SACRAMENTO – (Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020) – Today, the California Latino Legislative Caucus held a Latina Equal Pay Day rally with State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles), First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and others to shine a spotlight on the crisis of inequities facing Latinas in California.
SACRAMENTO – (Friday, Oct. 9, 2020) – Today, the California Latino Legislative Caucus is announcing a new two-year initiative to address the continued and growing inequality that California Latinas experience in economic outcomes, career and leadership opportunities, and education in the state. Latino Caucus Chairwoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), Vice Chair María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-Arelta) will coordinate this effort.
SACRAMENTO – (Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3075 authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to protect workers from being cheated out of earned wages.
“Cheating workers out of the pay they’ve earned is no different than stealing from them,” Assemblywoman Gonzalez said. “Now, when employers are found to have committed wage theft, they won’t be able to simply open a new business to avoid paying California workers what they are due.”
SACRAMENTO – (Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) that ensures food delivery companies, like DoorDash, Grub Hub, Postmates and Uber Eats, have an agreement in place with a restaurant before they start delivering their food.
SACRAMENTO – (Friday, September 4, 2020) – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed, to be effective immediately, Assembly Bill 2257 authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) to build on historic labor protections signed into law last year and clarify employment rules in the state.
SACRAMENTO – (Monday, Aug. 31, 2020) – Business owners will not be able to evade their responsibility to pay their workers thanks to Assembly Bill 3075 by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), which passed the state Assembly today on a concurrence vote and is now on its way to the governor’s desk for consideration.
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