California Bill Update - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
For California Ag Today, I’m Mike Stephens<p><p>A Legislative Update from Sacramento,<p><p>AB 701 (Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego) establishes an entirely new regulatory regimen for warehousing and food processing employers with 100 or more employees at a site or 1000 or more statewide who use performance metrics, making such metrics difficult and legally hazardous to use. The Farm Bureau opposes AB 701 which passed the Senate on September 8 on a vote of 26-11 with three absent or not voting. Earlier, AB 701 was amended to significant narrowing its scope and removing l...
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