#california-legislature

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Streetsblog
4 days ago
California

How Bad Is Newsom's Proposed Cut to the Active Transportation Program? Awful. - Streetsblog California

CA Legislature rejects Gov. Newsom's proposed cuts to Active Transportation Program. [ more ]
San Jose Inside
3 weeks ago
California

CA Legislators Want to Roll Back Limits on Local Campaign Gifts

A 2022 law limited campaign contributions to $250 to local elected officials from donors with specific interests. There's a bill to raise the limit to $1,000 and ease restrictions. [ more ]
Kqed
1 month ago
Black Lives Matter

Despite Progress, Black Californians Still Face Major Challenges In Closing Equality Gap | KQED

The study on Black Californians highlights persistent racial inequality despite some quality of life improvements. [ more ]
www.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
California

Walters: While California politicians skirmish over housing, shortage keeps growing

The California Legislature grapples with a housing shortage; conflicts persist between state and local officials over housing development and zoning policies. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
Education

FAFSA delays prompt California lawmakers to extend deadline for student financial aid applications

California Legislature extends financial aid application deadline due to federal glitch
Cal Grant program and Middle Class Scholarship provide financial aid for college students in California. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
California

Is this overtime law actually helping California's farmworkers? Lawmaker proposes a reversal

Republican lawmaker wants to revert California agricultural overtime rules to pre-2016 levels.
United Farm Workers advocate for maintaining 2016 overtime provisions for farmworkers. [ more ]
Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

AI and the 2024 Election

The California Legislature has introduced a suite of five bills aimed at protecting election integrity from AI-generated fake political ads on social media.
One of the bills proposed by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin seeks to ban 'materially deceptive' deep fakes related to elections.
Other bills in the suite aim to require AI companies and social media platforms to embed digital provenance data, identify AI-generated content, and provide verification tools. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
3 months ago
California

No more plastic bags? These California lawmakers want to close loophole in statewide ban

Two bills introduced in California aim to strengthen the state's plastic bag ban.
The bills would eliminate the option for customers to receive or purchase plastic bags at grocery, retail, and convenience stores. [ more ]
Sacramento Bee
4 months ago
California

California Democrats want solitary confinement reform. Why Gavin Newsom may be a roadblock

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are struggling to find a consensus on solitary confinement reform.
Reform advocates fear that proposed bills are not ambitious enough to bring about significant changes. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
5 months ago
California

Environmentalists investing in Big Oil? Inside the surprising stock portfolios of California lawmakers

Members of the California Legislature have investments that don't align with their political values.
Exact amounts of these investments are unclear because of wide reporting ranges. [ more ]
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