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Van Nuys, Calif. – As California legislators voted on hundreds of bills during the last week of the legislative session this year, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) successfully advocated on a number of priority bills for the business community. VICA was pleased that 79.5 percent of the bills VICA advocated on in the Legislature were successful, including bills that VICA supported which were sent to the Governor and VICA-opposed bills which failed to pass out of the Legislature. Read more

Van Nuys, Calif. – As AB 5 (Gonzalez) makes its way out of the legislature, the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) continues to be concerned with the implications of the bill, which limits the definition of independent contractor by codifying the California Supreme Court Dynamex ruling. Read more

Van Nuys, Calif. – The Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA) applauds the passage of SCA 1 (Allen / Wiener) on the California Senate floor, which would place a measure on the 2020 ballot to allow the state to authorize the construction of low-rent housing projects financed in whole or in part by the state without approval from local voters. Read more

California’s passage of Proposition 64 has led to some monumental changes in the landscape of business; not just as it pertains to the relationship between the marijuana industry and other industries, but also as it relates to how employers navigate the use of the newly legalized plant among their workforce. Read more