Libby Emmons and David Marcus at the New York Post put a spotlight on the ongoing crusade against the gig economy. They began by citing California Assembly Bill 5 which …
Thanks to Anti-Gig Economy Craze, Freelance Writers are Getting Hurt
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Is the Restaurant Industry Heading into a Recession?
The restaurant industry may be in trouble beginning this year. Many minimum wage hikes will go into effect this year. According to Rich Duprey of the financial website The Motley …
Banning No-Fault Evictions Has Nothing to Do With Compassion
Sacramento’s Board of Supervisors thankfully failed to pass an emergency ordinance banning no-fault evictions for the rest of the year. The proposed ban was meant to help residents such as …
Apple’s Plan to ‘Alleviate’ CA Housing Crisis Will Backfire
Apple fashioned itself as a company focused on solutions. But over the years, the Silicon Valley giant did more than just respond to market demand, designing products that became the …
The Big Apple Exodus
According to ZeroHedge, New York City is the number one metro area in America for people leaving its city limits. As of 2019, Bloomberg reports that approximately 277 people move …
Power to the People: Free California’s Electricity Market
Last week approximately hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power thanks to a preemptive outage that Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison implemented in order to stave off …
100-Year-Old California Store Shuts Down, Highlighting State’s Suffocating Business Environment
A store that’s been a staple in the Eagle Rock community in Southern California for 107 years is closing its doors. While the owner, 78-year-old Kevin Strauch, said that his …
California Rent Control Law Won’t Solve Its Housing Problems
California’s recent passage of rent control bill AB 1482 makes it the third state to pass statewide rent control in 2019. States like Oregon and New York got the ball …
Why Are the Poor Leaving California?
The state preferred by millionaires and home to Silicon Valley and Hollywood is pushing its poor and working-class residents out. This reality will soon become a problem, not just because …
Los Angeles Spends Millions on Temporary Homeless Shelter, as Root Cause Goes Ignored
California continues to struggle to deal with its homeless problem, but while even county and local officials admit that government-imposed housing regulations are worsening the situation, the state continues to …