SB 51: the California politics thread

haha waht

Roffle.

this is fucking crazy

it sounds like this may be more jose huizar stuff

Two men and one woman wearing navy blue jackets waiting outside the Guacamole y Mas taco truck parked on Hope Street said they could not discuss what they were doing inside LADWP headquarters, but confirmed that they were with the FBI. 🌮

— Laura J. Nelson 🦅 (@laura_nelson) July 22, 2019

https://laist.com/2019/07/22/ladwp_overbilling_scandal_the_fbi_just_raided_the_utility_and_the_city_attorneys_office.php

the la sherriff's department is also not in good shape

"I was hired in part to tell you if we ever faced a (Paul) Tanaka-level crisis again. We face it now," says LA County Inspector General Max Huntsman at Board of Supervisors meeting now. Strong words referr to fmr Sheriff Dept undersheriff, now in prison, said to rule w/ iron fist

— Maya Lau 🦅 (@mayalau) July 23, 2019

"Tanaka-level" is not good

Check this: There are now officially 9 more registered Republicans in Orange County, CA (home of the Nixon Presidential Library) than Democrats. NINE.

You can count on Democrats taking the lead in voter reg by tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/lxqhnwqNkB

— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) August 6, 2019

man that's crazy. how times have changed.

What percentage of those NPPs are gonna go GOP every time, though?

not enough. GOP was swept out of OC last cycle iirc.

(at least in terms of congressional reps)

yup. OC is done for a while. the current top of the democratic hit list in SC is the *last* republican on the LA county council.

(and then duncan hunter in SD if he doesn't go to jail first)

that trial is such an entertaining shitshow

Never forget this chud:

In December 2018, a month after losing his bid for reelection, Rohrabacher announced that he would be moving to Maine to, among other things, write film scripts.[187] In May 2019 he announced his appointment to the advisory board of BudTrader.com, a company that provides cannabis-related advertising services.[188]

Maine's film industry obviously much more vital than California's

the current top of the democratic hit list in SC is the *last* republican on the LA county council.

*city

this election is today btw. https://www.loraineforla.com/ is running against the chief of staff of the previous guy (a republican), who retired to become a sports lobbyist ($$$$ olympics $$$$). lundquist is probably going to get creamed (turnout will be terrible), but she'll be back for the same seat in 2020.

also the nominally democrat councilmember for silver lake/los feliz/etc. is being primaried from the left, which is great. that primary is next spring iirc.

I'm running for LA City Council in District 4. Here's why.https://t.co/Q9lkhI3koN pic.twitter.com/FHb9Wz3xA0

— Nithya Raman (@nithyavraman) August 7, 2019

Closer than I thought it would be!

https://www.lavote.net/election-results

Still postal votes to count but probably too big a less to overcome

RIP

Loraine Lundquist says she is conceding the #CD12 race after learning that only 3,750 ballots are estimated to be outstanding. "Now that we know how many ballots are left to count, it seems very unlikely that there would be any change to the results," she said.

— Emily Alpert Reyes (@AlpertReyes) August 14, 2019

New: Uber & Lyft commit $60 million to fund a state-wide ballot initiative to keep treating their workers as contractors. This announcement comes a day after execs from both cos met w/ Gov. Newsom in part to discuss what they’re proposing as an alternative https://t.co/7AHIJpl3bb

— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) August 29, 2019

Should say if there's not a deal this or *next session*. But this is crucial context from @dillonliam. Using a ballot initiative as leverage is increasingly common. Tony West told us he didn't expect any ballot measure to be as "progressive" as what they're offering now. pic.twitter.com/ETtpXUR56C

— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) August 29, 2019

very cool way of making laws folks

statewide rent control maybe coming despite pretty hard ballot measure failure last year

THREAD: Late Friday, Gov. @GavinNewsom announced a deal with legislative leadership to cap annual rent hikes in California for a decade at 5% + inflation alongside anti-eviction protections. This is a big deal, but it’s far from assured it will pass https://t.co/x8TIp1GqmZ (1/10)

— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) September 3, 2019

this is statewide rent control for non-vacant units, right? interesting.

yes but there are exclusions based on the building age and a sunset clause. it's still fairly aggressive.

