Eleni Kounalakis and a number of professional medical groups and patient advocacy groups. Secretary of State's confidential toll-free Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683). 1500 11th Street This is allthanks to the work of Pro tem Atkins, Senator Leyva, Senator Caballero, Senator Skinner, Senator Gonzalez, Senator Kamlager, Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, Assemblymember Bonta,Assemblymember Wicks, Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, Assemblymember Weber, Assemblymember Garcia, Assemblymember Carrillo, Assemblymember Cooper and Assemblymember Calderon. Voting is happening in the next two weeks, so help defend constitutional and individual rights in California by opposing the following bills: SB-871 AB-2098 SB-866 SB-920 SB-1464 SB-1479 SB-1390 They raised concerns about spent nuclear waste and safety issues due to the plants proximity to seismic fault lines. Abortion rights advocates contend that the cases open the door to prosecute people who pursue a self-induced abortion and seek to prohibit that outcome. If signed, the bill would make California a refuge for minors seeking gender-affirming care by prohibiting the removal of a child from their parent or guardian because that parent allowed their child to receive gender-affirming care. Is CEQA the bogeyman its made out to be? The barrier to more student housing is poor university planning and insufficient funding, the California Environmental Justice Alliance argued. His main sticking point: that the bill allows workers to request union ballots before growers are notified there will be an election. It creates a court framework in every county to compel people with serious mental illness, many of whom are homeless, into housing and medical treatment. In order to skip lengthy and costly local review processes, including the much-dreaded California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, developers would pay their workers union-level wages and in bigger projects, offer apprenticeships and health benefits, and cap at least a portion of rents. By banning this practice, this bill would eliminate the pink tax, which supporters call the additional costs to female consumers. Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., California Secretary of State All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 8, General Election. CalMatters is a nonprofit newsroom and your tax-deductible donations help us keep bringing you and every Californian essential, nonpartisan information. (916) 653-6814, Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D., California Secretary of State, not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony, not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court. Gov. Newsom signed the bill on Sept. 30, the last day of his decisions. This change requires 90% by 2035 and 95% by 2040. The bill, by Democratic Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin of Camarillo, would order community colleges to enroll most students in a transfer-level math and English course if their program requires those subjects. Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 14-2) Status: Passed on August 22 2022 - 100% progression. Advocates on both sides of the bill have for years called for reform of the licensing system. 2023-01-13. If at least two union shops dont bid on the project, union-level wages kick in. The group says it would have supported the bill if it excluded violent criminals. For the . SB 1142, by Democratic senators Anna Caballero of Merced and Nancy Skinner of Berkeley, incubated the Abortion Practical Support Fund, which was established in the budget. GOVERNORS CALL Newsom signed the bill on Sept. 28, after reaching agreement with the United Farm Workers and California Labor Federation on clarifying language to be passed by the Legislature next year to address his concerns on implementation and voter integrity. Two products are considered substantially similar if they share a brand, as well as similar materials, functions and designs. It also protects someone who has knowledge of an abortion from disclosing the identity of the person who got the abortion. After failed attempts in 2020 and 2021, a bill to legalize natural organic reduction, or turning bodies into soil as an after-death option was resurrected this year. The bill is supported by doctor groups including the California Medical Association, the California chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency Physicians. Sep 08, 2021 Assembly Read third time. Lawmakers will have to approve spending of state funds in excess of $600 million. Over the Labor Day holiday, President Biden announced his strong support. The UFW says under the current, more rigid voting system, growers hearing of unionization efforts have called immigration authorities on organizing workers. SB 846, authored by Republican Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham of San Luis Obispo and Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa, would keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open until 2030 and give its operator, Pacific Gas & Electric, a $1.4 billion loan to do so. Save Water, Save Money. They want to see better state oversight of who owns and operates nursing homes in the state. California has 0 sub-categories that you can use to track a more targeted set of legislation: Subject areas of legislation are provided by the Library of Congress. Unbiased news reporting is the foundation of democracy. Investor-owned utilities represented by the California Water Association, such as California Water Service, also support it; the largest already offer rate assistance programs of their own. Gavin Newsom aim to establish California as a progressive leader on abortion access, on measures to counter climate change and on transgender health care for minors. That helped the bill win support this month in the Assembly's health and appropriations committees. AB 257 creates a state-run council to set labor standards