Zero Bail Bill, Rejected by Voters, Awaiting Final Vote in Legislature
Zero bail was rejected by California voters in 2020, but introduced as legislation in January 2021 by Sen. Bob Hertzberg as Senate Bill 262, and is ironically named the…
Assembly Passes Bill Preventing Companies From Punishing Workers Who Test Positive For Marijuana Off-Hours
A bill to halt companies from punishing workers who test positive for off the clock marijuana use was approved by…
Bill To Make California A Refuge State For Transgender Children Passes Assembly
A bill to make California a refuge state for transgender children and their families from other states that criminalize youth…
CA Lawmakers Pass Bill to Require 100% Clean Energy Statewide
Assembly Bill 1020, a bill to establish 100% clean energy statewide, and require state agencies to accelerate their 100% clean…
Mandatory Kindergarten Bill Passes Senate, Headed To Governor
A bill to make kindergarten mandatory for all students entering the first grade in California was passed by the Senate…
Addressing Some Other End-of-Session Queries
With the final days of Session upon us, there is some confusion about several procedural items that regularly occur on…
UFW Labor Union Trying to Force Unionization on All Calif. Farm Workers
It's deja-vu all over again. Assembly Bill 2183 authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) and sponsored by the United Farm…
CA Legislature Passes Bill to Unionize Fast Food Workers
California is gearing up to become the first state in the country to unionize fast food employees by creating a…
Who Holds Greater Lawmaking Power: The Legislature or the People?
Who holds more lawmaking power in California? Do elected members of the Legislature or the People of the state have…
Energy Poverty Coming with Bill to Require 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells
Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot mandatory setbacks around California…