In today’s newscast:
The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office sues ECOS for false-advertising.
Monterey joined ten other counties that are suing brand name ECOS for falsely marketing certain laundry and dishwashing products as plastic-free. ECOS will now pay $176,000 dollars to the statewide greenwashing taskforce.
Monterey’s chief deputy district attorney Emily Hickock says most counties have a consumer protection division and these cases are not uncommon: "if a consumer sees these issues out in the marketplace, they could report those to their local district attorney's office, consumer protection unit."
Federal appeals court kills law requiring ICE agents to show ID
The law that was struck down was part of the mask ban bill package that California passed last year. The ruling marks a victory for the Trump administration, which sued to overturn the laws after saying California didn’t have the authority to regulate federal law enforcement.
"They said that there's two big problems. One is this old case from 1890 that essentially says that federal officers conducting their duties can't be interfered with by state government," said Nigel Duara with our California Newsroom partner, CalMatters.
"But more importantly, they ran into something called the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which says that the states can't do anything that regulates the operations of the federal government," he said. "All signals point to them appealing this."
California’s ban on immigration agents wearing masks is also tied up in the courts right now under a separate injunction.
