Today we’ll take a look at how Governor Newsom’s executive orders impact tax obligations in California. On March 30, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-40-20, which is intended to provide relief to California’s small businesses. This particular executive order has a number of provisions related to state tax laws that are intended to provide
On March 30, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N‑40‑20. This executive order (EO) is intended to provide regulatory relief to California’s small businesses. This particular executive order has a number of provisions. For one, it extends the Office of Administrative Law’s, the OAL, deadlines to review certain regulations.
Specifically, the governor’s executive order
While most of the public is trying to comply with the shelter in place orders that’ve now been instituted statewide, of course, with very stern warnings to comply to help curb the spread of this new coronavirus, there have been a number of people who have jobs that are deemed so critical that they
As a result of the COVID‑19 outbreak, numerous state legislatures around the country have been acting upon, or considering, measures to deal with their legislative operations, including issues like recesses, bill deadlines, and remote voting.
About half of the states so far have either temporarily adjourned, or recessed, their legislative sessions. There are some
As we near the end of the week of California’s shelter-in-place order, and with both Governor Newsom and President Trump putting the National Guard to use here in California to slow the spread of COVID-19, there is concern about whether the pandemic will somehow result in the imposition of martial law.
Neither the United
In light of the current state of emergency in California that Governor Newsom declared to respond to the novel coronavirus, and the series of orders that he has issued since, I think it’s valuable to explore where the Governor’s emergency powers come from and what the limitations on those powers are.
While the Governor’s