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After it became law, app-based platform workers became eligible for some benefits, such as guaranteed weekly earnings of 120% of minimum wage, health care stipends, and occupational accident and accidental death insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although industry-backed polls show many gig workers voted for Proposition 22 and have benefited from some of its provisions, gig workers continue to complain about their pay and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/04/uber-lyft-drivers-rally-at-mission-safeway-to-demand-higher-pay/\">drivers protested, as they have many times\u003c/a>, at Uber and Lyft headquarters in San Francisco. 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Industry-wide, Molly Weedn, a spokesperson for Protect App-Based Drivers + Services, said that in 2022, California drivers earned an average of $34.46 per “active hour,” including tips, an increase of 26% compared with pre-Proposition 22 times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, labor groups and academics have long disputed those figures, including in the legal briefs they submitted before the Supreme Court hearing because companies do not count the time gig workers wait for an actual ride or delivery. They also say the industry figures don’t factor in workers’ costs for fuel, maintaining their vehicles, health care costs — not all gig workers are eligible for the stipends — and more. A study by National Equity Atlas and others, done in 2021 after Proposition 22 took effect, found that the workers’ average earnings were \u003ca href=\"https://nationalequityatlas.org/prop22-paystudy\">as little as $6.20 an hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oral arguments’ focus\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The SEIU and the four gig-worker plaintiffs will argue that the state constitution grants the Legislature “unlimited power to enforce a complete workers’ compensation system.” The Legislature already spoke when it passed AB 5, they say. So they contend that “the Legislature’s exercise of that power can be withdrawn only by a constitutional amendment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interveners and appellants — the gig companies and the state, which is required to defend the law — will argue that the Legislature’s “plenary,” or absolute, power over workers’ comp is not exclusive. And they will say no subject is beyond the scope of the initiative process.[aside tag=\"gig-workers\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The legal issue is actually pretty straightforward,” said Kurt Oneto, a lawyer for the gig companies. Oneto said a constitutional amendment adopted by California voters in 1918 that gave the Legislature power over workers’ comp “unlimited by any provision” in the constitution was “only enacted to prevent courts from invalidating workers’ comp” — not to limit voters’ power over it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This decision could set a national precedent in the nagging issue of worker classification. So, despite the narrow focus of what the Supreme Court is set to consider, a wide array of legal briefs in the case rehash the pros and cons of the gig economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Proposition 22 proponents’ arguments\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Those urging the court to uphold Proposition 22 stress that the Legislature doesn’t have exclusive reign over workers’ comp. They say the people — through the ballot initiative — have just as much say. They also say the gig economy helps marginalized workers and communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Former state Sens. Robert Timothy Leslie and Stephen James Peace:\u003c/strong> Based on their experience as lawmakers, they say “the state Legislature is far from powerless when it comes to amending an initiative” and that lawmakers can amend Proposition 22 if they want.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>David A. Carrillo and Stephen M. Duvernay (California constitution scholars):\u003c/strong> “Excluding workers’ compensation (or any subject) would partly invalidate the electorate’s lawmaking power by creating a new subject matter exemption from the initiative.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Crum & Forster, a holding company of various insurance underwriting companies:\u003c/strong> Occupational accident insurance, which is based on individual use, is cheaper to provide than full workers’ comp, which is charged per employee and based on a formula. The former makes more sense for gig workers because many of them work part time. “Because the risks confronted by app-based drivers are few and easily defined, premiums need not reflect potential exposure to the myriad risks confronted by employees working in offices, factories, warehouses, agriculture, and other occupations.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Independent Drivers Alliance of California:\u003c/strong> This group of 400 gig workers said the benefits under Proposition 22 are “something that many of them have come to expect and even need.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Citizens in Charge and The Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California:\u003c/strong> “Large corporations are not the only type of special interest that can forestall the will of the People.” They say the SEIU is a special interest that influenced the Legislature to pass AB 5.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, NAACP California Hawaii State Conference, National Action Network Los Angeles, National Action Network Sacramento Chapter Inc., and National Diversity Coalition:\u003c/strong> The independent contractor model provides not just marginalized workers with earning opportunities, it also helps “the provision of transportation, food, and delivery services to communities of color that have been historically underserved.” If Proposition 22 is overturned, they say gig companies will reduce the number of gig workers on their platforms, and there will be fewer earning opportunities for “communities of color,” which, according to a Pew survey, are “more likely to have earned money in the gig economy than White counterparts.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Proposition 22 opponents’ arguments\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those asking the court to declare the law unconstitutional warn of a slippery slope. They say allowing corporations to carve out their own labor laws could lead to a continued gig-ification of work in other industries, which will affect not just the workers who will largely be without a safety net but also the government and the rest of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/dave-cortese-164699?_gl=1*1ifamyu*_ga*Nzg1MzMzODU1LjE3MTM3MDc0MDU.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTcxNTg4MzAwNS4zLjEuMTcxNTg4MzM0MS41MC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTcxNTg4MzAwNS4yLjAuMTcxNTg4MzAwNS4wLjAuMA..\">Dave Cortese\u003c/a> and Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/liz-ortega-165416?_gl=1*1ifamyu*_ga*Nzg1MzMzODU1LjE3MTM3MDc0MDU.*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTcxNTg4MzAwNS4zLjEuMTcxNTg4MzM0MS41MC4wLjA.*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTcxNTg4MzAwNS4yLjAuMTcxNTg4MzAwNS4wLjAuMA..\">Liz Ortega\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> The “minimal insurance benefits” offered by Proposition 22 — occupational accident insurance and accidental death insurance — are not a complete workers’ comp system, and “the wholesale removal of app-based drivers from the system established by the Legislature over the past century runs contrary” to the power the state constitution gives lawmakers to enforce a complete workers’ comp system.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>California Applicants’ Attorneys Association:\u003c/strong> The group also said the occupational accident insurance offered under Proposition 22 is limited compared to what workers’ comp offers: medical treatment; temporary or permanent payments depending on the injury; and supplemental job retraining benefits. “The likely result is more injured app-based drivers will seek benefits through public systems” like state or federal disability systems.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>City and County of San Francisco, the City of Oakland, the City of San Diego, and the County of Santa Clara:\u003c/strong> “The wholesale elimination of worker protection laws (including minimum wage protections for all hours worked, overtime, and expense reimbursement laws) can mean the difference between needing to visit a food pantry or not.” The municipalities say they administer such programs, and therefore taxpayers end up subsidizing “what the law asks employers to contribute through wages and benefits.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Law professors Sameer Ashar, Veena Dubal, Catherine Fisk, Charlotte Garden, Joseph Grodin, William B. Gould IV, Stephen Lee, Leticia Saucedo, Reuel Schiller, Katherine Stone, and Noah D. Zatz:\u003c/strong> This group writes that the law lacks a “provision for an administrative body or system to adjudicate claims or disputes. Instead, as is well-known, they are consigned to asserting their claims in the companies’ secret arbitration system.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>National Employment Law Project, California Labor Federation, Rideshare Drivers United, Gig Workers Rising, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, PowerSwitch Action, Worksafe, Action Center on Race & the Economy, the Economic Policy Institute, Bet Tzedek, and the California Immigrant Policy Center:\u003c/strong> Gig workers have few legal protections against opaque, “powerful, algorithmically-driven pay systems, and ‘the possibility remains,’ in the words of one scholar, that on-demand companies… (are offering) vulnerable workers lower wages based on their willingness to accept work at lower prices.” They cite a recent Uber earnings call during which its CEO said the company is “offering the right trip at the right price to the right driver.” Along the same lines, the fact that gig workers are from marginalized groups and communities is unsurprising; they say: “It is no accident that Prop. 22 reinforces and legalizes a second-tier workforce (composed) disproportionately of people of color.” They also cite federal data that shows app-based driving is “one of the most dangerous jobs in America” that includes risks of violence, harassment, injuries and even death on the job.