across the fast food sector, including on wages, safety and other workplace conditions. Solitary confinement is the Wild West of carceral regulations there arent many rules in place, so prisons set many of their own. Last year, pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. hit a four-decade high, and California recorded the highest number of any state. Not every contentious proposal made it through the gantlet: Bills to restrict bail costs, to allow legislative staff to unionize, and to preserve California's concealed-carry gun limitsall went down to defeat in the final hours. Protect your nonprofit, nonpartisan state news. It would exempt short-term credentials that have industry-specific math requirements and adult programs that dont require a math or English course (think: basic office software or fire-resilient landscaping), among other carve-outs. Climate change is causing unprecedented stress on Californias energy system and I appreciate the Legislatures action to maintain energy reliability as the State accelerates the transition to clean energy, he said in a signing statement. Scientific and medical analysis indicates that people living near wells are at higher risk of asthma, respiratory illness and some cancers. STREET VENDORS: To your BFF who wants a hot dog at 1am: Yo did you know Governor Newsom just signed Senator Lena Gonzalezs bill making it easier for street vendors to get local health permits? They say the plant is critical to Californias efforts to provide a steady power supply as it builds its renewable energy sources, cuts greenhouse gases and reduces reliance on fossil fuels. If AB 2273 is signed into law, businesses that provide online services or products likely to be accessed by kids under 18 would have to provide greater privacy protections by default starting in 2024. California Elections Code section 14000 allows workers up to two hours off, without a loss of pay, to vote if they do not have enough time to do so during their non-work hours. While the state has finally started to backfill the critical demand for more housing and mental health services, lawmakers believe more is necessary to ensure that the states neediest population now languishing on the streets gets the help they need. It would be a first-in-the-nation law requiring broad privacy protections online for children under 18, and would represent yet another step California has taken to lead privacy regulation. The $20 million fund will give grants to groups that help women cover the cost of travel, lodging, child care and other expenses that commonly create barriers to accessing abortion. Faculty unions, associations and the academic senate, plus Mt. For comparison, the full size of the economy is $25.72 trillion in the third quarter. They view the bill as vital to protecting much-needed housing development from environmental lawsuits. Diablo Canyon provides about 10% of the states power. The law requires workers to notify their employers two working days before the election if they need to take time off to vote. The bill, authored by Cupertino Democrat Evan Low, would classify disinformation as unprofessional conduct, allowing the board to take action. If you are a newly registered voter, you may be asked to provide appropriate identification or other documentation according to federal law. Connecticut, Minnesota and New Jersey have also proposed pink tax legislation in the past year, and a federal bill was introduced in Congress in June 2021. Gavin Newsom proposed in mid-August. The tool? Here are a bunch of bills the Governor signed that you can use as conversation starters this weekend: CATALYTIC CONVERTERS: To your Aunt who had her catalytic converter stolen: People are stealing catalytic converters because of the money they get when they recycle them? The bigger unions dropped their lethal opposition to AB 2011 once the Assembly and Senate struck a deal that let both bills through. This is one of the things I think well look back on with tremendous pride, when were done, Newsom said during the signing ceremony in San Jose, where he first announced the proposal in March. And thats the hard work of the next year.. On several bills, the governor not only signaled his support, but lobbied lawmakers to approve them. IMAGINATION LIBRARY: Pour yourself a cup of ambition, Dolly Partons Imagination Library is coming to California! Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California co-sponsored both bills and sits on the councils steering committee. Here are some of the new laws to help Californians: You want to talk about freedom? Groups supporting workers rights, child and maternal health, gender equity, retirees, and benefits for low-income Californians are pushing for the bill. Certain voters facing life-threatening situations may qualify for confidential voter status. Californians have been struggling to pay their water bills statewide, and it reached a boiling point during the pandemic. Newsom signed the bill on Sept. 30 among his final decisions. CARE Court is a proposal put forth by Gov. Fast food workers work hard and any trip to a fast food restaurant proves that. The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee has proposed paying each Black longtime resident $5 million to atone for the city's decades of systemic racism. The California Correctional Peace Officers Association wrote in a letter of opposition that forcing violent inmates back into the general prison population will lead to more violence, both to inmates and prison guards. Legislators introduced more than a dozen bills this session designed to improve and protect access to abortion in California. More than half of Californias farmworkers are undocumented, and they often live on their employers land. Supporters of the bill say if each Californian opted to be composted after death, the carbon saved would be enough to power 225,000 homes for a year. The Steinberg Institute and The Kennedy Forum, co-sponsors of the bill, point to a rise in mental health