Senate Bill 57 Archives - California Globe

What the Media Chooses To Ignore On The Nation’s Fentanyl Crisis

January 9, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 9, 2023 8:11 am

The United States is mired in an escalating war–and we are losing as the casualties continue to mount. According to the Centers For Disease Control (CDC), overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Proposing to Allow Open Drug Dens

August 22, 2022 3:59 pmAugust 22, 2022 4:11 pm

Proposing to allow open drug dens in two of California’s most crime-laden, homeless and vagrant-filled cities is the equivalent of taking a recovering alcoholic to an open bar at a large wedding. Fortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 57,...

Senator Wiener, Assemblyman Haney Call on Gov. Newsom to Sign Open Drug Den Sites Legislation

August 9, 2022 12:00 pmAugust 9, 2022 1:48 pm

Proposing to allow open drug dens in two of California’s most crime-laden, homeless and vagrant-filled cities is the equivalent of taking a recovering alcoholic to an open bar at a large wedding. Senate Bill 57, passed by both houses of...

Bill to Create Drug ‘OverDose Prevention Program’ Injection Sites Delayed Until Next Session

July 7, 2021 2:28 amJuly 6, 2021 6:23 pm

A bill to create drug overdose prevention programs, including providing a “place to inject drugs while trained staff are available to help if they suffer accidental overdoses,” was pulled from the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday, with the committee instead...

DMV Voter Registration Regulations Could Be Changed Under New Bill

March 10, 2020 2:49 pm

A new bill that was recently moved into two Senate committees would give Californians visiting the DMV the choice not to change or update their information for voting records. A new DMV kiosk prompt Under Senate Bill 1295, authored by...

Senator Patricia Bates authored SB 57. (Kevin Sanders for California Globe)

Bill That Would Make Voter Registration at DMV Centers an Opt-In Process to be Reintroduced in January

December 18, 2019 8:13 pmDecember 19, 2019 9:06 am

Senate Bill 57, which would stop automatically registering all eligible voters to vote when they get a driver’s license at the DMV and revert it back to an opt-in system, will be back in front of the California legislature next...