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VC housing projects can’t compete for state funds

By   /  Friday, October 7th, 2016  /  East Ventura County, Real Estate, Top Stories, Top Story, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on VC housing projects can’t compete for state funds

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California blocks workers’ path to small business ownership

By   /  Friday, October 7th, 2016  /  Columns, Latest news, Small Business  /  Comments Off on California blocks workers’ path to small business ownership

Henry Dubroff

The lack of serious attention to the dismal state of small business formation in California and across the nation has been one of the most disappointing aspects of the 2016 campaign. Small business gets a lot of lip service but scant real attention. Meanwhile, the number of small business failures continues to outpace new starts. Read More →

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Brown vetoes bill to cap abandoned oil wells along coast

By   /  Thursday, October 6th, 2016  /  Energy, Latest news, Law & Goverment  /  Comments Off on Brown vetoes bill to cap abandoned oil wells along coast

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would’ve capped abandoned oil wells along the California Coast. SB 900, authored by Santa Barbara Democrat Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, would’ve required the analysis of some 220 abandoned wells along the coast and capped the biggest leakers. This bill would’ve transferred $500,000 from the General Fund to the Land Read More →

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Overtime pay for ag workers will hurt tri-county growers

By   /  Friday, September 16th, 2016  /  Agribusiness, Law & Goverment, right, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on Overtime pay for ag workers will hurt tri-county growers

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Brown signs overtime bill for agriculture workers

By   /  Monday, September 12th, 2016  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Wine & Viticulture  /  1 Comment

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law the controversial Assembly Bill 1066, which phases in overtime pay for agriculture workers over four years starting in 2019. “This is very just,” said Rosario Castañeda, who has been an hourly strawberry worker in Oxnard for several years. “They owe us a lot. This is a just struggle, Read More →

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Legislature holds bill that would help elder financial abuse victims

By   /  Friday, August 26th, 2016  /  Columns, Latest news, Law & Goverment  /  Comments Off on Legislature holds bill that would help elder financial abuse victims

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Farmworker overtime bill rotten for growers in Tri-Counties

By   /  Friday, August 26th, 2016  /  Columns, Latest news  /  Comments Off on Farmworker overtime bill rotten for growers in Tri-Counties

Henry Dubroff

If you want more evidence for my theory that small businesses are simply being thrown under the bus in the current political season, just look at the farmworker overtime bill that nearly passed the General Assembly on Aug. 23. The proposed rules, which were pulled from a final vote on Aug. 25, would mandate higher Read More →