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Teamsters Locals 396, 542 and 848 and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO:\u003c/strong> “Already, a growing number of secure jobs across the state are being replaced by app-based drivers — including jobs where Amici Curiae have fought for decades to ensure a living wage and strong benefits.” Those include delivery drivers formerly \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-rise-of-the-gig-economy-spells-the-end-for-these-workers-were-the-vestiges-of-the-old-system-11626283673\">employed by Albertsons\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday in a case that could change the fate of more than 1 million gig workers in the state — and perhaps how we hail rides, order takeout or get groceries delivered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, voters approved Proposition 22, a ballot measure sponsored by Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart that allowed the companies to continue treating their ride-hailing drivers and delivery workers as independent contractors. Proposition 22 was the industry’s response to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\">Assembly Bill 5\u003c/a>, a state law that codified a state Supreme Court decision that would have required the companies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/whos-in-whos-out-of-ab-5/\">to classify those workers as employees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Treating gig workers as independent contractors is central to the business model of the California-based companies, the middlemen who gave rise to the on-demand, app-based gig economy that has permeated our culture. The companies are fighting to hang on to that model, saying it helps them provide gig workers with flexible schedules. Critics say it lets the companies avoid paying employment taxes and shift financial responsibility to their workers and customers, plus governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, a Superior Court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-20/prop-22-unconstitutional\">invalidated Proposition 22\u003c/a>, saying it limits the Legislature’s constitutional power to create and enforce a complete workers’ compensation system because it declares gig workers independent contractors ineligible for the benefit. While the state Supreme Court will be considering this narrow issue, because of a clause in the initiative, it’s possible the whole law will be thrown out because of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gig companies appealed the judge’s decision, and a state appeals court ruled 2 to 1 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/03/prop-22-appeal/\">in their favor\u003c/a> last year. SEIU California then appealed that decision, and the state’s highest court agreed to hear the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2020/11/after-gig-companies-prop-22-win-labor-groups-vow-challenges/\">Fifty-eight percent of voters passed Proposition 22\u003c/a> after gig companies spent more than $200 million on the campaign. After it became law, app-based platform workers became eligible for some benefits, such as guaranteed weekly earnings of 120% of minimum wage, health care stipends, and occupational accident and accidental death insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although industry-backed polls show many gig workers voted for Proposition 22 and have benefited from some of its provisions, gig workers continue to complain about their pay and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/04/uber-lyft-drivers-rally-at-mission-safeway-to-demand-higher-pay/\">drivers protested, as they have many times\u003c/a>, at Uber and Lyft headquarters in San Francisco. They said they were there because of low wages, safety concerns and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-and-lyft-drivers-are-facing-discrimination-from-customers-and-getting-banned-from-the-apps-report-finds-5b6513dc\">deactivations\u003c/a>” — getting kicked off the apps and losing their ability to work, sometimes suddenly and without knowing why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard for drivers to make ends meet,” said Cesar Palancares, a field organizer for Bay Area-based worker-advocacy groups Gig Workers Rising and Working Partnerships USA, and a leader of the protests. Nowadays, he said, “Drivers often have to work 12 hours to earn what they used to earn working six or seven hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palancares said pay is still low because workers’ eligibility for the earnings guarantee is based on the time they agree to take on a gig and the time they spend on that ride or delivery, but not on the time they spend waiting for a gig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles-based Rideshare Drivers United is so concerned about gig-worker pay that it plans to push for pay standards, like those in \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2018/12/5/18127208/new-york-uber-lyft-minimum-wage\">New York City\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/story/uber-and-lyft-get-their-first-legislative-win-in-campaign-to-write-new-labor-laws-11648820705\">Seattle\u003c/a>, even if Proposition 22 is overturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to build pay regulation on top of labor rights, specifically catering to how we work in this industry,” said Nicole Moore, president of Rideshare Drivers United, which plans to advocate for legislation or ordinances that would establish a rate card with a minimum rate based on miles and minutes driven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve learned from NYC is you can set a rate card, and you can have data from the companies that ensures that pay is high enough so your expenses are being covered,” Moore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gig industry’s current estimates for average worker earnings differ widely from labor groups’ estimates: A DoorDash spokesperson said delivery workers’ average earnings were $36 an hour last year; an Uber spokesperson said its drivers’ average earnings were $33 “per utilized hour” as of the fourth quarter of last year. Industry-wide, Molly Weedn, a spokesperson for Protect App-Based Drivers + Services, said that in 2022, California drivers earned an average of $34.46 per “active hour,” including tips, an increase of 26% compared with pre-Proposition 22 times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, labor groups and academics have long disputed those figures, including in the legal briefs they submitted before the Supreme Court hearing because companies do not count the time gig workers wait for an actual ride or delivery. They also say the industry figures don’t factor in workers’ costs for fuel, maintaining their vehicles, health care costs — not all gig workers are eligible for the stipends — and more. A study by National Equity Atlas and others, done in 2021 after Proposition 22 took effect, found that the workers’ average earnings were \u003ca href=\"https://nationalequityatlas.org/prop22-paystudy\">as little as $6.20 an hour\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Oral arguments’ focus\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The SEIU and the four gig-worker plaintiffs will argue that the state constitution grants the Legislature “unlimited power to enforce a complete workers’ compensation system.” The Legislature already spoke when it passed AB 5, they say. So they contend that “the Legislature’s exercise of that power can be withdrawn only by a constitutional amendment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interveners and appellants — the gig companies and the state, which is required to defend the law — will argue that the Legislature’s “plenary,” or absolute, power over workers’ comp is not exclusive. And they will say no subject is beyond the scope of the initiative process.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The billionaire-backed company seeking to build a city from scratch in eastern Solano County took its first steps toward bringing jobs there, announcing partnerships on Thursday with 12 companies that have pledged to open new offices, factories and farms in the proposed city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has publicly promised to bring some 15,000 new jobs to the county. But it’s unclear how many new jobs the 12 partner companies would provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for California Forever and the companies involved declined to provide specific details about whether they would bring their existing employees or add new ones. If voters approve the plan, there are also no binding financial or legal agreements compelling them to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the companies are start-ups, mostly based in California, and their industries include aerospace engineering, self-driving robotics, indoor vertical farming and internet infrastructure. They are Hadrian, Living Carbon, Plenty, Serve Robotics, Meter, Motive, BREX, Cover, Build Casa, Zipline, Freethink and Instant Teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These employers have committed publicly that they’re interested in bringing jobs to the new community if Solano County voters approve the project this November,” California Forever’s Director of Partnerships Michael Fortney said in a statement to KQED. “Even though we’re a few years away from breaking ground, some of them have already started negotiating terms for acquiring space to operate in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, however, remain skeptical about California Forever’s promises. Sadie Wilson, director of planning and research with the Greenbelt Alliance, said this news is still “devoid of substance and lacking transparency.” She is particularly concerned that all the potential employers are start-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain questions about if and how these budding companies and ventures will look in 10 years or so,” when the city is eventually built, she said in a statement to KQED. “As November approaches, Solano County voters need real information, not more hypothetical plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county lacks enough jobs for its residents. Almost half of those who live in Solano County commute outside of it to work, \u003ca href=\"https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/commute-maps/StateCommute2015.pdf\">according to a 2015 study\u003c/a> from the state’s Employment Development Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11985195,news_11985711,news_11984830 label='Related Coverage']Included in its pledge to bring 15,000 new jobs, California Forever has said it would create nearly 1,400 construction-related jobs for a solar farm it is proposing to build near the site of its new city. After the solar farm is completed, it would employ roughly 300 people to maintain and operate the facility in Solano County, while about 130 jobs would be located elsewhere throughout California, company representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed solar farm could potentially generate enough power for 1.5 million homes, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://assets.ctfassets.net/ivxuf0dn6dhw/5UZa0vW0DABZ5A3h4KfjCU/f2bb0baa7819c5fbb0126c29c6c5a7e7/Solar_Farm_Econ_Impacts_-_FINAL.pdf\">economic impact report created by Blue Sky Consulting\u003c/a> and paid for by California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the companies have released details on what they plan to build in the new city if it is approved. Chris Power, founder and CEO of the aerospace and defense manufacturing start-up Hadrian, said his company would be looking to acquire space for a new factory “if the East Solano Plan was shovel-ready today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited by the vision of amazing neighborhoods located next to a manufacturing zone designed to accelerate innovation in California,” he said in a statement. “Hadrian is building a series of factories across America to enable space and defense manufacturers to get parts 10 times faster and halve the cost of making rockets, satellites, jets and drones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travis Air Force Base did not immediately return a request for comment about whether the proposed companies would compete with its operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, California Forever \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984408/billionaire-backed-bid-for-new-solano-county-city-is-closer-to-november-ballot\">submitted signatures for its petition\u003c/a> to appear on the November ballot. A representative from the Solano County Registrar’s Office said it completed its raw count of the roughly 20,000 signatures submitted last week, but is now verifying those signatures to make sure at least 13,062 came from registered Solano County voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make it on the ballot, the initiative will then need a vote of the Solano County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Newsom’s proposal would save about $80 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saying his administration had been “scrutinizing” the prisons budget, Newsom said “We’re mindful of the direction we’re going as it relates to public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the inmate