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Governor Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen significant environmental bills over the weekend, including a first-in-the-nation law requiring corporations doing business in California with more than $1 billion a year in...more
Effective January 1, 2025, a new California law will prohibit 24 ingredients from use in cosmetic products. California’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act [Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2762] was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on...more
Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the State of California's COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on February 28, 2023. Since then, numerous localities have announced the end of their own states of...more
In the surest sign that COVID-19 restrictions are moving to the rearview mirror once and for all, California has just relaxed its face covering requirements, regardless of vaccination status in most settings – and for most...more
With new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations falling to pre-surge levels, on February 25, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom acted to lift almost all of the remaining provisions of his COVID-19 executive orders (EOs)....more
Following Governor Newsom’s announcement that California’s indoor mask mandate would end on February 15, 2022 for all vaccinated persons, the Los Angeles County Department today issued a statement clarifying when the county’s...more
On January 6, 2022, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) updated its answers on the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) isolation recommendation found in its guidance, “COVID-19...more
On Wednesday, October 6, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 45 (AB-45) that “prohibit[s] restrictions on the sale of dietary supplements, food, beverages, cosmetics, or pet food that include...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On July 26, 2021, Governor Newsom, announced that California state workers and workers in “health care” and “high-risk congregate settings” will be mandated to either show proof of being fully vaccinated,...more
In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, suspending open public meeting requirements under the Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act thereby allowing state and...more
Office of the Governor - Governor Newsom Announces New Rewards for Vaccinated Californians as Second Round of Vax for the Win $50K Winners Is Drawn (06/11/2021) - California saw a 13% increase in vaccinations...more
On May 17, 2021, California’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, announced that California would begin following the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”)’s new guidelines regarding...more
COVID-19 Rates and Hospitalizations Continue to Fall; Death Rate May Have Peaked - Over the past week, both new case rates and hospitalizations have continued to fall in the County, and it appears that daily death rates...more
On Friday, August 28, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new and simpler four-tiered classification system, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, to evaluate regional and business-sector health risk and to guide...more
In late 2020, many states enacted stay-at-home orders or issued new lockdowns in an effort to curb a perceived risk of elevated infection rates during the holiday season. With the holidays behind us, and as hospitalizations...more
Most Counties to Remain in Most Restrictive Tier of the State’s Blueprint - As California begins to see the recent surge in COVID-19 infections recede, the state is lifting some of the most stringent restrictions on...more
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in response to increases in rates of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the...more
On December 14, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-84-20 which, among other things, modified CalOSHA’s emergency COVID-19 regulations. Background. On November 30, 2020, CalOSHA’s emergency temporary...more
Governor Gavin Newsom just issued an Executive Order that potentially reduces the quarantine exclusion period for COVID-19 exposed employees in California under a recently approved Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) issued by...more
At the beginning of December, the CDC issued new guidance regarding the length of quarantine. Although the new CDC guidance was not definitive in shortening the quarantine period, it did provide options to local health...more
2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, but one thing that remains constant is the legislature's enactment of new laws that impact employers. Ranging from Covid-19 legislation to revisions to worker classification...more
On November 16, 2020, California implemented an accelerated application of its Blueprint for a Safer Economy metrics. Under the Blueprint Framework, every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its test...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom just announced a Regional Stay Home Order on December 3 that could soon have a dramatic impact on businesses in the state. Unlike previous orders, the Regional Stay Home Order focuses on...more
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump could mean big changes for federal treatment of issues affecting water service providers, as well as how such issues are addressed in California, where Governor Newsom...more