California's Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 4-2 to advance SB 252, a bill to divest from fossil fuel investments, despite calls from CalPERS & CalSTRS that it could jeopardize returns to retirees. The vote is not final, six needed to pass the committee

"I watched [a mother] rub the mid-back of a man who’d received her daughter’s kidney... She called me two years later, sobbing, because this kidney recipient had died, as had the patients who had received the liver and lungs."

Happening now in California's Assembly Elections Committee-- formerly incarcerated people speak in support of ACA 4 to give those behind bars the right to vote assembly.ca.gov/media-live-eve…

WA & MN could soon be the 8th & 9th states to limit marijuana testing for job applicants, complicating how employers carry out their testing policies. There's currently no way to accurately test for on-the-job cannabis impairment news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re… Chris Marr Bloomberg Law

SD County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher used an obscure campaign cmte to take money from law enforcement unions around county campaign rules & in violation of Dem Party resolution, paying own consultant & washing funds to Dem Party. Deputy Sheriffs' Association of San Diego (DSASD) STORY: shorturl.at/aovwC

#California Advances Contentious $15 Billion Oil Divestment Plan ⁦Tiffany Stecker⁩ ⁦Bloomberg Law: Environment⁩ news.bloomberglaw.com/in-house-couns…

Romney attacks Julie Su for California unemployment fraud during the pandemic, saying makes her unqualified to be labor secretary

Really awful news for the industry. Buzzfeed's investigations - particularly on the phenomenon of long-term guardianships and conservatorships - were fantastic. Solid journalists who deserve to be employed.

If you were impacted by layoffs at Buzfeed News, Bloomberg Industry Group is hiring editors and reporters. Find our open positions here: tinyurl.com/5n85tep9

Sen Smallwood Cuevas says on CA Senate floor that a gunman was thought to be heading to the Capitol last week and detained on route. She is presenting a resolution honoring MLK Jr that was delayed due to last week’s threat

Reupping this in light of today's journalism layoffs. See all Bloomberg Industry Group jobs here bloomberg.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Bloombergindus…

NEW: A hacker stole 1.5 million American Bar Association account usernames and passwords in March, the nation’s largest voluntary legal organization told Bloomberg Law. My latest Bloomberg Law: news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-da…

ICYMI: Come for the debate on independent contracting, stay for Sen. Cassidy rapping about unemployment fraud from the dais. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…