population’s peak in 2006, California locked up 165,000 people in state prisons. Today, after a decade of sentencing changes, federal court intervention and a surge of releases tied to COVID-19, California’s prisons house about 93,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that trend, Newsom has already moved to close four prisons over the course of his administration. He projects that those shutdowns will save the state $3.4 billion by 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested on Friday that the forces fighting prison closures — labor unions representing prison employees, the communities dependent on prison jobs, legislation and litigation intended to slow or stop the closures — forced him to take smaller steps than shuttering entire facilities while he crafted his plan to close a projected \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/05/california-budget-deficit-newsom-may-proposal/\">$27.6 billion deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prison housing unit deactivations can happen much sooner than prison closures and provide us more flexibility,” Newsom said. “Legislative leaders have asked me, are we considering collectively reducing the larger footprint in the state? The answer is yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we want to do it in a pragmatic and thoughtful way, we want to be mindful of labor concerns and community concerns, we want to be mindful of trends and we want to be mindful of the unknown, meaning there are proposals to roll back some of our criminal justice reforms that could have significant impact on the census and population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California cities fight prison closures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So far, Newsom closed the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy in 2021 and the California Correctional Center in Susanville in 2023. 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Our hearts are heavy for the employees and inmates at (Chuckwalla Valley State Prison) whose lives will be directly impacted as this prison is shuttered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the declining inmate headcount, California can close \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2023/05/california-state-prison-closure/\">up to five more of its 33 prisons\u003c/a> and eight yards within operating prisons while still complying with a federal court order that caps the system’s capacity, the Legislative Analyst’s Office found last year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The truth is, it doesn’t go far enough,” Howard said. “When only a single yard is closed, then that means that there’s still tens of millions of dollars being spent on operational costs (and) administrative staffing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that the state still has 15,000 empty prison beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These yard deactivation will save $80 million annually,” she said, “and that’s not even equal to the cost savings of one prison closing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has previously said he wanted to maintain some capacity in the prisons to provide more space for rehabilitation efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the union representing prison guards, has argued that shuttering prisons puts guards and inmates in danger. It’s a heavyweight in the Capitol, and it has supported Newsom. It contributed $1.75 million to help \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article253144638.html\">Newsom defeat a recall campaign\u003c/a> in 2021, and it gave $1 million to back \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2024/03/proposition-1-gavin-newsom-2/\">Newsom’s mental health ballot measure\u003c/a> that voters approved in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writing in opposition to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2178\">a bill that would limit the number of empty beds\u003c/a> the prison system can maintain, the union said prisons are still holding more inmates than they were designed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Higher densities of inmates pose substantial risks to CCPOA’s membership, as well as other staff and inmates. The denser the population, the greater the risk of assaults and other acts of violence,” the union wrote.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Ongoing spending for a scholarship program for middle-class college students pursuing a teaching credential would be cut by $510 million. He also wants to suspend the widely used net operating loss tax deduction for businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are programs, propositions that I’ve long advanced — many of them,” Newsom said as he began outlining his budget. “But you’ve got to do it. We have to be responsible. We have to be accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deficit is smaller than the $38 billion Newsom predicted in January. However, that’s because it doesn’t include $17.3 billion in cuts and other actions he and lawmakers already agreed on to help close it. Otherwise, it would be closer to $45 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second year in a row the nation’s most populous state faces a multibillion-dollar shortfall. State revenues have continued to fall amid increasing inflation and a slowdown in the state’s normally robust technology industry. Through the end of April, state tax collections from its three biggest sources — personal income, corporations and sales — dropped more than $6 billion below the previous estimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, now in his last term as governor and widely seen as a future presidential candidate, said his plan would address both this year’s deficit and a projected $28.4 billion deficit for the following year. He plans to outline more than $32 billion in cuts to make that happen so that the state Legislature can pass a spending plan by June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s, I think, appropriate and prudent for us not to just solve for this year but to also solve for next year,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office have disagreed on the true size of the state’s deficit this year. The LAO said in January that the deficit was actually $58 billion when including some reductions in public education spending. The LAO will release its own new estimate next week, and it will likely be larger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, Newsom floated the possibility of delaying a minimum wage increase for health care workers, which \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-health-care-workers-minimum-wage-274c712eec29573731a479bc7ef9b452#:~:text=Newsom%20signs%20law%20to%20slowly,%2425%20per%20hour%20%7C%20AP%20News\">Newsom signed into law to much fanfare just last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11981977,news_11972196,news_11969301\"]State budgeting is a guessing game, particularly in California, where a progressive tax system means the state gets the bulk of its tax collections from rich people. About half of the state’s income tax collections came from just 1% of the population in 2021, making the state more vulnerable to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/general-news-3b24f287b7214fac91311bfca23ef16c\">swings in the stock market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If lawmakers and Newsom get revenue projections wrong and the state takes in less than they thought, there’s a shortfall. And unlike the federal government, the California Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, their predictions were way off after a series of destructive storms in January 2023 prompted lengthy delays in tax filing deadlines. Instead of filing their taxes in April, most Californians could wait until November. Lawmakers still had to pass a budget by June despite not knowing how much money they had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This January, Newsom said the state’s revenues for 2022–23 to 2024–25 have been coming in $42.9 billion lower than estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and lawmakers have already \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-gavin-newsom-09507c2b312e454baa50d38c94218a1d\">agreed to about $17 billion in reductions and deferrals\u003c/a> to reduce the deficit. Plus, Newsom has said he wants to take $13 billion from the state’s various savings accounts to help balance the budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corporate tax collections are down 15% from last year, the fourth largest drop in the past 40 years, according to the LAO. And while income taxes are growing thanks to a 20% increase in the stock market since October, which is driving an increase of 8% in total income tax collections this year, the LAO said growth is unlikely to continue. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>State budgeting is a guessing game, particularly in California, where a progressive tax system means the state gets the bulk of its tax collections from rich people. About half of the state’s income tax collections came from just 1% of the population in 2021, making the state more vulnerable to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/general-news-3b24f287b7214fac91311bfca23ef16c\">swings in the stock market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If lawmakers and Newsom get revenue projections wrong and the state takes in less than they thought, there’s a shortfall. And unlike the federal government, the California Constitution requires the state to have a balanced budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, their predictions were way off after a series of destructive storms in January 2023 prompted lengthy delays in tax filing deadlines. Instead of filing their taxes in April, most Californians could wait until November. Lawmakers still had to pass a budget by June despite not knowing how much money they had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This January, Newsom said the state’s revenues for 2022–23 to 2024–25 have been coming in $42.9 billion lower than estimated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and lawmakers have already \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-gavin-newsom-09507c2b312e454baa50d38c94218a1d\">agreed to about $17 billion in reductions and deferrals\u003c/a> to reduce the deficit. Plus, Newsom has said he wants to take $13 billion from the state’s various savings accounts to help balance the budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corporate tax collections are down 15% from last year, the fourth largest drop in the past 40 years, according to the LAO. And while income taxes are growing thanks to a 20% increase in the stock market since October, which is driving an increase of 8% in total income tax collections this year, the LAO said growth is unlikely to continue. That’s because the broader state economy has not improved — the unemployment rate has risen and investments in California businesses have declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco officials are expanding an economic revitalization project to bring business back to empty downtown storefronts, announcing plans for additional funding and more pop-ups set to open next month in SOMA, the East Cut and the Financial District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight pop-ups announced Thursday as part of the Vacant to Vibrant program include a deli, coffeeshop, social club, glass workshop and florist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project, launched last fall, matches local entrepreneurs with property owners who have vacant ground-level commercial space. Landlords must agree to rent the space for three months free of charge, with the opportunity to extend, and utilities are covered by the program’s $1.2 million budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initiative is part of