Labor
This Starbucks store just voted to unionize. It’s the first in Sacramento to approve a union
Sacramento Bee 4/20
Workers at a Starbucks store in downtown Sacramento voted to unionize this week, becoming the first unionized store in the region and 300th nationwide.
How a stripper, a barista and an electrician ended up at a ‘Troublemakers School’ for L.A. labor activists
Los Angeles Times 4/20
There were buttons: “Eat the Rich” and “We Want Bread and Roses Too.”
Food Industry Policy
Assembly Committee Clears Way For Bill To Reform Referendum Process
Sacramento Bee 4/20
IT’S 4/20, WHAT’S THE LEGISLATURE DOING ABOUT CANNABIS?
Berkeley’s gas ban snuffed out by federal court
Berkeleyside 4/20
In the latest update to an arduous legal battle over Berkeley’s landmark ban on natural gas hookups, a federal appeals court has struck it down, ruling in favor of California’s restaurant lobby.
On the Side
Here’s What You Picked to Be California’s State Food
New York Times 4/20
While driving south of Fresno recently, I passed through the city of Selma, which proudly proclaims itself to be the world’s raisin capital, its emblem a plump bunch of purple grapes on a globe.
The Dish: Six brand new restaurant and rooftop bar openings in San Diego
San Diego Union-Tribune 4/19
L.A.’s Randy’s Donuts makes its much-anticipated San Diego debut on May 3 at Murphy Canyon Road and Aero Drive in Kearny Mesa.