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• Press Coverage | April 1, 2023

  City begins taxing on the sales of mansions exceeding $5 million

  

  LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The city of Los Angeles Saturday will begin an additional tax on the property sales that exceed $5 million through Measure ULA, a ballot measure passed in November, which city officials have said will generate a...

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• Press Coverage | March 31, 2023

  Los Angeles mansion tax starts Saturday, adding costs to new development

  

  LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With Measure ULA set to kick in on April 1, Los Angeles may soon have hundreds of millions of new dollars available to use for affordable housing and homelessness programs. But real-estate brokers and developers say the...

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• Press Coverage | March 27, 2023

  Proposed bill could give more bargaining power to CA care workers

  

  FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new bill could improve in-home caregiving throughout California. Assemblyman Matt Haney of San Francisco proposed AB 1672, which would allow in-home caregivers to negotiate at a State level, instead of a county level. Wendy Davenport has...

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• Victory | Press Coverage | March 24, 2023

  Lakeport nursing home workers form their union with SEIU 2015

  

  LAKEPORT, Calif. — Nursing home workers employed at Rocky Point Care Center in Lakeport have opted to form a union. The group’s will unionize with SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care workers union. Nearly 80 full-time and part-time...

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• Press Coverage | March 23, 2023

  ‘Fed up’ California workers across industries demand more amid rising cost of living

  

  The "Our Care Counts" bill (AB 1672) that we introduced earlier this year is mentioned in this article focused on a worker’s rights moment in California: Other bills introduced this year include a proposal to allow in-home providers who care...

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• Press Release | March 20, 2023

  700,000 SEIU Members in California Commit Solidarity to Striking LAUSD School Workers

  Sacramento, CA – As 30,000 school workers in Los Angeles Unified School District prepare to go on strike over unfair labor practices, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California released the following statement from David Huerta, President of SEIU California...
• Press Coverage | March 16, 2023

  SEIU Local 2015 hosts SEIU Worker Roundtable with Minority Leader Jeffries on social safety net

  

  La Opinion: Inmigrante retirada denuncia grandes descuentos en su cheque de Seguro Social Angelinos advierten a legisladores que la pensión que reciben es insuficiente; demócratas salen al rescate ante la advertencia de algunos ‘republicanos extremistas’ de hasta querer eliminar el...

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• Press Coverage | March 13, 2023

  Why fast-food workers, ride-hail drivers, and nail technicians are fighting for this new form of labor organizing

  

  Sectoral bargaining—where workers in an entire industry negotiate as a whole—is common in Europe. Now, organizers are trying to make it work in the U.S.

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• Press Coverage | March 9, 2023

  Radio Bilingüe: Caregiving Crisis in California

  Listen to this interview with SEIU 2015 President Arnulfo De La Cruz and L.A. IHSS provider Patricia Santana as they sound the alarm on the tens of thousands of elderly people not receiving the care they need. This crisis is...

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• Issues | Politics | February 27, 2023

  The “Our Care Counts” bill (AB 1672)—a huge expansion of collective power for IHSS providers

  

  On February 17, 2023, California Assemblymember Matt Haney of San Francisco introduced the “Our Care Counts” bill (AB 1672)—with Principal Co-Authors Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago and Wendy Carillo of Los Angeles. This bill would lead to our ability to strengthen the...

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• Press Coverage | February 23, 2023

  Press Coverage: Launch of “Our Care Counts” (AB 1672) Legislation to transform home care for seniors and people with disabilities

  

  California’s caregivers for seniors and people with disabilities kicked off a new initiative to keep the promise of living and aging at home for a rapidly growing senior population. At a State Capitol news conference, home care workers from SEIU...

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