San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978610/breed-unveils-san-franciscos-downtown-revival-plan-in-annual-city-address\">effort to jumpstart the city’s sputtering economic recovery\u003c/a> from the COVID-19 pandemic, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955554/could-empty-offices-in-san-francisco-be-converted-to-homes\">exodus of office workers\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977217/macys-to-close-flagship-san-francisco-union-square-store\">decline of brick-and-mortar retail\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11985696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11985696 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/IMG_6257_qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday, May 9, 2024, that she plans to include more money for the Vacant to Vibrant economic revitalization program in the upcoming city budget. \u003ccite>(Nik Altenberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing thousands of new businesses pop up in communities, but we weren’t having that same success downtown — Vacant to Vibrant has changed the game,” Breed said at a press event on Thursday. “For those folks who have a new idea and want an opportunity to thrive in San Francisco and in downtown, we want to make it possible, so we will be investing more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signaling a desire to expand the program, Breed said she plans to include it in the upcoming city budget but did not specify how much. She also called on more property owners with vacant downtown storefronts to partner in the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982009/sf-mayor-london-breed-facing-stiff-competition-from-the-left-and-right\">gears up for a mayoral election\u003c/a> that is in many ways a referendum on the city’s direction, her office has focused on improving a downtown tarnished by “doom loop” narratives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vacant to Vibrant is a partnership between the mayor’s office, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and SF New Deal — a nonprofit that began during the early days of the pandemic as an effort to help keep local restaurants afloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo has also pitched into the program’s budget and on Thursday committed an additional $1 million to support vendors who want to become permanent after the pop-up period ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Nafy Flatley, owner of the Senegalese food pop-up Teranga, who was part of the first Vacant to Vibrant cohort, the incoming assistance will be much appreciated. Despite the logistical and financial support from the program during her six months of operating as a pop-up, when it was time to negotiate her own lease, she found herself on her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Google was my best friend,” Flatley said. “I had to be the one working on talking to them, learning about how to read contracts, learning about how to negotiate. 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The legislation, which would expire in 2028, also would limit the benefit to those who don’t have an insurance plan that would cover the costs of the upgrade to new solar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill now moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, where it faces an uncertain future. Last year, that committee killed a similar bill by Republican Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/jim-patterson-119\">Jim Patterson\u003c/a> of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe Patterson, no relation, told CalMatters he expects his bill, which is coauthored by the Fresno Republican, to make it through the committee this time since it doesn’t contain funding for a study like last year’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Assemblymember Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin)\"]‘$25,000 to build solar onto a house where people do not have solar is 100% an impediment to rebuilding.’[/pullquote]It’s another matter whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it if the bill is also approved in the Senate and reaches his desk. In 2022, Newsom vetoed a similar bill, citing the need for solar power to reduce greenhouse gases that are a contributing factor for wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/01/california-solar-demand-plummets/\">Solar power\u003c/a> is a critical part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/news/2021-03/california-releases-report-charting-path-100-percent-clean-electricity\">state’s ambitious goal\u003c/a> to achieve 90% carbon-free electricity by 2035 and 100% by 2045. Large-scale and rooftop solar is projected to prove more than half of the grid’s power by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extending this exemption would nullify these positive outcomes and instead would increase homeowner energy costs at a time when many homeowners are facing rising electric rates and bills,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AB-1078-VETO.pdf?emrc=bded57\">Newsom wrote in his veto message (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about this latest bill, Newsom’s press office responded that the governor doesn’t typically comment on pending legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe Patterson said he hopes Newsom would support this bill, given that it’s more narrow than the one he vetoed in 2022, and because some Caldor Fire victims with poor insurance say they never received \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-01/wildfire-survivors-decry-lack-of-fema-aid\">federal disaster relief cash to help them rebuild\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982889\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy-1536x863.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun sets over Valley Ridge Drive in Paradise, Butte County, on Oct. 26, 2023. Empty lots, homes under construction and residences built after the Camp Fire line the street. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the insurance crisis in California’s wildfire country has only gotten worse since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the devastating wildfire seasons of 2017 and 2018, private insurance companies have been dropping policies for hundreds of thousands of Californians, forcing many to join the state’s home insurer of last resort known as FAIR plan or risk going uninsured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last month, State Farm announced it wasn’t renewing \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/state-filing-shows-california-zip-codes-where-state-farm-plans-to-drop-policy-holders\">72,000 California home and apartment policies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/257724?t=1381&f=e9a00eed954ce559cf08ecd40c56158e\">testimony before the Natural Resources Committee\u003c/a>, Patterson said his district has seen skyrocketing numbers of constituents on the FAIR Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"science_1991404,science_1985611\"]“In 2019, we had roughly 8,100 households covered by the FAIR Plan in my district,” Joe Patterson told the committee. “Now, in 2023, we have 41,000 people covered by the FAIR Plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the FAIR plan, at most, will only pay 10% of the costs to upgrade a destroyed home to the most current building codes including mandatory solar panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that 10% coverage really won’t go very far, especially to cover a solar system that costs about $25,000,” Patterson told the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"cm-leg-card cm-leg-card-padding\">\n\u003cp>As Patterson testified, sitting beside him was El Dorado County Supervisor George Turnboo. 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"content": "\u003cp>Starting Monday, April 1, fast food restaurants operating in California will be required to raise the minimum wage for their workers to $20 per hour — \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/minimum_wage.htm\">an increase of four dollars an hour from the previous minimum wage\u003c/a>. Employers are \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">not allowed to include tips \u003c/a>in the wage increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers approved AB 1228 last September, which ordered an increase in the wages of the state’s fast food workers and also established a Fast Food Council which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">“empowered both to make future increases to the minimum wage and to adopt other minimum employment standards for fast food restaurants.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living wages and worker safety should be a priority for corporate fast-food companies,” said Joseph Bryan, the Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union in a statement. “The vast majority of fast-food locations in California operate under the most profitable brands in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those corporations need to pay their fair share and provide their operators with the resources they need to pay their workers a living wage without cutting jobs or passing the cost to consumers,” said Bryan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who exactly is eligible for this new wage rise? And what can you do if you’re a fast food worker and your boss isn’t providing you with this increased wage? Keep reading for what to know about California’s fast food minimum wage increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#one\">Can all fast food workers get this $20 minimum wage?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#two\">Which fast food workers are ineligible for the wage rise?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#three\">My boss is now refusing to pay me more. What can I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"one\">\u003c/a>Which fast food workers will receive California’s minimum wage increase?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This new law applies to all fast food establishments that have sixty or more locations throughout the nation with at least one of locations in California, according to Veronica Chavez, the directing attorney at legal services nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza \u003c/a>in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what counts as “fast food” here? The state says that to be subject to the new $20 minimum wage rise,\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\"> the establishment must be a “limited-service” restaurant in California\u003c/a>: That is, “one that offers limited or no table service, where the customers order food or beverage items and pay for those items before the items are consumed” and which is “primarily engaged in selling food and beverages for immediate consumption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said restaurants that should comply would also include places that people may not typically associate with fast food, including boba tea shops, cafes and ice cream parlors. The state is clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">this wage rise “does not depend on what type of food or beverage an establishment sells.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">Read more information about which establishments count as “fast food.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"two\">\u003c/a>Are there exemptions to the fast food minimum wage increase?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/03/california-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers/\">The state’s exemptions from the new law \u003c/a>are already causing some confusion. They include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants \u003cem>inside \u003c/em>grocery stores\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that if you’re employed by a grocery store — even if you’re assigned to the fast food restaurant \u003cem>within \u003c/em>that store — you aren’t eligible for this minimum wage raise. But if you’re employed at a fast food restaurant that’s within another kind of store — not a grocery store — \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">the state says you are in fact eligible for the fast food raise\u003c/a>, but only for the hours you work inside the fast food restaurant itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Places that have a bakery onsite that produce bread to sell by itself \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If an establishment produces its own bread that is sold as a standalone item on its menu, then \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">the state says that location is exempt from the new fast food minimum wage rise\u003c/a> — as long as that menu item has been offered to customers since at least Sept. 15, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11979186,news_11977956,news_11978492\"]But if your workplace makes its own bread that’s then sold at that location in the form of sandwiches or hamburgers — with no standalone bread items also on the menu — then the establishment is not exempt from paying its workers the $20 minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state, also exempted under “bread” are establishments that “sell stand-alone items weighing less than one-half pound after cooling, such as most muffins, croissants, scones, rolls, or buns, but do not sell bread weighing at least one-half pound after cooling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bread exemption has caught the attention of many, with Governor Gavin Newsom’s critics claiming that he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978941/is-panera-gate-a-real-scandal-or-politics-as-usual\">sparing his donor Greg Flynn — the owner of Panera Bread — from the new law\u003c/a>. However, Flynn stated earlier this month that his chain\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978492/newsom-campaign-donor-to-follow-minimum-wage-law-at-his-panera-bread-restaurants-after-allegations-of-favoritism\"> will comply with the new law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fast food establishments within places like airports \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab610?slug=CA_202320240AB610&_gl=1*13kro3l*_ga*MjAzMDA3NDIxMy4xNzA1Njg2OTE4*_ga_5TKXNLE5NK*MTcxMTY1ODkzNy4xMS4xLjE3MTE2NTg5NjkuMjguMC4w*_ga_GNY4L81DZE*MTcxMTY1ODkzOC4xMS4xLjE3MTE2NTg5NDMuMC4wLjA.\">The newest exemption to the fast food wage rise \u003c/a>was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom just last week, exempting fast food establishments in places like airports, hotels, large event centers, theme parks and museums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last-minute bill states that these places “generally do not share the same characteristics as traditional fast food restaurants that are part of national fast food chains” on account of their factors including their “distinct economics and a captive customer base.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"three\">\u003c/a>I’m a fast food worker who’s eligible for the minimum wage increase, but my boss isn’t raising my pay. What can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>AB 1228 specifically states that California’s Labor Commissioner will be enforcing the new minimum wage law, said Centro Legal de la Raza’s Chavez. This agency investigates wage theft and wage violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Joseph Bryan, executive vice president, Service Employees International Union\"]‘Those corporations need to pay their fair share and provide their operators with the resources they need to pay their workers a living wage without cutting jobs or passing the cost to consumers.’[/pullquote]First, check your pay stubs, paying particular attention to the section that deals with your hourly wage to see if your employer is adhering to the new $20 minimum wage. If you get paid in cash, look over those earnings carefully too. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">Remember, your employer is not allowed to include tips\u003c/a> — or meal or lodging credits employees might receive — in the new minimum wage rise, if you’re eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if your boss is trying to do that, is falsely claiming your workplace is exempt from the new law, or is straight-up refusing to pay you the raise you’re owed as an eligible fast food worker?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said that if your employer is not complying with the new law, you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileWageClaim.htm\">File an individual wage claim\u003c/a> through the Labor Commissioner’s Office.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pursue action or a lawsuit in civil court. (Employees can file an \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileWageClaim.htm\">individual wage claim through the Labor Commissioner’s website\u003c/a>.) File \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToReportViolationtoBOFE.htm\">a Report of Labor Law Violation\u003c/a> (although you should be aware that this particular report \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">“does not pursue individual claims, but may investigate and cite the employer.”\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Fast food employers must also publicly \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/iwc/MW-2024-FF-SUPPLEMENT.pdf\">post a notice of the minimum wage increase inside the establishment (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said she recommended having communications with an employer in writing, “so that there is evidence of the employer failing to comply or whatever the response is … but hopefully just a conversation with them in person and then following up via text or email will suffice and help get the employer to make the necessary change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers may feel extra nervous about having these complicated conversations, especially if they fear that their employer will retaliate against them by cutting their wages or hours or firing them. If an employee is worried about retaliation, Chavez said one could file \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">a compliance complaint with the Labor Commissioner\u003c/a>. You can also call (714) 558-4913 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>. Legal protections against retaliation in California also extend to undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area organizations that offer free legal aid to workers include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is this ‘Fast Food Council’?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new minimum wage law for fast food workers also created a Fast Food Council, which will meet to discuss employment standards within the industry like working hours and conditions – and could potentially set a new minimum wage increase from 2025 and onwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">the state\u003c/a>, the “hourly minimum wage established by the Council can increase every year by either 3.5% or the increase in the consumer price index, whichever is smaller. The Fast Food Council can establish a single statewide minimum wage for fast food restaurant employees or vary the minimum wage by region of the State.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">includes not just representatives from the industry and workers advocates but also fast food employees\u003c/a> themselves. The Council will also have two non-voting members from the Department of Industrial Relations and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and meetings will all be open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The Fast Food Council] is really unique to California and I think it’s great,” Chavez said. “We know that restaurant workers are unfortunately some of the lowest paid workers who often have safety issues — who encounter health violations and have to work through all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What could the future look like for the fast food minimum wage?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The minimum wage really is not something that results in livable wages,” said Chavez, who noted that “poverty wages” resulted in workers needing to take on multiple jobs and really struggle.” According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculation for California, \u003ca href=\"https://livingwage.mit.edu/states/06\">an adult with no children would need to make $27.32\u003c/a> per hour in the state to make a living wage. An adult with a child would need to make $47.96 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roosevelt Institute think tank also \u003ca href=\"https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/fast-food-industry-profiteering/\">released an analysis\u003c/a> stating that it was possible for establishments to pay their employees more without increasing consumer prices — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-03-27/fast-food-minimum-wage\">something that some fast food business representatives in California have claimed they’ll now have to do\u003c/a> in the light of the April 1 minimum wage hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Between 2014 and 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/fast-food-industry-profiteering/\">fast-food prices increased by 46.8 percent compared to 28.7 percent for the average of all prices\u003c/a>,” the Roosevelt Institute analysis states. “Evidence of fast-food firms’ recent profiteering makes it clear that the upcoming implementation of a fast-food minimum wage of $20 per hour in California will not necessitate price hikes or employment losses, because profits in the industry are sufficiently high to absorb the greater operating costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Bryan, the Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union and now member of the new Food Council said employers made price hikes and job cut threats when \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/08/06/california-passed-15-an-hour-two-years-ago-hows-it-working/?sh=6eb96624fa4f\">California set the minimum wage to $15 per hou\u003c/a>r.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The minimum wage in California has gone up every year since 2015,” said Bryan. “On the same timeline, fast food restaurants in California added 142,000 jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The top nine publicly traded fast food companies alone took in nearly $25 billion in profits in 2023,” he said, adding that “multiple studies” had demonstrated that “higher wages lead to increased worker retention, recruitment and job growth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Carly Severn and Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who exactly is eligible for this new wage rise? And what can you do if you’re a fast food worker and your boss isn’t providing you with this increased wage? Keep reading for what to know about California’s fast food minimum wage increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#one\">Can all fast food workers get this $20 minimum wage?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#two\">Which fast food workers are ineligible for the wage rise?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#three\">My boss is now refusing to pay me more. What can I do?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"one\">\u003c/a>Which fast food workers will receive California’s minimum wage increase?