UCSB Staff and Students Share Opinions on Newly Passed California Fair Pay Act
Governor Jerry Brown signed Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s California Fair Pay Act (SB 358) into law this Wednesday. SB 358, which takes effect in January, prohibits California employers from paying employees at wages lower than those who do substantially similar work, with the intention of ensuring equal pay for women doing the same work as men. […]
Students and I.V. Community React to Jerry Brown’s End of Life Option Act
Governor Jerry Brown signed the End of Life Option Act (ABX2 15) into law Monday, making California the fifth state to grant terminally-ill patients the right to choose physician-assisted suicide instead of treatment. Similar to Oregon’s 1997 Death with Dignity Act, ABX2 15 allows “an adult who meets certain qualifications, and who has been determined […]