NEWSOM signed nearly 800 laws – including large housing and insulin

On Monday, governor Gavin Newm decided the fate of the other bills sent to his desk in September.

During this legislative session, a total of 917 bills expected the governor’s verdict, according to the longtime lobbyist Chris MicheliS NEWSOM signed 794 in the law and veto 123 – referring to “significant fiscal consequences that are not included in the budget” for some of its reasons behind several of its vetos. Follow later this week for more than Bills Newsom Spiked.

As for the most new batches of measures he approved, the Newsom Greenlit two hotly contested legislative acts that attracted a strong discount from Bill’s opponents:

• More homes near transit: NEWSOM allows the larger residential projects located near large transit stations, confirming its alignment in accordance with the movement “yes in my backyard”. Against the local authorities and neighborhood groups, the disputed bill went through 13 separate rounds of amendments that limit the scope of the measure to only eight highly urbanized counties and selected transport stops. Read more By Ben Christopher to Calmatters.

• Care for children whose parents have been deported: In response to the Federal Government’s repression of immigration, Newsom signed a bill that allows a wide range of relatives to intervene as taking care of the children if their parents are deported. The law is expanding who can sign a declaration of care, which supporters claim to help parents who are at risk of deportation can choose a trusted person to take care of their children if they are detained. But Republicans, religious law activists and parental rights claim that it will facilitate strangers to sign a declaration that will endanger the children. Read more By Jean Quang of Callans.

Other Newsom accounts have signed, including those who are protecting consumers and public health:

• Insulin prices: On Monday, the governor signed a bill that restricts the insulin cooperation to $ 35 – reversing the bill He vetoed in 2023.S More than 3.5 million Californians live with diabetes.

• Country to extend the care: People who experience psychotic symptoms due to bipolar disorder will be eligible for treatment under the court of care, a mental health program designed to help seriously ill Californians living on the street. Since its introduction in 2022, only people with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders have access to the program. Read more By Jocelyn Wiener and Marisa Kendall to Kalathery.

• Pay for prisoners of firefighters: The hourly salary for prisoners of firefighters fighting active fires will be raised from $ 1 to $ 7.25. The new policy is one of five bills signed Newsom, which seek to support prisoners of firefighters in their re -introduction. Read more by Kayla Mihalovic to Kaylaters.

• Rifle rifle: Last week, Newsom signed a bill that initially offered to ban the younger teenagers from sitting in the front seat and requires children of 13 years to use a booster seat if they are not high enough. Since then, the measure has been soaked and now requires children between the ages of 8 and 16, starting in 2027 to pass a five -step test to be considered properly restricted by a seat belt. Read more By Ryan Sabalow to Calmatters.

• Chatbot protection: California companies that operate online chatbots will have to monitor chats for suicide signs and take steps to prevent users from harming themselves. Read more by Colin Leher on Calmatters.

Restaurant servers, driving drivers, barbarians and other top workers who make less than $ 150,000 a year can deduct up to $ 25,000 tips from their federal income taxes this tax year and by 2028.

But while President Donald Trump’s campaign promises “no advice tax” may seem like a grace to these workers, some tax experts claim that Benefits can be limitedS

As explains Levi Sumagaysay on Calmatters, a Yale Budget Laboratory The analysis found that one -third of the workers at the top did not do enough to owe income tax in the first place and would not benefit from the provision. Experts have also expressed fears that employers can reduce the payment of workers due to tax savings and that users can stop dealing with as they can accept that all the top workers will already be able to deduct their advice.

Most importantly, however, deductions may not be sufficient to compensate for the consequences of the Republican cost bill, said Kayla Kitson, a senior associate at the California Budget and Policy Center.

• Kitson: “This is a little distraction from the general account … Many low -income workers are likely to be injured by abbreviations to health care and nutrition And the failure to extend the improved tax loans for premiums. “

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Nearly a year after voters passed a proposal 36, the first of their kind report reveals that few people are actually Entering the treatment promised by his supportersKayla Mihalovich writes to Kaylaters.

Issued last week by the State Judicial Council, the report found that about 9,000 were charged with a crime managed by treatment within the first six months in which the law entered into force. Since then, 15%or 1290 people have chosen treatment; 771 people were put into treatment; And only 25 finished it.

The data also describes in detail how the different counties use the law: Orange County, for example, has the highest number of crimes, mandate, charged at 2395, while the Counts Kings and Napa had one each.

Some supporters of the measure claim that district attorneys are experiencing difficulties in applying support 36 due to lack of state funding. Republican and democratic state legislators have asked for $ 600 million to apply Prop. 36, but the Newsom government and the legislature have ultimately approved a one -time $ 100 million distribution in the state budget.

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If a prog. 50 passes, the Democrats hope to win five more places in the congress of the upcoming intermediate elections. But the difference between current cards and those proposed by Prop. 50, are similar in racial and geographical representation, according to a recent analysis of the Non -Party Institute for Public Policy in California. Read moreAnd find out the answers to other supports 50 questions from Jean Quang from Calmatters.