Labor
California companies pay higher taxes for unemployment debt
Associated Press 5/3
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for businesses, with increases possible every year for the next decade.
Why delivery robots face a regulatory ‘nightmare’
Restaurant Dive 5/3
States can’t seem to agree on how to handle sidewalk delivery robots.
Food Industry Policy
Oceanside takes big step toward banning single-use plastic, foam products
FOX5 San Diego 5/3
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – The City of Oceanside took a big step toward banning single use plastic and single use foam products.
San Rafael set to adopt reusable foodware ordinance
Marin Independent Journal 5/3
San Rafael is the latest Marin municipality to advance an ordinance that would ban food providers from offering plastic single-use foodware.
On the Side
Sacramento 916 gift cards are back ahead of Mother’s Day. Here’s how they work
The Sacramento Bee 5/4
Sacramento’s 916 electronic gift card program makes a comeback just ahead of Mother’s Day with the familiar promotion: Buy a gift card, get a bonus gift card
From Gas Stations to Restaurants: How The WGA Strike Will Hit The LA Economy
LAist 5/3
Down the street from the Walt Disney Co. headquarters in Burbank, where picketers showed up Tuesday for the first day of the WGA strike, Amber Dedman’s mind was whirring.
