Gatto

October 7, 2013
The Los Angeles Times reports that Governor Jerry Brown has signed AB227 into law, which will amend Proposition 65 to give certain businesses a 14-day “cure period” to remedy violations of the law without being subject to civil penalties.  Assemblyman Mike Gatto originated AB227. Proposition 65, or the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,...
June 20, 2013
Yesterday, the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee (“EQ Committee”) revised AB 227, the proposed amendment to Proposition 65 authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto.  While preserving the 14-day cure period for exposures to alcoholic beverages consumed on site, certain foods and beverages prepared on site, tobacco smoke, and engine exhaust in parking...
May 29, 2013
Assembly Bill 227, an amendment to California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (commonly known as Proposition 65), was passed by the California Assembly last Friday and is now headed for the California Senate.  If the bill passes the Senate and Governor Edmund G. (“Jerry”) Brown signs it, it will become law.  The bill was...
May 10, 2013
Cliff Chanler, the founder of The Chanler Group, was featured in Bay Area TV station KTVU’s news report about a possible overhaul of Proposition 65.  Proposition 65, or The Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires businesses that offer products for sale in California to provide health hazard warnings if the products contain chemicals known to...
May 10, 2013
Cliff Chanler, the founder of The Chanler Group, was featured in Bay Area TV station KTVU’s news report about a possible overhaul of Proposition 65. California State Assemblymember Mike Gatto recently introduced Assembly Bill 227 (“AB 227”), a bill aimed at providing certain small businesses allegedly in violation of Proposition 65 a 14-day “cure...
In the News
May 8, 2013
Excerpted from full article at KQED: In 2011, the most recent year listed on the attorney general's website, attorneys reached settlements with business owners in 338 cases alleging Proposition 65 infringement, resulting in just under $12 million in attorneys fees. Sixty-one of those cases were filed by one man, Russell Brimer, a client of the Chanler Group,...
In the News
May 3, 2013
This week, the California State Assembly’s Committee on the Judiciary voted 10-0 to pass a dramatically revamped version of the proposed legislative amendment to Proposition 65, known as Assembly Bill (“AB”) 227.  The bill was originally written to provide anyone receiving a 60-Day Notice of Violation of Proposition 65 with fourteen days to correct the...