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SACRAMENTO — Amid rising deaths and abuse in ICE detention centers, the California State Assembly pushed back on Trump’s war on immigrants with a 21-bill package, featuring AB 2465 by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro), which would ban state tax breaks and other perks for companies that run for-profit immigrant detention centers or contr

SAN LEANDRO, CA ― Assembly Labor Committee Chair Liz Ortega praised the recent California Superior Court settlement awarding $233 million in a class action wage theft suit under a local Anaheim “minimum wage” ordinance. “I want to congratulate the workers and attorneys who just won the largest wage theft settlement in California history.

Sacramento — In a hearing on the state auditor’s findings of multiple failings in Cal/OSHA, Assembly Labor Chair Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) announced plans for a bill to increase criminal prosecutions of employers when workers die or are seriously injured on the job and pressed officials for discounting fines by more than half.

Sacramento — In a hearing on the state auditor’s findings of multiple failings in Cal/OSHA, Assembly Labor Chair Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) announced plans for a bill to increase criminal prosecutions of employers when workers die or are seriously injured on the job and pressed officials for discounting fines by more than half.

SACRAMENTO – En medio de una inflación histórica y una creciente crisis del costo de vida, una legisladora de la Bahía está enfocada en un delito poco conocido que le cuesta miles de millones a los trabajadores cada año: el robo de salarios.

SACRAMENTO – Amid historic inflation and a deepening affordability crisis, one East Bay legislator is taking aim at a little-discussed crime that drains billions from paychecks every year: wage theft.

SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D–San Leandro) today joined with small business owners to announce Assembly Bill 1065, which would close a loophole that allows credit card companies to charge extra fees on the sales taxes that every other business is required by law to collect, account for, and remit at no cost to the state.

A Victory for Hayward and Alameda County

Across the state and country, giant health companies are pushing community hospitals out of business. 

SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D–San Leandro) today introduced Assembly Bill 1065, which would close a loophole that allows credit card companies to charge extra fees on the sales taxes that every other business is required by law to collect, account for, and remit at no cost to the state.