Labor
Is California using an old labor board to get around a fast food industry referendum?
CalMatters 6/27
Folded into California’s $310 billion budget agreement is a relatively small line item: $3 million to resurrect an obscure old state commission that once regulated industries from factories to farms to laundries — and even had the power to set the minimum wage.
‘Deceiving and disgusting’: Readers react to the rise of restaurant service fees
Los Angeles Times 6/26
A class-action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 20 by former servers at Jon & Vinny’s, a hip Italian American restaurant owned by Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, with locations in Fairfax, Beverly Hills and View Park-Windsor Hills.
Food Industry Policy
Corporations and climate change: California may force large businesses to disclose climate impacts
CalMatters 6/27
Corporations have for years graded themselves on climate change, at times marketing themselves as environmental stewards while failing to fully disclose their emissions.
Nosh and smoke: Bill would allow cannabis retailers to serve food, beverages
Courthouse News Service 6/26
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — An adult can legally buy cannabis from retail stores in California, but they can’t enjoy a soda or snack while smoking it on site.
On the Side
Orange County restaurants get much-needed boost from California grants
The Orange County Register 6/26
In an effort to help small, independent restaurants recover from financial craters created, in part, by the pandemic and inflation, the California Restaurant Foundation awarded 89 eateries $5,000 grants as part of the nonprofit’s Restaurant’s Care Resilience Fund.
Gorgeous new Presidio restaurant serves Mediterranean food with Bay views
San Francisco Chronicle 6/26
If Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz were opening a restaurant in Turkey, they would almost certainly get flak for serving çöp șiş, a kebab, with short rib and sweetbreads instead of the typical lamb or beef.
