—but our lease addendum had a specified end date. I feel like this is an open and close case, like pretty easily in my favor, but I just want to make sure there’s no loopholey ways that my landlord can fuck me over So our original lease was set to expire in August In July I requested a 3 month extension, which she agreed to. The clearly stated addendum which we both signed says that I can conti…

California Governor to Sign Landmark Climate Disclosure Bill The first-in-the-nation law will compel major companies to publicly disclose their carbon dioxide emissions and could have national repercussions.

Google pays $93M to settle Android tracking lawsuit in California submitted by /u/FragmentedChicken

California Sues Oil Giants, Claiming Decades of Deception Launching one of the most prominent climate lawsuits in the nation, the state claims Exxon, Shell, BP and others misled the public and seeks creation of a special fund to pay for recovery.

Google to pay California $93 million over location-tracking claims Illustration: The VergeGoogle has agreed to pay $93 million to the state of California to settle claims it tracked the location of users without their knowledge. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, Google must also provide more information about the location data it collects on users. The settlement follows a “multi-year” investigation b…

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Defying Industry, California Lawmakers Vote for Employer-Paid Food Training The legislation would require state employers — not workers — to pay for mandatory safety instruction. It awaits the governor’s decision.

California Lawmakers Vote to Require Disclosure of Greenhouse Emissions Under the measure, companies would have to publicly report their climate pollution. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office would not say whether he plans to sign the bill.

Autonomous Truck Companies Are Leaving California For Texas Three autonomous trucking companies with roots in California – Kodiak Robotics, Aurora Innovations and Gatik.AI – all fled the Golden State looking for greener pastures in Texas when it came time to test their vehicles. According to Bloomberg, this sort of move was set in motion back in 2017 when lawmakers in the Lone… Read more…

California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone California just passed a right-to-repair act in its state legislature — right in Big Tech’s backyard. | Image: AppleCalifornia just became the third state to pass an electronics right-to-repair act. Senate Bill 244 passed in a 50–0 vote in the California state Assembly on September 12th. The bill also passed the California Senate back in May wit…

Restaurants Agree to Raise Pay to $20 an Hour in California The deal will avoid a ballot fight over a law passed last year that could have resulted in higher pay and other changes opposed by restaurant companies and franchisees.

California passed a first-of-its-kind bill mandating pollution disclosures, including supply chain emissions Senator Scott Wiener on Friday, January 10th, 2020, in San Francisco, California. Wiener authored a newly passed bill that requires carbon footprint disclosures from big companies. | Photo By Liz Hafalia / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty ImagesCalifornia legislators passed a bill Monday night that would force big companies doing business i…

Restaurants and Unions Agree to Raise Pay to $20 an Hour in California The deal will avoid a ballot fight over a law passed last year that could have resulted in higher pay and other changes opposed by restaurant companies and franchisees.

Should I move to the Midwest from California with remote work? Hello everyone, first time poster here. I’m 29 (single male) and wfh in tech. I make $150k in CA and if I moved to Indiana, my pay would be adjusted to approximately $125k (median HHI of $65k area). I have two adult dependents that live with and will move to IN with me. I’m getting tired of the insane rent of $2500/mo for a 2bd/2ba and have been…

Elon Musk’s X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill Illustration: The VergeElon Musk’s X Corp. is suing the state of California over AB 587, a state bill requiring social media platforms to report to the state attorney general, semiannually, how they’re tackling moderation of certain categories of speech. The complaint alleges that the bill violates federal and state free speech laws because it “…