California Trucking Association News Updates

Government, Business, Equipment, Fuel

California Truckers Laud ACF Rule Withdrawal, Await ACT Fate

The uncertain nature and complexity continues to create confusion regarding the environmental regulatory climate for truckers in California.

March 12, 2025
Government, Business

California Trucking Association Ends AB 5 Legal Fight

The California Trucking Association is ending its yearslong legal battle against the state’s controversial AB 5 worker reclassification law.

August 28, 2024
Government, Business

Questions Linger About Enforcement of California AB 5 Law

The California AB 5 independent contractor law is more than 4 years old, but how and to what extent it’s being enforced across the trucking industry remains an open question.

March 27, 2024
Government, Business

Federal Judge Denies CTA Challenge to California AB 5

A federal district court has delivered a setback to the California Trucking Association as the group continues efforts to block the state’s enforcement of the controversial AB 5 law.

March 20, 2024
Business, Logistics

Trucking Groups Urge Reservation Changes at Southern California Ports

Harbor Trucking Association and California Trucking Association are urging the leadership of the two major Southern California ports to create a pilot program for a single, interoperable, complexwide appointment system for drayage and other trucks.

January 30, 2023
Government, Business

California Trucking Group Rekindles Legal Battle to Block AB 5

The California Trucking Association has asked a federal judge to issue a new preliminary injunction in an attempt to continue its legal battle to block enforcement of California’s AB 5 law that CTA maintains will force owner-operators to become motor carrier employees.

January 18, 2023
Government, Business

Solicitor General Recommends Against High Court Consideration of AB 5 Case

The federal government’s representative before the U.S. Supreme Court is recommending that the high court deny review of the California Trucking Association’s legal challenge of a California law aimed at reclassifying owner-operators as carrier employees.

May 24, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

Proposed Ballpark at Port of Oakland Hits Snag

In baseball terms, the Oakland Athletics’ efforts to build a stadium and billion-dollar real estate development at the Port of Oakland is in the bottom of the ninth inning and the home team is behind several runs.

September 1, 2021
Government, Business

California Trucking Association to Take AB 5 Case to Supreme Court

The California Trucking Association on June 21 learned that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will not reconsider its earlier rejection of CTA’s challenge to a state independent contractor law. CTA plans to appeal its complaint to the nation’s highest court.

June 22, 2021
Government, Business

CTA Pursues Review of AB 5 Contractor Ruling

The California Trucking Association has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a full appellate court review of a three-member panel’s earlier decision regarding a state law that many in trucking deem unfair to the industry.

May 26, 2021