Uber & Lyft commit $60 million to fund a state-wide ballot initiative

Since they probably haven't spent even 2% of that amount pursuing that initiative so far, they could as easily have said $300 million as $60 million and presumably frightened lawmakers into submission even more effectively.

they should just suck it up and pay the payroll taxes and workers comp insurance like normal employers ... also they are seriously responsible for making traffic suck in the Bay Area (idk about LA).

^^^

they have made driving in SF so much worse

it's like all roads and lanes on city streets are subdivided into "thru traffic" and "double parked uber/lyft drivers"

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-09-03/hiltzik-uber-lyft-90-million-to-save-employment-costs

Uber says its goal is to place “drivers’ unique needs first and foremost, and provide leadership with a new model for workers.” Is this plausible?

Just consider that the top named officer of the campaign entity to which Uber and Lyft have given their $60 million in funding, Californians for Innovation and Opportunity, is Thomas W. Hiltachk. He’s the go-to lawyer for Republican and conservative initiative campaigns, including Proposition 32 of 2012, which was a thinly-disguised attack on unions and their members. Here’s a rule of thumb: If Hiltachk is on your team, you may not have workers’ best interests at heart.

it's like all roads and lanes on city streets are subdivided into "thru traffic" and "double parked uber/lyft drivers"

not only that, they've literally put *more* cars on the streets. Instead of yr usual drivers + taxi fleets, you have people bringing their cars in from out of town to make $$$

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Uber-Lyft-cars-have-heavy-impact-on-SF-streets-11214835.php

just take the fucking bus ya idjits

I have some mixed feelings about the Dynamex decision and it being applied super strictly, though the fact that these companies have managed to not run afoul of the EDD regulations about employee vs. contractor is ridiculous to me. Also, another ridiculous thing is the fact that these companies claim to be innovative but really, outside of the technology, their model feels very 19th Century to me -- this is off the cuff, tho, I want to research it further -- in terms of treatment of travelling salespeople, which predated the tax code, and thus have certain special rules.

not only that, they've literally put *more* cars on the streets. Instead of yr usual drivers + taxi fleets, you have people bringing their cars in from out of town to make $$$

Totally true -- it's not just SF, but Oakland, too ...

Way to go California !

Today we made HISTORY!!!
Just now, the CA legislature passed the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and is on its way to @GavinNewsom desk to be signed! #AB1482 expands protections to 7 million tenants, covering more renters than any single tenant protection bill in recent US history! pic.twitter.com/tgzyUMXnsJ

— ACCE (@CalOrganize) September 11, 2019

legislature has banned private prisons and ICE facilities in CA. Newsom expected to sign bill.

Also rent cap

Jfc

1/2 A few minutes ago, the anti-vaxxer stalkers - who’ve engaged in a harassment campaign all week - dropped a red substance onto the Senate floor from the elevated public gallery, dousing several of my colleagues. The person who committed this assault screamed it was baby blood.

— Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) September 14, 2019

when you realize the protestor was referring to 'baby rats' it kinds of changes the message

PG&E ?!

Yay I mean uh

San Francisco and what to do in it (in the dark)

Power is shutting off at midnight where my folks are (Sonoma/Mendocino line).

Oh, you’re going to hold us liable for billions in wildfire damages? Let’s see how 800,000 of you like being without electricity for five days.

— Derek Lindner (@mantella) October 9, 2019

PGE recently spent $79 million on lobbying, got $1 billion in tax rebates, made a profit of $4.8 billion and hiked executive pay 94% https://t.co/ELHZLLlKn2

— reclaim UC (@reclaimuc) October 9, 2019

San Francisco is not gonna have its power shut off according to the maps, neither is most of Oakland or south/west Berkeley

I was listening to Angel Haze's "Echelon (It's My Way)" on the way to work this morning--there's a lyric in there that pretty much anticipates the whole Trudeau scandal. You'll have to look it up yourself.

Oops! Thought this was the Canadian politics thread...

TWO STATES

Tbf they should turn the power off more often imo

#BreakingNews Due to the "PG&E Power Shut Off", the lights are **out** in the Robin Williams Tunnel. Its pretty dark, so drive with caution. @kron4news pic.twitter.com/IX3I96VAQ0

— Robin Winston (@RobinWinstonTV) October 9, 2019