needs, which has been further aggravated by the pandemic. SB 107 would protect from prosecution patients who travel to California for what supporters call gender-affirming care and doctors who provide that care. A bill to bring publicly funded universal health care to California is dead, after the bill's author chose not to put it up for a vote Monday. The bill is meant to address the chronic student housing crisis by sparing development from environmental lawsuits that in the past have slowed down dorm construction. Participants would be ushered to the front of the line for supportive services during the year-long program, after which they could either graduate or be referred to another year of treatment. But the environmental law was catapulted into national prominence when UC Berkeley was almost forced to cut its new class of students by a third until state lawmakers bailed out the campus with another CEQA exemption in March. GOVERNORS CALL As expected, Newsom announced on Sept. 2 that he was signing the bill. For a select few measures, with urgency clauses that allow them to take effect immediately upon the governors signature, the votes stretched into the wee hours the next day. Carbon neutrality means balancing the volume of greenhouse gases that are emitted with the amount removed from the atmosphere. Completed Legislative Action. In almost all cases, campuses couldnt justify their policy of requiring that. Many people living near the wells are low-income people of color, creating an environmental justice imbalance. Senate Bill 9 (Atkins) - Lot Splitting - Duplexes. To Senate Rules Committee. Your inbox approves See the data Golfweek's top news 's best, via Rest easy knowing your medical records are protected, everyone has easier access to affordable abortion careand birth control, and nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives can perform abortion care procedures. Newsom announced Sept. 28 he had vetoed the bill. You can look up your CA state legislators here. However, this bill is still facing opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce. This measure increases oversight over the fund, requiring annual reports be made to the Legislature, and directs the state Health and Human Services Agency to create a website outlining abortion services available in the state. With new bills signed into law last week,more students will graduate from college faster increasing student success and saving students money, were giving middle & high school students the chance to take one excused absenceper year to participate in a civic event; AND with the LA 2028 Olympics & Paralympics on the horizon, were offering in-state tuition fees to athletes so they can train and learn in California. Assemblymember Chris Holden, a Pasadena Democrat, carried the bill. Newsom signed this and other climate bills on Sept. 16. California is making sure that you have the freedom to do what you want with your body. The bill would also prohibit the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from putting certain groups in solitary confinement, including inmates younger than 26 or older than 59, pregnant people or those with mental or physical disabilities. High-profile measures that went to Democratic Gov. 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It also bans California from complying with out-of-state subpoenas seeking medical information related to gender-affirming care. preserve Californias concealed-carry gun limits, Disciplinary action for COVID disinformation, nations poison control centers saw a spike in calls, require judges to balance the value of the evidence with the undue prejudice, Fewer remedial courses at community colleges, classes required to transfer to a UC or Cal State, not a single dissenting vote from lawmakers, couldnt justify their policy of requiring that, how California prisons treat inmates in solitary confinement, who travel to California for what supporters call gender-affirming care, a refuge for minors seeking gender-affirming care, new three-digit federal mental health crisis hotline, Water bill help for low-income Californians, offers state assistance to low income residents, amended to include provisions he supports, much-dreaded California Environmental Quality Act, at least some union labor on every project, the California Environmental Justice Alliance argued, that only 2% of housing development projects, two women in Kings County were imprisoned and charged with murder, positioned the state as a reproductive health safe haven., 'Pink tax:' Gender-based price discrimination, comprise the bulk of the bills supporters, Keeping Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open, Strategies for carbon removal and capture, Courts compelling mentally ill people into treatment, creates a court framework in every county to compel people with serious mental illness, bargaining power for a low-wage workforce, Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic. WHO IS OPPOSEDSome environmental justice groups, the city and county where UC Santa Cruz is located, a town adjacent to UC Santa Barbara and three state Democrats who cast the only dissenting votes against the bill. AB 351, authored by Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, a Democrat from Downey, establishes licensing and regulation processes for human composting. If California passes these laws, other states could well be next. Please contact CalMatters with any commentary questions: commentary@calmatters.org. Todays action gives hardworking fast-food workers a stronger voice and seat at the table to set fair wages and critical health and safety standards across the industry. Voter information may be provided to a candidate for office, a ballot measure committee, or other person for election, scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purposes, as determined by the Secretary of State. The California State Association of Counties, which initially opposed the measure, dropped their opposition after slowing