Farmworkers should have the right to be represented. If abandoned by a union, farmworkers deserve the right to vote. The right to have their voices heard and the right to be represented. Don’t take this choice away from them. Farmworkers deserve to have the same rights and protections as every other worker.

The state’s electric vehicle market did considerably well last year and will continue to grow this year. California is on pace to reach 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles by 2025, which is earlier than the target set by Gov. Jerry Brown. This is according to a report released last month by Next 10, a Silicon Valley-based […]

Last month, a proposed bill was introduced by a bipartisan group of state lawmakers that will create a California work permit program for farmworkers and service industry employees without legal residency in the United Sates. The bill, Assembly Bill 1885 (AB 1885), was introduced by Assemblyman Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella), Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia) and Assemblywoman […]

Last month, California filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration regarding the repeal of a rule regulating hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, on publicly owned lands under Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra stated, The risks of fracking to our health and our environment are real. President Trump and Interior Secretary Zinke didn’t […]

A California audit in 2016 revealed that over 26,000 people over the age of 100 in the state had blue disabled placards. According to state officials, there are only about 8,000 people older than 100 in California, and not many of them are driving anymore. The placard allows people to park at any street meter […]

Now that recreational marijuana is legal in California this year, some people are wondering what will be the next drug to be decriminalized in the state. Magic mushrooms may be the next drug to be decriminalized with the help of one man who has been pushing for the state to become the first to decriminalize […]

In November, a bill focused on “H-1B dependent” companies passed the House Judiciary Committee that would raise the minimum salary for H-1B holders from $60,000 to $90,000. H.R.170, or the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, was introduced by California Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Vista) in January and it hopes to reduce the number of foreign […]

Department of Motor Vehicles offices around the state are preparing for a rush of customers as the deadline to meet new federal standards for state licenses and ID cards approaches. The new standards mean that California fliers who use their driver’s license or identification card to board domestic flights will no longer be able to […]

Last month, two reports from government watchdog agencies were released and stated that the Border Patrol is losing agents faster than it can hire new ones, while border and immigration enforcement agencies continue to face “significant challenges” in hiring and training new personnel. The reports were released separately by the inspector general for the Department […]

It appears that another industry is being affected by the lack of immigrant workers, the horse racing industry. Apparently, finding committed backstretch workers has been a challenge for the racing industry for a long time. Because of this, many trainers have, for years, hired immigrants or temporary visa holders to offset the lack of American […]