As the President and CEO of the National Asian American Coalition (NAAC) and the National Diversity Coalition (NDC), my entire life has been dedicated to empowering minority communities and small businesses.
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 8-1 ruling in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (pdf), limiting the ability for employees to sue under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), state lawmakers are faced with a unique opportunity to finally fix a problem that has long weighed our state’s economy down. That is, if they have the courage to do so.