down the timeline and receiving an additional $57 million to put it in place. Campus projects for student and faculty housing would have to check off a long list of environmental and labor-relations musts to evade CEQAs, which cities and community groups cite in lawsuits to challenge development. Vetoed. California Thanks to the work of Senator Grove & Pro tem Atkins, children 0-5 will be able to sign up to receive free books! Digital security has become a hotly debated topic in the abortion world following Roe v. Wades overturn. Dozens of cities and local control advocates say the bills take away critical neighborhood input to development decisions and worry local governments may lose tax revenue from commercial properties. They say the state could develop targets based on technologies that are not accessible for most farmers and drive small farms out of business. California isnt waiting any more, he said in a statement. Faculty groups also say the bill comes with no additional funding to hire more tutors who work alongside faculty to help students during class and give faculty more training. AB 1502 would close certain loopholes preventing people from purchasing nursing homes before they have licenses to run them. You are eligible to voteif you are: a U.S. citizen living in Californiaat least 18 years old registered where you currently live not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony not currently found mentally incompetent to voteby a court. Updated: Aug 26, 2022 Some water districts have turf rebate programs available now and the state will soon be announcing plans for the $75 million program. Many experts warn that achieving carbon neutrality may not be possible without removing existing emissions from the atmosphere and capturing carbon from smokestacks. Legislators approved a one-time $40 million appropriation for the fund as part of the budget. AB 1757: Farmers and grower associations opposed the bill, saying it would be economically unfeasible for them. This measure was sponsored by Attorney General Rob Bonta and is supported by the Future of Abortion Council, the California Public Defenders Association, the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office and the University of California. California Covid Bills coming up for vote this month: https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2022/03/california-vaccine-laws/ (Note: AB1993 has been put. As a father of four, Im familiar with the real issues our children are experiencing online, he said in a statement, thanking the bills sponsors and the tech industry for pushing these protections and putting the wellbeing of our kids first.. But on Sept. 29, the secretary of state cleared for circulation an industry-backed referendum to seek to overturn the law on the 2024 ballot. Here are some of the interesting and consequential bills that CalMatters is tracking bookmark this page and keep checking back as we update the fate of each: SB 951 by Los Angeles Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo increases payments to workers from the states disability and paid family leave programs. With the signing of this bill, California will ensure these kids and their families can seek and obtain the medical and mental health care they need.. The bill is supported by the California Future of Abortion Council, a collective of more than three dozen reproductive rights groups convened by Newsom in 2021 to examine abortion access in the state. It would also require the states public health department to regulate the reduction chambers where its done to prevent the spread of disease. Newsom has made this one of his top climate priorities this legislative session. It would take effect in 2027. More immediately, without this bill the current amount of benefits is set to expire and would return to 55% of a workers wages in January. Included is a plan to monitor toxic leaks and emissions, and install alarm systems. Bills can be found using BillCam (links below). The United Farm Workers and other labor groups say the bill protects agricultural workers from interference and intimidation when voting in union elections. More than a dozen states have announced plans to model abortion bans on Texas law. Not every contentious proposal made it through the gantlet: Bills to restrict bail costs, to allow legislative staff to unionize, and to preserve Californias concealed-carry gun limits all went down to defeat in the final hours. Legislators also made last-minute amendments to the health omnibus budget bill that allow non-Californians to use money in the fund, a change that advocates rallied hard for in the final days. The Governor just signed Senator Gonzalez and Assemblymember Maratushis bills to require recycled catalytic converters to be tracked, which will help stop people from stealing them! In turn, these messages reinforce gender-based stereotypes that are harmful to children, supporters say. The two centerpiece bills of the Future of Abortion Councils package SB 1142 and AB 2134 were guaranteed $60 million in the June budget, but legislators were left to hash out how that money would be spent. For more information, contact the Secretary of State's Safe at Home program toll-free at (877) 322-5227 or visit Safe at Home. It protects a woman or pregnant person who chooses to end a pregnancy from prosecution, even if the abortion is self-induced or happens outside of the medical system. The bill provides more stability for foster youth by requiring a 14-day advance notice for placement changes. The bill also includes stronger protections for ratepayers, and the loan would be allocated in increments. The number, billed as an alternative to 911, is intended to make it easier for people experiencing mental health emergencies to tap into the states network of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call centers. Lawmakers rushed to pass hundreds of remaining bills before the clock struck midnight on Aug. 31.
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