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This new law applies to all fast food establishments that have sixty or more locations throughout the nation with at least one of locations in California, according to Veronica Chavez, the directing attorney at legal services nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza \u003c/a>in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what counts as “fast food” here? The state says that to be subject to the new $20 minimum wage rise,\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\"> the establishment must be a “limited-service” restaurant in California\u003c/a>: That is, “one that offers limited or no table service, where the customers order food or beverage items and pay for those items before the items are consumed” and which is “primarily engaged in selling food and beverages for immediate consumption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said restaurants that should comply would also include places that people may not typically associate with fast food, including boba tea shops, cafes and ice cream parlors. The state is clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">this wage rise “does not depend on what type of food or beverage an establishment sells.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">Read more information about which establishments count as “fast food.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"two\">\u003c/a>Are there exemptions to the fast food minimum wage increase?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/03/california-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers/\">The state’s exemptions from the new law \u003c/a>are already causing some confusion. They include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Restaurants \u003cem>inside \u003c/em>grocery stores\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that if you’re employed by a grocery store — even if you’re assigned to the fast food restaurant \u003cem>within \u003c/em>that store — you aren’t eligible for this minimum wage raise. But if you’re employed at a fast food restaurant that’s within another kind of store — not a grocery store — \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">the state says you are in fact eligible for the fast food raise\u003c/a>, but only for the hours you work inside the fast food restaurant itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Places that have a bakery onsite that produce bread to sell by itself \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If an establishment produces its own bread that is sold as a standalone item on its menu, then \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">the state says that location is exempt from the new fast food minimum wage rise\u003c/a> — as long as that menu item has been offered to customers since at least Sept. 15, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>First, check your pay stubs, paying particular attention to the section that deals with your hourly wage to see if your employer is adhering to the new $20 minimum wage. If you get paid in cash, look over those earnings carefully too. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">Remember, your employer is not allowed to include tips\u003c/a> — or meal or lodging credits employees might receive — in the new minimum wage rise, if you’re eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if your boss is trying to do that, is falsely claiming your workplace is exempt from the new law, or is straight-up refusing to pay you the raise you’re owed as an eligible fast food worker?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said that if your employer is not complying with the new law, you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileWageClaim.htm\">File an individual wage claim\u003c/a> through the Labor Commissioner’s Office.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pursue action or a lawsuit in civil court. (Employees can file an \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileWageClaim.htm\">individual wage claim through the Labor Commissioner’s website\u003c/a>.) File \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToReportViolationtoBOFE.htm\">a Report of Labor Law Violation\u003c/a> (although you should be aware that this particular report \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm\">“does not pursue individual claims, but may investigate and cite the employer.”\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Fast food employers must also publicly \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/iwc/MW-2024-FF-SUPPLEMENT.pdf\">post a notice of the minimum wage increase inside the establishment (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said she recommended having communications with an employer in writing, “so that there is evidence of the employer failing to comply or whatever the response is … but hopefully just a conversation with them in person and then following up via text or email will suffice and help get the employer to make the necessary change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers may feel extra nervous about having these complicated conversations, especially if they fear that their employer will retaliate against them by cutting their wages or hours or firing them. If an employee is worried about retaliation, Chavez said one could file \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">a compliance complaint with the Labor Commissioner\u003c/a>. You can also call (714) 558-4913 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\">osharetaliation@dir.ca.gov\u003c/a>. Legal protections against retaliation in California also extend to undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area organizations that offer free legal aid to workers include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics-and-helplines/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: (415) 864-8208\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/get-help\">Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: (415) 896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: (510) 437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What is this ‘Fast Food Council’?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new minimum wage law for fast food workers also created a Fast Food Council, which will meet to discuss employment standards within the industry like working hours and conditions – and could potentially set a new minimum wage increase from 2025 and onwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">the state\u003c/a>, the “hourly minimum wage established by the Council can increase every year by either 3.5% or the increase in the consumer price index, whichever is smaller. The Fast Food Council can establish a single statewide minimum wage for fast food restaurant employees or vary the minimum wage by region of the State.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Fast-Food-Minimum-Wage-FAQ.htm#:~:text=When%20does%20the%20minimum%20wage,Yes.\">includes not just representatives from the industry and workers advocates but also fast food employees\u003c/a> themselves. The Council will also have two non-voting members from the Department of Industrial Relations and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, and meetings will all be open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The Fast Food Council] is really unique to California and I think it’s great,” Chavez said. “We know that restaurant workers are unfortunately some of the lowest paid workers who often have safety issues — who encounter health violations and have to work through all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What could the future look like for the fast food minimum wage?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The minimum wage really is not something that results in livable wages,” said Chavez, who noted that “poverty wages” resulted in workers needing to take on multiple jobs and really struggle.” According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculation for California, \u003ca href=\"https://livingwage.mit.edu/states/06\">an adult with no children would need to make $27.32\u003c/a> per hour in the state to make a living wage. 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"content": "\u003cp>Big changes are coming to the way people buy and sell houses in the United States. The National Association of Realtors settled a lawsuit last week that could up-end the way real estate agents are paid, doing away with the traditional agent’s commission of 5–6%. That’s prompting a reckoning for buyers, sellers and real estate agents. Here are six things to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if you already sold a house?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As part of the settlement, the National Association of Realtors agreed to pay $418 million over the next four years. That’s in addition to $210 million that various brokerage firms had already agreed to pay. Lawyers will get a chunk of that money, but the rest will go to people who sold their homes in recent years and paid what critics argue were inflated real estate commissions. Eligibility depends on where you live, but in some parts of the country, the settlement covers people who sold homes as much as a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know the exact number, but we estimate it to be in the neighborhood of 40 or 50 million” people, says Benjamin Brown, co-chair of the anti-trust practice at Cohen Milstein, one of the law firms involved in the class-action case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find out if they’re entitled to compensation, sellers can check the lawyers’ website: \u003ca href=\"https://www.realestatecommissionlitigation.com/\">www.realestatecommissionlitigation.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will this change real estate commissions?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For decades, the norm in this country has been for the person selling a home to pay both her own agent and the buyer’s agent. What’s more, the buyer’s share of that commission had to be spelled out in order to advertise the home on the big regional listing sites. Realtors insist they never fixed those commissions, but as a practical matter, the public notice worked to set a standard — often in the neighborhood of 5 or 6%, split between the seller’s agent and the buyer’s agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11980019 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1468009097-1020x680.jpg']For a home priced at $400,000 — which is close to the national average — that works out to $20,000 to $24,000 in commissions — much higher than people in other countries typically pay. In Germany, commissions average 4.5%. In the U.K., they’re under 2%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in July, sellers will no longer have to spell out a commission for the buyer’s agent. Advocates say that should lead to more negotiation, more competition and ultimately lower costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What increased negotiations mean for buyers and sellers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s going to be more opportunity to shop around, and likely a wider array of services, from deluxe agents who charge a premium price to discount agents with more limited services — similar to what exists in other markets like stock brokers and travel agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sellers may be able to negotiate a flat fee to market their house, not connected to the selling price. Buyers may be able to purchase a la carte services — paying less if they do their own house-hunting on the Internet and more if they want to be chauffeured around to open houses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many sellers may decide not to pay the buyer’s agent, leaving buyers to shoulder that cost on their own, or go without an agent altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall expenses are expected to be significantly lower, however. Economists at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2024/eb_24-08\">Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond\u003c/a> estimate the changes could save homebuyers $30 billion a year, with most of those savings coming out of the pockets of real estate agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does this mean for agents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Agents are still sorting out what this might mean for their business. When fees are more negotiable, agents will have to make the case for what they’re worth. But the best agents feel like they do that already.