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An increasing number of restaurants in San Francisco did not accept cash until 2019, when the city passed an ordinance requiring them to do so. Now Los Angeles is considering a similar motion ...
The bill was passed by the California State Legislature and signed into law by the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, on June 28, 2018, to amend Part 4 of Division 3 of the California Civil Code. [2] Officially called AB-375, the act was introduced by Ed Chau, member of the California State Assembly, and State Senator Robert Hertzberg. [3] [4]
Companies that are not physically located within California and conduct all of their business outside of the state may be exempt from the act. [17] However, if such companies enter California or begin engaging in transactions with California residents online, then they would be expected to comply with the act. [17]
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has a long history, dating back to the formation of California's first banking department. It became the DFPI in 2020 with the passage of the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL). [2] Formation of State Banking Department (1909) and State Corporations Department (1913)
But Dyke knew that Colorado had put through legislation in 2021 that a business must accept cash, in response to many establishments becoming cashless during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both the DOJ and the industry's suit against California over the law was restarted in August 2020 following the conclusion of the Mozilla case. [10] With the election of Joe Biden as president in January 2021 and the indication that the FCC would likely change its rules to be favorable of net neutrality, the DOJ dropped its suit against ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed one measure amending the so-called California Bottle Bill into law in September 2022 and another in October. The changes go into effect at the start of January.
The Unruh Civil Rights Act (colloquially the "Unruh Act") is an expansive 1959 California law that prohibits California businesses from engaging in unlawful discrimination against all persons (consumers) within California's jurisdiction, where the unlawful discrimination is in part based on a person's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition ...