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The Fast Food Accountability and Standards (FAST) Recovery Act (AB 257) is a Californian law which brings multiple reforms to the state's fast food industry. The bill's provisions aim to allow workers and California state to hold fast-food chains responsible for issues like wage theft and overtime pay, and establish a council which itself shall be responsible for establishing minimum standards ...
California lawmakers on Monday advanced a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who ...
Editor's note, Sept. 29, 2023: A previous version of this article indicated that AB 1228, when passed by the California Senate, would have made fast-food franchisors jointly liable if franchisees ...
In an effort to solve this issue, Senate Bill 972 was passed by the California Senate in order to update the food code to simplify the requirements for street vendors. [12] Specifically, the bill introduces street vending into the food code and limits the equipment requirements originally established for food trucks. [13]
Last year, Newsom signed a separate bill into law that bars snack foods containing a number of synthetic food dyes from California public schools. That law will prevent popular snack foods like ...
Notable topics discussed by legislators included local journalism support (California Journalism Preservation Act) [3] and regulation of AI (Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act). [4] The following bills were signed or vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023 or 2024. [5]
The governor signed Assembly Bill 257 in 2022 to create the the council, and fast food companies and franchise owners quickly moved to challenge it with a 2024 ballot measure campaign.
AB257 for unionization of fast-food workers; AB2011 and its companion SB6 for changing permitting processes to streamline affordable housing; AB 2097, a ban on parking minimums for buildings within 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) of public transit. [4] For climate change, a variety of climate-related bills which were part of an agenda by Governor Newsom ...