Image by geckophotosOPINION – Walk into a Latino-owned restaurant in California, and you will see more than a business. You will see families working side by side. Right now, many of those restaurant owners feel like they are under threat from every direction.
Image by Kagenmi. OPINION – Because European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, known as CS3D applies to companies with global operations and supply chains, it effectively imposes European regulatory standards on American businesses, even for activity that takes place entirely in the United States. This kind of extraterritorial regulation should concern anyone who cares about economic growth, fairness, and democratic accountability.
Jose Barerra. Photo by Joha Harrison.Despite being just 30 years old, Jose Barrera sits atop the leadership ranks in LULAC, or the League of United Latin American Citizens, as the Chairmen of the California LULAC Foundation and National Vice President for the Far West Region. He is currently the youngest person and first DACA recipient to have held three leadership roles in LULAC.
Image by Yaroslav Olieinikov. OPINION – California’s Latino business community has endured more than its fair share of hardship these last few years. Senate Bill 7 is framed as a cutting-edge “AI” regulation, but could actually apply to everyday commonplace workplace tools like spreadsheets and HR software use.
Image by Makhbubakhon Ismatova. OPINION – Latino entrepreneurs are at the heart of communities across California, from family-owned restaurants to small logistics companies and neighborhood markets. When we talk about California’s future and all of the opportunities available to our citizens, we cannot leave these businesses out of the conversation.
Image by artisteer.OPINION – Senate Bill 41, pitched as “drug price reform,” isn’t serious reform. It’s a political play designed to give Sacramento lawmakers credibility to be on the good side of a universally hated issue, even if it comes at the expense of the very communities they claim to champion.
Ultra-Processed Food as an industry formulated snack made from processed ingredients with high fat sugar and salt with artificial flavour additives and preservatives and fake colouring. Image by wildpixel. OPINION – Food is more than fuel in Latino communities. It’s culture, connection, and survival. For California’s 1.8 million Latino-owned businesses and the families they serve, any law affecting food access is a law that affects our lives and livelihoods. Unfortunately, Assembly Bill 1264 doesn’t help us, it harms us.
Rudy Salas, photo by APAccording to recent USC polling, and the election buzz among national prognosticators, voters could be on the verge of electing the first Latino in the House of Representatives from the state’s Central Valley. Yes, you read that right.
Photo by APIn spite of some gains, if the expectation from the Democratic Convention was that it was going to swing any Trump voters toward the Harris campaign, or give her a dramatically widening lead in the race, this has not been met, at least according to the California data.
Image by Richard ThorntonOPINION – It was a letter I never thought I would have to write. But given deceptive tactics by a group called Groundswell, funded by discredited water company Cadiz, to wrongly use my name and image in their lobbying strategy, my duty to speak out was clear.