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Kevin Wilson, president, Greater Nashville Realtors\"]‘Do I think that Realtors have to learn to do business in a different way? Absolutely. But I also think this is a wrinkle in the landscape. Not a landmine.’[/pullquote]“Do I think that Realtors have to learn to do business in a different way? Absolutely,” says Kevin Wilson, president of the Greater Nashville Realtors. “But I also think this is a wrinkle in the landscape. Not a landmine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A drop in commissions might drive some agents into other lines of work, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The U.S. has 2.5 to 3 million real estate agents — which is far more than any other country, relative to the size of its housing market. For example, the U.S. has about six times more home sales each year than the U.K. does, but 26 times more agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do we see agents that work with buyers start to phase out of the business because they’re just not getting as many clients?” asks Jovani Ortiz, an agent on Long Island. “These are sort of the unknowns that most agents are looking at right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the commission pie is likely to shrink, it may be cut into fewer slices, so the remaining agents might end up making the same amount of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>With home prices and mortgage rates already high, how will homebuyers pay for their own agents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While sellers have traditionally paid buyers’ agents in the U.S. (and built that expense into the sales price of their home), many sellers may opt not to pay buyers’ agents in the future. In that case, buyers will have to pay their own agent out of pocket, on top of a down payment and other closing costs. Finding thousands of dollars to pay an agent could be a challenge, especially for first-time buyers, who typically have limited funds and also the greatest need for an agent’s guidance. First-time buyers accounted for just 26% of existing home sales in February — tying a record low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Vanessa Perry, professor, George Washington University School of Business\"]‘Many first time buyers are already at the absolute max of what they’re able to borrow. They’re not going to be able to come up with any additional cash to pay their own agent’[/pullquote]“Many first time buyers are already at the absolute max of what they’re able to borrow,” says Vanessa Perry, a professor at George Washington University School of Business and a fellow at the Urban Institute’s Housing Policy Finance Center. “They’re not going to be able to come up with any additional cash to pay their own agent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>Home sellers could still agree through negotiation to pay the buyer’s agent. But in a hot housing market, sellers may have little incentive to do so. Eventually, buyers may be able to fold the cost of their agent’s commission into their mortgage, stretching the payments out over the life of the loan. But that will require a change in mortgage underwriting rules. Over time, lower real estate commissions should lead to somewhat lower housing prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should people who are thinking of buying or selling in the next six months do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The settlement’s changes in commission rules take effect in July, just as many people will be shopping for homes ahead of a new school year. But it’s not clear how quickly the landscape will change. Buyers and sellers may want to talk with their agent about the costs and benefits of moving before the deadline or waiting until the new rules are in place. Remember, commissions account for $20,000 to $24,000 on a typical home. Still, that’s just one factor to consider when deciding when to buy or sell — along with interest rates, the supply of homes on the market and life circumstances like a new job or family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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She has needed to cut costs to afford to live in San Jose with her partner, and the job search has been disheartening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every role I’m applying for has at least a thousand applicants,” she said. “I want us all to land on our feet, and I hate that I’m competing against people that I’m rooting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nair is attending the Game Developers Conference and said she looks forward to connecting and finding support with others who have been laid off.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Professor Dmitri Williams, USC Annenberg\"]‘The industry isn’t collapsing. This is more like the pendulum swing you would expect as the industry goes through its cycles, and it will probably swing up again in the coming years.’[/pullquote]The conference will feature skill-building sessions and networking opportunities, which Conference Manager Ashley Corrigan said could be especially helpful for those affected by layoffs. 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Home Depot’s finance chief called it a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/08/15/home-depot-hd-q2-2023-earnings-call-transcript/\">consistent pressure\u003c/a>” that the chain is “tackling every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/09/1203697964/flash-mob-retail-thefts\">backdrop of viral videos\u003c/a> showing brazen and \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/home-depot-employee-fatally-shot-confronting-alleged-shoplifter/story?id=98703891\">violent \u003c/a>thieves, crime became a common theme on retailers’ typically dry quarterly earnings calls. Executives often mentioned “shrink” — inventory missing for one reason or another — as a factor behind declining profits. The list grew long: Macy’s, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J.Maxx, Dollar General.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fast-forward to this year, and the fever pitch seems to be fading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this earnings season: Walgreens said the problem remains — and is really bad in some places. But Foot Locker described changes in shrink as “\u003ca href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4676380-foot-locker-inc-fl-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript\">relatively neutral\u003c/a>.” T.J. Maxx’s parent company found it \u003ca href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4674396-tjx-companies-inc-tjx-q4-2024-earnings-call-transcript\">better than expected\u003c/a>. Target cited “\u003ca href=\"https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2024/03/05/target-tgt-q4-2023-earnings-call-transcript/\">really solid progress\u003c/a>.” Many didn’t mention shrink at all. Two retailers hurt by theft in the past — Ulta and Dick’s Sporting Goods — will address investors on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has changed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retailers cite a few things: Federal and state lawmakers have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article286391150.html\">drafted new crime bills\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/retail-theft-virginia-law-repeal-d0bd556e030996ada00fcb1bbe40145c\">some have become law\u003c/a>. Many stores have scaled back self-checkout options and locked away more products behind glass doors; their security investments are starting to bear fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one thing remains the same: Crime data has yet to indicate a nationwide epidemic of theft, leaving us only to guess at the true scale of the problem — then and now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How big of a problem is retail theft?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Most retailers say their top worry is “organized retail crime” — coordinated operations in which people tend to steal and offload in bulk, often through online stores. Security experts argue that criminal rings proliferated as the COVID-19 pandemic ebbed, in part thanks to understaffed stores and soaring online demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, companies do not share data on goods stolen, let alone stolen in a specific manner. And individual stores often \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/29/1215568143/its-peak-shopping-and-shoplifting-season-cops-are-stepping-up-antitheft-tactics\">don’t report incidents to the police\u003c/a>.[aside label=\"More on the tampon tax\" tag=\"retail-theft\"]Instead, the most commonly cited figure comes from an annual National Retail Federation survey that asks retailers to assess “shrink,” a much broader measure. Overall, \u003ca href=\"https://nrf.com/research/national-retail-security-survey-2023\">the latest survey\u003c/a> attributes about 36% of shrink to shoplifting and organized theft, 29% to theft by employees and 27% to mistakes in tracking, accounting or other errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey makes eye-popping estimates: Retailers lost $112 billion to shrink in 2022, the most recent figure. Using the given breakdown, this could mean stores lost over $40 billion that year to outside theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the picture is not that clear. For one thing, the dollar value of shrink is calculated based on a percentage of retailers’ sales, and in 2022, shoppers went on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139231005/black-friday-shoppers-are-expected-to-spend-more-money-due-to-inflation\">record buying spree\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey shows the scale of shrink has barely changed in the past decade. In 2022, retailers, on average, said shrink affected 1.6% of sales — the same as in 2020 and 2019. In other years, the average hovered around 1.4%, which\u003ca href=\"https://wwd.com/feature/nrf-inventory-retailers-2014-survey-10165709/\"> at one point was reported\u003c/a> as the lowest rate in two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the next survey is released in the coming months, it may show shrink was a substantially bigger problem last year, at around 2% of sales, according to a report by the investment bank William Blair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the analysts surmised that retailers also likely used crime as a cover for closures of underperforming locations and lackluster financial results, making up for shoppers’ tightening budgets, for example, or a glut of unpopular products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While theft is likely elevated,” the report said, “companies are also likely using the opportunity to draw attention away from margin headwinds,” meaning other factors that eroded their profits, such as deeper discounts or poor management of inventory.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What happened at Walgreens and Target\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Walgreens and Target illustrate how opaque and complicated the question of theft can be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late 2021, Walgreens shut down five stores in San Francisco, citing skyrocketing organized retail crime. One of the stores appeared in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LyanneMelendez/status/1404574079156318210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404574079156318210%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2021%2F06%2F21%2Fthief-filmed-shoplifting-at-san-francisco-walgreens-in-viral-video-arrested-after-attempting-to-steal-again%2F\">viral video\u003c/a> of a thief loading up a trash bag while being filmed by several people, including a security guard. Later, a \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php\">data analysis found\u003c/a> that one of the closing stores had reported only seven shoplifting incidents that year, fewer than in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January 2023, Walgreens’ finance chief shocked the industry by saying, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/01/05/walgreens-boots-alliance-wba-q1-2023-earnings-call/\">Maybe we cried too much last year\u003c/a>” over thefts. He said shrink had declined. The chain would scale back anti-theft spending and rely more on law enforcement than “largely ineffective” security companies.