Senior Hours Come to the Bay Area and the U.S.
Bay Area Safeway, Whole Foods, Target, Zanotto’s, and Walmart have signed on to senior hours. Only elderly and other vulnerable people can shop then. Continue Reading →
Month: March 2020
San Jose Has Found a Non-Essential Business. You’ll Never Guess What It Is.
San Jose has discovered a non-essential business: gun shops. Oh, wait, make that a gun shop. The Bullseye Bishop is the lone firearms vendor. Continue Reading →
Santa Clara County Wants Your Property Tax Payments On Time
Santa Clara County property tax payments fare due April 10. We got an email telling us that payments could no longer be made in person at their offices. Continue Reading →
San Jose Says Pot Is An Essential Business
Many Bay Area businesses ordered to close. Essential businesses are exempt. Enter the city parents in San Jose who have declared pot dispensaries essential. Continue Reading →
A musician gets a grilling because of AB5
Just happened in the last few days. This is truly frightening. Please read and vote accordingly. A musician gets a grilling because of AB5. Continue Reading →
AB5 is More Powerful than Pirates
AB5 is more powerful than pirates. “Due to the ambiguous wording and the lack of exemptions given to performing artists and musicians in … AB5, we have experienced … hurdles that have … be[en] problematic.” Continue Reading →
Joe Biden Supports AB5
Joe Biden supports AB5 and Lorena Gonzalez is happy about it. Every freelancer in California should think about this. Continue Reading →
Navigating AB5 for Freelance Photographers: Los Angeles Seminar
Navigating AB5 for Freelance Photographers. 7-9 pm Monday, March 9, free (but please register). 1027 South Main Street, Ste 125, Los Angeles, CA 90015. Continue Reading →
Are California Voters Fed Up With Transportation Taxes?
Three of the major California counties had measures on the March 3 ballot to support various transportation efforts. All failed. Perhaps California voters have finally figured out what’s going on. Continue Reading →
AB5 Puts Santa Out of Work
If you are seasonally employed as Santa Claus, you live in California, and work as an independent contractor, your job has just been outsourced to another state. Continue Reading →