Apartment Owners Fighting New LA Rent Laws The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (“AAGLA”) filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles in order to stop LA’s enforcement of two renter protection ordinances: Ordinance No. 187763 requiring at least one month of past due rent before the landlord...
SELL SELL SELL YOUR LA REAL ESTATE BEFORE YOU’RE TAXED MORE APRIL 1, 2023…April Fools Day. Don’t wait until then to close on your transactions. Los Angeles Measure ULA is commonly known as the “mansion tax.”[1] It will impose a new “Homelessness and Housing Solutions Tax” on transfers of residential...
EMPLOYERS 2023 - Are You Prepared? Epps & Coulson, LLP wishes all of our clients a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2023. California enacted new laws that affect employers. We already updated you on the Minimum Wage increase [article], which increased it to $15.50/hour (or more, depending on local...
CA: New Laws Allow Multifamily Residential Development on Commercial Property California enacted a law that takes effect on July 2023, which allows residential construction on commercially zoned property. The law at issue is intended to allow for streamline approval of multifamily housing developments in commercial zones. So long as 100%...
New California Rules Will Allow Nurse Practitioners to Practice Without Physician Supervision California’s nursing agency just approved rules that will allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without direct physician supervision. This vote is one of the last major steps necessary to fully implement a 2020 law that will allow nurse...
EEOC RELEASES UPDATED “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” POSTER The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has released an updated poster (“Know Your Rights”) that federal nondiscrimination laws require employers to display. Covered employers with 15 or more employees must post the new version as soon as possible. Employers covered by federal...
California Amends Hate Crime Law California has enacted legislation (Assembly Bill 2282), which clarifies the state's hate crime law as it pertains to the workplace and increases the potential for penalties. The bill addresses a growing problem with hate crimes surging to the highest in 12 years. The new law...
Extension to COVID-19-Relief Bill Current state law was set to expire, but California extended the 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law (“SPSL”), the law that requires employers with 26 or more employees to provide supplemental paid sick leave to employees for COVID-19 related qualifying reasons. September 30, 2022, providing...
CALIFORNIA EXPANDS BENEFITS FOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE California created the first Paid Family Leave (“PFL”) law 20 years ago. Now, California’s new PFL benefits expand leave benefits and gradually increase the amount paid to lower-wage employees who use the benefits. The new law phases in an increase in benefits. By...
California Labor Commissioner Recovers $282,000 for Wage Citations New lien authority assists in recovery of money for employees not paid for all time worked The Labor Commissioner’s Office recovered more than $282,000 for wage theft violations affecting 22 car wash workers in Long Beach, who were not paid for the...