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Bill ToAllow Preteens to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Without Parental Consent Passes Senate Comm.

May 6, 2022 12:15 pm

A bill to allow children 12 years and older to vaccinate against COVID without receiving consent from their parents was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee 7-0 with 4 abstentions on Thursday. Senate Bill 866, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

Internet Service Providers Drop California Net Neutrality Lawsuit

May 5, 2022 12:01 pm

In a Sacramento federal court filing on Wednesday, multiple telecommunication companies agreed to drop their effort to stop the state’s net neutrality law. The joint decision by the internet service providers (ISPs) and Attorney General Rob Bonta ended the nearly...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Declines to Rehear California Net Neutrality Case

April 21, 2022 4:17 pm

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear the case surrounding California’s net neutrality laws on Wednesday, holding the law up while internet service providers (ISPs) run out of options to fight against the law. The...

Bill To Require Doctors Training for Transgender Patients Passes Sen. Health Committee

April 9, 2022 2:40 amApril 11, 2022 11:02 am

A bill to require doctors to receive training for providing inclusive care for transgender and intersexed Californians passed 8-2 in the Senate Health Committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 923, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would specifically require...

Bill To Create Homeless ‘Wrap-Around’ Outreach Teams Passes Senate Public Safety Committee

March 16, 2022 2:33 amMarch 15, 2022 8:54 pm

A bill to create outreach teams comprised of law enforcement officers, mental and medical health professionals, and county welfare workers to help clear homeless Californians and homeless encampments passed the Senate Public Safety Committee in a bipartisan vote 3-0 on...

California and Drug Decriminalization: A Long and Complicated Issue

March 10, 2022 2:49 amMarch 9, 2022 9:43 pm

The decriminalization of drugs, especially harder drugs in the FDA’s schedule I territory, has always been an odd issue in California. Growing up in Ohio, California was always the punchline of drug jokes by our very decidedly not funny D.A.R.E....

California Supreme Court Orders UC Berkeley to Freeze Current Enrollment

March 3, 2022 5:10 pmMarch 3, 2022 9:37 pm

The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the University of California, Berkeley has to freeze enrollment due to violating the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and failing to provide enough housing for students around campus. UC Berkeley had long...