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Tim Wentworth, CEO, Walgreens\"]‘Let me be clear. It is very real — it is an industry problem. The urban area, in particular in some cities, is challenged, some more than others. We believe that it’s something that is going to take some time.’[/pullquote]Now, the company’s leadership has changed. New finance chief Manmohan Mahajan \u003ca href=\"https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2024/01/16/walgreens-boots-alliance-wba-q1-2024-earnings-call/\">told investors in January\u003c/a> that shrink “continues to be a systemic issue” for retailers. Later, new CEO Tim Wentworth said he didn’t expect things to improve in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let me be clear. It is very real — it is an industry problem,” Wentworth said at an \u003ca href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4661739-walgreens-boots-alliance-inc-wba-j-p-morgan-42nd-annual-healthcare-conference-transcript\">industry conference\u003c/a>. “The urban area, in particular in some cities, is challenged, some more than others. We believe that it’s something that is going to take some time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Target took center stage on retail crime after November 2022, when executives got specific: They said shrink could cost the chain $600 million over the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They kept focusing on it. In May 2023, they said shrink would reduce Target’s annual profits \u003ca href=\"https://corporate.target.com/getmedia/a32499c2-0f20-4d33-9d6b-2265cf7fd95d/2023-05-17-Q1-Transcript-TGT.pdf\">by over $500 million\u003c/a> from a year earlier. In August, CEO Brian Cornell \u003ca href=\"https://corporate.target.com/getmedia/d2af905f-82f7-4602-ba27-053e6cf50c1a/2023-08-16-Q2-Transcript-TGT.pdf\">said violent thefts\u003c/a> at stores increased 120% in the first five months of 2023, compared with the same period in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, Target \u003ca href=\"https://corporate.target.com/press/statement/2023/09/target-closes-select-stores-to-prioritize-team-member-and-guest-safety\">announced it was closing nine locations\u003c/a> in New York City, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Oregon, because of theft and organized retail crime. Later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/target-store-closures-theft-and-crime-higher-nearby.html\">data analysis by CNBC\u003c/a> showed that as Target closed those stores, it chose to keep operating nearby locations that had reported more crime incidents but that also served more and wealthier shoppers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Target described numerous anti-theft investments, including locked merchandise, de-escalation training and more security staff. The chain was also delivering disappointing financial reports: Inflation had shoppers prioritizing necessities, and Target took a big hit. Sales \u003ca href=\"https://corporate.target.com/press/release/2023/02/target-corporation-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full\">barely grew in 2022\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://corporate.target.com/press/release/2024/03/target-corporation-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-earnings\">declined in 2023\u003c/a> for the first time in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Safety measures turn off shoppers \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Of course, big-picture statistics can mask trouble in specific places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shoplifting, for example, rose between 2019 and 2023 in New York City, Los Angeles, Virginia Beach and Dallas, while declining in over a dozen other cities, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://counciloncj.org/shoplifting-trends-what-you-need-to-know/\">November report\u003c/a> by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And shoppers often encounter a clear sign of stepped-up security: products like makeup, baby formula and laundry detergent locked behind plexiglass or even replaced with photographs. Katherine Black at the consulting firm Kearney said stores would not choose this if they didn’t have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To combat this problem, inherently, they’re putting in place measures that detract sales,” Black explained.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Brian Cornell, CEO, Target\"]‘When I think about shrink, I’ll start with the word ‘progress. I think we’re seeing really solid progress and greater awareness at the national, state and local level.’[/pullquote]Almost a third of shoppers say locked-up products hurt their perception of a store, according to Kearney’s October survey of 500 adults in the U.S. and Canada. More than a quarter say this prompts them to abandon the purchase and 46% say they end up buying somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No major retailer has disclosed sales lost over heightened security so far. During Target’s latest earnings call, one analyst asked executives about this, but they did not respond directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I think about shrink, I’ll start with the word ‘progress,'” Cornell said. “I think we’re seeing really solid progress and greater awareness at the national, state and local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retailers have long lobbied for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/16/923844907/when-shoplifting-is-a-felony-retailers-back-harsher-penalties-for-store-theft\">tougher prosecution of shoplifters\u003c/a> and a crackdown on online platforms used by resellers, including Amazon and Facebook Marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/11/organized-retail-crime-nine-states-pass-laws-to-crack-down-on-theft.html\">several states\u003c/a> have gone after organized retail crime with new laws. Leaders in \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/la-county-is-getting-a-funding-boost-to-fight-smash-grab-theft\">California\u003c/a>, New York and other places have put funding priority on “smash-and-grab” crimes. Congress \u003ca href=\"https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section45f&num=0&edition=prelim\">passed a law\u003c/a> requiring online marketplaces to verify the identities of high-volume sellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retailers also claim their security investments are starting to show results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This can include tracking alarms or moving high-risk products closer to registers. Many stores began restricting the use of self-checkout, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2024/03/06/walmart-self-checkout-update/72866539007/\">Walmart \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/18/business/target-self-checkout-new-system/index.html\">Target\u003c/a>. More retailers weighed changing the layout of some stores to funnel all shoppers through a single entrance, a staple security protocol at Best Buy and Costco. Best Buy, at one point, said it added more workers to walk the floor, which experts say helps deter many criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2024 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Retailers+howled+about+theft+last+year.+Why+not+now%3F&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Instead, the most commonly cited figure comes from an annual National Retail Federation survey that asks retailers to assess “shrink,” a much broader measure. Overall, \u003ca href=\"https://nrf.com/research/national-retail-security-survey-2023\">the latest survey\u003c/a> attributes about 36% of shrink to shoplifting and organized theft, 29% to theft by employees and 27% to mistakes in tracking, accounting or other errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey makes eye-popping estimates: Retailers lost $112 billion to shrink in 2022, the most recent figure. Using the given breakdown, this could mean stores lost over $40 billion that year to outside theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the picture is not that clear. For one thing, the dollar value of shrink is calculated based on a percentage of retailers’ sales, and in 2022, shoppers went on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139231005/black-friday-shoppers-are-expected-to-spend-more-money-due-to-inflation\">record buying spree\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey shows the scale of shrink has barely changed in the past decade. In 2022, retailers, on average, said shrink affected 1.6% of sales — the same as in 2020 and 2019. In other years, the average hovered around 1.4%, which\u003ca href=\"https://wwd.com/feature/nrf-inventory-retailers-2014-survey-10165709/\"> at one point was reported\u003c/a> as the lowest rate in two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the next survey is released in the coming months, it may show shrink was a substantially bigger problem last year, at around 2% of sales, according to a report by the investment bank William Blair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the analysts surmised that retailers also likely used crime as a cover for closures of underperforming locations and lackluster financial results, making up for shoppers’ tightening budgets, for example, or a glut of unpopular products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While theft is likely elevated,” the report said, “companies are also likely using the opportunity to draw attention away from margin headwinds,” meaning other factors that eroded their profits, such as deeper discounts or poor management of inventory.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What happened at Walgreens and Target\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Walgreens and Target illustrate how opaque and complicated the question of theft can be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late 2021, Walgreens shut down five stores in San Francisco, citing skyrocketing organized retail crime. One of the stores appeared in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LyanneMelendez/status/1404574079156318210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404574079156318210%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2021%2F06%2F21%2Fthief-filmed-shoplifting-at-san-francisco-walgreens-in-viral-video-arrested-after-attempting-to-steal-again%2F\">viral video\u003c/a> of a thief loading up a trash bag while being filmed by several people, including a security guard. Later, a \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php\">data analysis found\u003c/a> that one of the closing stores had reported only seven shoplifting incidents that year, fewer than in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January 2023, Walgreens’ finance chief shocked the industry by saying, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2023/01/05/walgreens-boots-alliance-wba-q1-2023-earnings-call/\">Maybe we cried too much last year\u003c/a>” over thefts. He said shrink had declined. The chain would scale back anti-theft spending and rely more on law enforcement than “largely ineffective” security companies.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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