SACRAMENTO—California is to potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The…
California Lawmakers to Potentially Enforce Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan
April 1, 2022
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California Lawmakers Seek to Implement Regular School COVID-19 Testing Plan
April 1, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—California could potentially pass legislation that will require all schools to create a COVID-19 testing plan to prevent case surges and school closures. Senate Bill 1479, introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), advanced to the state assembly Education Committee following a March 31 vote to advance the bill during a Health Committee meeting. The bill…
Doctors, Parents of Gender Dysphoric Teens Oppose ‘Trans-Inclusive’ Training Legislation
Dozens of California parents of gender dysphoric teens, as well as medical professionals, have denounced proposed legislation that would force all health care providers to promote “gender-affirming” and “trans-inclusive” health care. Senate Bill 923, the Transgender Inclusive Care Act, introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would require health care providers, including health insurers,…
California Lawmakers Pushing for Tougher Sentencing on Fentanyl Trafficking
March 30, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—As more young people succumb to the fatal effects of fentanyl, California’s lawmakers are proposing harsher penalties on fentanyl trafficking to combat the worsening opioid epidemic. “The scourge of fentanyl is poisoning our communities, killing our kids, and wreaking havoc all across the state of California,” Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) said in a Zoom press…
The Latest Updates on Corruption in California: Garbage, redistricting and gas taxation
March 30, 2022
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“The phenomenon of corruption is like the garbage. It has to be removed daily.” So stated Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Comptroller of Mexico, on April 17, 1987, in the New York Times. Board of Education Because of their persistent disregard of the vox populi, three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners were recalled a few weeks…
California Public Schools to Provide Free Menstrual Products in Restrooms, Including Boys’
March 30, 2022
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California public schools of 6–12 grades will soon provide free menstrual products in their restrooms, including boys’. AB 367, also known as the Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2021, requires the 6–12 grade schools to provide free menstrual pads and tampons in all of their girls’ and all-gender restrooms, and in at least one…
California’s New Boating Law Raises Costly Concerns Among Private Sector
March 29, 2022
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Owners of commercial harbor craft—like tugboats, ferries, and private charter boats—are expressing concern over California’s new regulation that requires commercial vessels to have cleaner engines. The regulation, which takes effect in 2023, sets stricter requirements for the types of engines—newer, less-polluting engines—allowed near California’s coast. The regulation will be rolled out in phases, whereby in…
Bill to Repeal California’s Prop. 47 to Be Reconsidered
March 29, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—As law enforcement warns residents to leave their expensive jewelry at home amid rising crime, a state lawmaker says the fight to repeal Proposition 47 isn’t over yet. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) announced Assembly Bill 1599 will have another chance after failing in a partisan vote during a California Public Safety Committee on March 8….
Lawmaker Pauses Effort to Require All California Workers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
SACRAMENTO—A bill that would have required all California workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has been shelved, a lawmaker announced on March 29. “Today I’m announcing that I have made a decision to hold AB1993, which would require all California businesses to require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” state Assemblywoman…
California Bill Requiring Bias Assessment for Law Enforcement Officers Passed by Committee
March 29, 2022
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SACRAMENTO—A California Assembly bill to add a bias assessment to the requirements of becoming a law enforcement officer was passed by a state assembly committee on March 29. Assemblywoman Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 2229 on Feb. 15 to ensure law enforcement officers completed an evaluation screening to include bias against…
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