Posts By: Matthew Allen

Western Growers Asks Gov. Newsom to Pause on Enforcement of AB 5

Western Growers is among more than 70 organizations who are asking California Governor Gavin Newsom to provide a short-term pause in enforcement of AB 5 via Executive Order in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court declining late last month to consider a challenge to the law brought by the California Trucking Association. In a ...

California Advocacy:Contingency Plans Are Not Superfluous

By Matthew Allen, Vice President, State Government Affairs Growing up, many of us had experience being asked by either parents, educators or other valued mentors what our backup or contingency plans were should expectations and goals face unanticipated challenges. These prompts and questions were often met with blank stares or furled eyebrows but served as ...