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On August 21, 2025, the Mayor of Long Beach approved an ordinance requiring staffing for self-checkout at drug retail establishments and grocery stores. The ordinance will go into effect on September 21, 2025, the 31st day...more
The City of Long Beach introduced a new ordinance aimed at curbing retail theft and improving safety in grocery and drug stores that use self-service checkout stations. The ordinance applies to “drug retail establishments”...more
On March 1, 2021, the City Council of Pomona, California, passed an ordinance that establishes premium pay for retail food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pomona is an incorporated city located in Los Angeles County and...more
On January 27, 2021, the City Council of Montebello, California, passed an ordinance titled “Premium Pay for Grocery and Drug Store Workers Ordinance.” Montebello is an incorporated city located in Los Angeles County,...more
On February 10, 2021, the City Council of Coachella, California, passed the “Premium Pay for Agricultural, Grocery, Restaurant, and Retail Pharmacy Workers Ordinance.” Coachella is located in Riverside County, California....more
On April 7, 2020, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency “Worker Protection Order” directing essential businesses (such as grocery stores, laundromats, and hotels) and their customers/visitors, to take specified measures to...more
The L.A. City Council just took two steps that will impact many grocery and retail food operations in the city. First, it passed the Grocery, Drug Retail and Food Delivery Worker Protection ordinance, offering workplace...more
The Texas Supreme Court (“Court”) addressed in a June 22nd decision the validity of a Laredo, Texas ordinance that rendered it: . . . unlawful for any “commercial establishment” to provide or sell certain plastic or paper...more
The crown for the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags is up for grabs again. Late last year, the California legislature passed, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law, SB 270 — making California the first state to ban...more
According to its backers, the Berkeley “Sugar Tax” is the future of sugar in America. Berkeley’s Measure “D,” which garnered an overwhelming 75% “yes” vote, imposes a general excise tax of $0.01 per ounce on the distribution...more
Over the last several years, a number of municipalities across the nation have passed ordinances imposing bans, fees, and/or taxes on single-use plastic carrier bags distributed by retailers. In the most recent 188th...more