Articles by Don Thompson

Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data

Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners. The website was designed to only show general data about …

Cyber Experts Say California Lacked Safeguards for Gun Owner Data

Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners. The website was designed to only show general data about …

California Bill Would Require Gunowners to Buy Liability Insurance

California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure. “Guns kill more people than cars. Yet gun owners are not …

California Moves Toward Allowing Lawsuits Over Illegal Guns

Spurred by Tuesday’s deadly elementary school shooting in Texas, California senators approved giving people the power to sue those who traffic in illegal firearms, mimicking a Texas law that is intended to deter abortions. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sought the …

California to Keep Workplace Pandemic Rules Through 2022

California workplace regulators are poised to extend mandatory pay for workers affected by the coronavirus through the end of 2022, more than two months after state lawmakers restored similar benefits through September. The decision again pits management against labor as …

California May Empower Citizens to Sue Over Illegal Firearms

For all California’s nation-leading attempts to regulate firearms, the state has not found a way to deter those happy to skirt the laws with stolen or homemade and increasingly prevalent “ghost” guns. In just two recent examples, police say the …

California Becomes First State to Adopt ‘Endemic’ Virus Policy

California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns. The milestone, nearly …

California Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Require Vaccines for All Employees

California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democratic state lawmakers that was immediately criticized by Republicans as government overreach. Employees or contractors who qualify for …

3 Million Plaintiffs Seeking $1.2B from California Health Firm

A lawsuit over high health care bills filed on behalf of more than 3 million employers and people seeks as much as $1.2 billion from a large Northern California health systems in an antitrust class-action trial that got underway Thursday. …

California Considers Giving 500K Fast Food Workers More Power

California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly this week. Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to …