{"id":2024138,"date":"2023-09-06T23:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrity-chef-and-restaurant-owner-slams-californias-onerous-workplace-violence-prevention-bill\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T23:09:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T03:09:04","slug":"celebrity-chef-and-restaurant-owner-slams-californias-onerous-workplace-violence-prevention-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrity-chef-and-restaurant-owner-slams-californias-onerous-workplace-violence-prevention-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef and restaurant owner criticizes California&#8217;s burdensome workplace violence prevention bill."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcelebrity-chef-and-restaurant-owner-slams-californias-onerous-workplace-violence-prevention-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Celebrity Chef Slams California \u2062Legislation,\u2062 Says It Punishes Businesses for\u200b Trying to Stop Crime<\/h2>\n<p>Celebrity chef and restaurateur Andrew Gruel has strongly criticized\u2064 California legislation aimed at\u2064 protecting employees from violence at their job sites. In a passionate post\u200d on X, the\u200b platform formerly known as Twitter, Gruel expressed his concerns \u200babout \u2062Senate Bill 553, stating that it\u200c would punish businesses for \u2062&#8221;trying to stop a crime in progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gruel emphasized that instead of focusing on prosecuting criminals, the state government has invested time and resources in drafting, passing, and amending a bill that imposes additional burdens on business owners. The bill requires businesses, including security guards, to\u2063 develop a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-shootings-continue-64-people-shot-at-least-9-dead-in-weekend-violence\/\" title=\"Chicago Shootings Continue: 64 People Shot, At Least 9 Dead In Weekend Violence\">violence prevention plan<\/a>,&#8221; which Gruel \u200bbelieves will hinder their ability to intervene during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-city-council-votes-to-reallocate-police-funding-despite-spike-in-violent-crime\/\" title=\"Oakland City Council Votes To Reallocate Police Funding Despite Spike In Violent Crime\">criminal incidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2064 the\u2062 bill\u200c text, businesses would be obligated to\u2063 establish and maintain an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrity-chef-and-restaurant-owner-slams-californias-onerous-workplace-violence-prevention-bill\/\" title=\"Chef and restaurant owner criticizes California's burdensome workplace violence prevention bill.\">effective workplace violence\u200c prevention program<\/a> in all work areas. Failure \u2063to comply with \u2062this requirement would result in fines and penalties for businesses.<\/p>\n<h3>Rampant Theft Incidents Plague\u2062 California\u2063 Businesses<\/h3>\n<p>Businesses,\u2063 particularly grocery and convenience stores, \u200bin\u2062 major cities across California have been \u200dfacing a surge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores\/\" title=\"Shoplifting Skyrockets In San Francisco, Forcing Retailers To Close Stores\">theft incidents<\/a>. Mobs of thieves have been wreaking havoc, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retail-theft-is-driving-a-shocking-amount-of-losses-for-target-executives-say\/\" title=\"Target executives report that retail theft is causing significant losses.\">causing significant losses<\/a> for these\u2062 establishments.<\/p>\n<p>High-end retail\u2063 stores in Beverly Hills have \u2063been hit hard by smash-and-grab gang robberies, leading to\u2063 numerous closures. Retailers \u200dand restaurants, including Barneys New York, Escada, Chanel, Rite Aid, and Barnes &#038; Noble, have been\u2064 forced to shut down \u200bdue to burglaries and the rise in crime.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco has also experienced a retail exodus due to crime and homelessness. The \u200ddowntown Westfield Mall, consisting \u2064of 70 stores, had to relinquish ownership of\u200c the shopping center. Whole Foods recently closed its flagship \u2064store in downtown San Francisco to prioritize the safety of its workers.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition from Business Associations<\/h3>\n<p>The California Chamber \u200cof Commerce,\u2063 the\u200d California Retailers Association, and the California Grocers \u200bAssociation \u2064have vehemently opposed this \u200dmeasure, deeming it impractical for employers to implement.<\/p>\n<p>The Occupational Safety and Health \u200cAdministration already requires workplaces to \u2062be free from recognized hazards. \u200dHowever, this new legislation would impose additional \u2064penalties on\u2063 employers who violate occupational safety or health standards.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is currently awaiting\u200b a full vote in the\u200c California Assembly. If approved, it will be\u2064 signed into law by the governor, making it\u2063 the first\u200b of its kind in \u200dthe nation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"link-to-read-more\">Click here to read more from The\u2064 Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrity chef Andrew Gruel criticized California&#8217;s legislation to safeguard employees from workplace violence, arguing it would penalize businesses for intervening in ongoing crimes. He questioned the state&#8217;s priorities, highlighting the expenditure of funds and efforts on drafting, passing, and amending a bill instead of focusing on prosecuting criminals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2024139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}