Coba Weel 🏳️‍⚧️@weel.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:03:47.865Z
California actually has a functional legislature, just saying.
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Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:06:38.952Z#
How confident are you in its ability to resist lobbying from the entire tech industry? I’m not a Californian, so I don’t have a sense for that.
president, Spreadsheet Persons Local 153@werrrp.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:11:35.180Z#
there would be a full court press, no doubt, but many legislators still owe their jobs to an electorate that feels less and less aligned with tech execs every day
Coba Weel 🏳️‍⚧️@weel.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:17:21.897Z#
Most of the legislative process is pretty forced into the open… but I’d be afraid of an unexplained last minute veto. If the bill spends no money that can only really come from the governor. Union support would help a lot in preventing that, I think. I dunno, I’m not a CA politics expert.
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真)@lizthegrey.com·2026-09-27T19:04:02.255Z#
shame about the Governor
Mel Buer@melbuer.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:04:58.160Z#
Was just about to say…lmao
Coba Weel 🏳️‍⚧️@weel.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:09:53.413Z#
Not much longer. I’m sure Becerra will find his own ways to annoy us but at least he’s not trying to appeal to Ohio swing voters. That said, the way CA can pass things by a veto proof supermajority and the governor says no and everyone goes “ah well it’s September now, time for recess” is arrrgh.
Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:17:12.452Z#
I’m going to reset my position having thought about it a bit. It’s not just tech you’d be fighting with. It’s the entire business community. What you’re describing is really a confidentiality clause. And those are derigueur for settlement/severance agreements.
president, Spreadsheet Persons Local 153@werrrp.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:20:13.614Z#
maybe, but we got victory on non-compete agreements in CA courts nonetheless, and that decision had few fans in industry
Thomas Neville@goobermunch.bsky.social·2026-09-27T19:45:20.151Z#
Even if the California legislature banned non-competes, I can't see it banning confidentiality clauses in settlement agreements. Think about who'd object: the California Medical Association, every insurer in the state, the plaintiffs' lawyers, the defense lawyers, the Chamber of Commerce...
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