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$12,250 per Household Tax Increase for Gov. Newsom’s Single-Payer Healthcare System Proposal

January 12, 2022 9:55 am

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 was introduced last week in the California Legislature to enact significant tax increases to fund universal single-payer health care coverage in California, the Globe reported. Single payer is a universal state-run healthcare system financed by taxpayers,...

California’s Lobbyist Prohibitions

January 12, 2022 6:37 amJanuary 12, 2022 6:59 am

California’s Political Reform Act contains detailed laws related to lobbyists in Chapter 6. Article 2 of Chapter 6 deals with Prohibitions and contains Government Code Sections 86201 – 86206. Section 86201 defines a “gift” to mean a gift made directly...

Senator Wiener To Push Again For Decriminalization of Possession of Psychedelic Drugs

January 12, 2022 2:09 amJanuary 11, 2022 9:09 pm

Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced this week that he would be moving forward this year with a bill to decriminalize multiple psychedelic drugs and giving his odds of getting it passed at 50/50. Senator Wiener authored Senate Bill 519...

Gov. Newsom Proposes Universal Health Coverage For All Immigrants in Budget

January 11, 2022 4:21 pmMarch 13, 2022 8:32 am

A proposal in California Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $286.4 billion 2022-2023 budget announced on Monday would give universal health coverage to all immigrants, regardless of current residency status. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by...

California’s Top-Two Primary System

January 11, 2022 2:59 pmJanuary 11, 2022 3:04 pm

California’s electorate adopted its “top-two” primary system at the June 2010 statewide election by passing Proposition 14. It became operative on January 1, 2011 and amended Section 5 of Article II of the California Constitution. Existing constitutional law provides a...

Bill To Change CSU Board of Trustee Student Representation Introduced in Assembly

January 11, 2022 12:15 pmJanuary 11, 2022 3:26 pm

A bill that would change student representation on the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) was introduced in the Assembly on Monday. Assembly Bill 1625, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), would allow student members of the...

Non-Partisan Races in California

January 11, 2022 7:59 amJanuary 11, 2022 7:47 am

California’s Constitution, in Article II, Section 6(a), states that all judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, are to be nonpartisan. As a result of this provision, individuals running to be a superior court judge...