Labor/Employment,
Government
Aug. 24, 2020
Newspaper industry gets relief in bill headed to Senate floor
The government-ordered shutdowns to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in more than a dozen California newspapers folding or suspending operations because they lost advertising revenue, according to a release issued this month by bill author Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park.
A bill that unanimously passed the Senate Appropriations Committee aims to bring relief to the newspaper industry in two ways: by giving the industry two more years to comply with Assembly Bill 5, and by requiring state agencies to give local news organizations priority when placing marketing or outreach advertising.
AB 323 passed the committee last week is headed to the Senate floor for its next vote.
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