Legislative Bulletin

By Jim Ewert and Nikki Moore When Kirk Gibson hit his memorable home run, leading the Dodgers to victory in the first game of the 1988 World Series, legendary Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully said succinctly, “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.” Scully’s summary best describes the achievements of the…

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that will repeal a provision of law that made secret enforcement actions by the Department of Business Oversight against PACE solicitors and agents, which CNPA objected to in 2017. SB 1087 by Senator Richard Roth (D-Riverside) was introduced to repeal and replace a provision in AB 1284 by Asm.…

Legislation that would have allowed plaintiffs in civil matters, as a default, to pursue their claim using a pseudonym unless the defendant objected was amended late in the legislative session to apply only in guardian ad litem cases. Sponsored by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, AB 2185 by Assembly member David Chiu…

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 826 by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), which requires each publicly held corporation whose principal executive offices are located in California to have a minimum number of women on its board of directors. It allows the Secretary of State to review and issue reports regarding corporations’ compliance with the bill’s…

Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 3109, by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Monterey), which would make a non-disclosure agreement void and unenforceable if it waives a party’s right to testify in an administrative, legislative, or judicial proceeding concerning alleged criminal conduct or sexual harassment. The bill, born of the “#Me Too” movement, was introduced to protect parties…

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1036 by Senator Scott Wilk (D-Santa Clarita), a bill that prohibits an agency from publishing the home address of an individual who speaks at a school board meeting. CNPA pushed for an amendment, which was ultimately included in the measure, that states that this new law will have no effect…

Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1343 by Senator Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) which reduces the employment threshold for sexual harassment training from 50 employees to five employees. The bill expands the number of employees who are required to attend the training from supervisorial employees to all employees with supervisors required to be trained for two…

Included in the spate of bills signed by Governor Jerry Brown at the end of the legislative session was AB 2899 by Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio (D- West Covina) that adds advertisements placed by a suspended licensee to the list of cannabis ads that are prohibited from publication. Specifically, AB 2899 prohibits a licensee from publishing…

CNPA has issued a press release to clarify its position on legislation it sponsored in 2000 which was misconstrued by an appellate court and used to support a horrible ruling that seems to allow agencies to recover costs incurred for the identification, search, retrieval and redaction of a public record.

Countering 40 years of law to the contrary, SB 1421, a bill that makes accessible an entire new universe of police records which the public has long been unable to access, was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. Specifically, the bill authored by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) grants access to police officer personnel records…