California Democrats save a person from the Bill on Sexual Traffic

By a CalMatters policy reporter Yue stella yu:

In the legislation of the state, sometimes an open rebellion works wonders.

Two weeks ago, a dispute over assembly Maggie CrelDemocrat from Sacramento, Sacramento, publicly denied democratic leaders In an attempt to transfer harsher penalties to attract sex from 16 and 17 years old. He joined some moderate Democrats and Republicans, struggling branches among Democrats and forced the assembly leaders in damage control mode.

The end result? The prevailing assembly votes on Thursday to collect penalties to attract sex for teens without votes in opposition.

The measure – amended after negotiations for a week between Crel and democratic leaders of the Assembly – will allow prosecutors to blame someone who has been asking for sex from a child more than three years older than a crime. It will also increase fines for business and hotels to facilitate or protect sexual trafficking activities and requires the Emergency Service Office to finance up to 11 efforts by district attorneys to pursue human trafficking.

It was a tour of the victory for Republicans, who had long been fighting to improve the penalties for sex trafficking and the request of children. During a press conference on Thursday, they called on the Senate Democrats, who will look at the measure to leave it intact.

• Assembly Carl Demaio of San Diego: “Don’t you dare to behave in one word AB 379 As it went today. We will not tolerate any weakening of the tools that law enforcement agencies need to protect these children. “

It is not clear how Democrats will react in the Senate. Last year, Democrats in the Senate abolished the provisions of Republican-backed proposal that would apply more harsh penalties to attract 16 and 17-year-old provisions that Crel unsuccessfully fought for this year.

Crell, who was deprived of the bill as the chief author after her challenge, told Calmatters that she was “grateful” to others for cooperation.

Her take over after all this drama?

• Crel: “It’s easy for me to work, it’s hard to f -k with.”

So Support for an industrywhile Reduce support for anotherS

In recent years, the film industry in California has been fighting due to the suspension of the production of the pandemic from the era, labor strikes, deadly fires and competitive tax incentives offered by other countries.

The legislature is considering a bill that would expand tax loans for films and television of the state and cancel so much $ 750 million a year for movie productionS He will also collect that tax relief candidates can receive and extend the loan for animals and animated series.

The bill is supported by cinema studios, alliances representing workers in the entertainment industry and Newsom, who told reporters on Wednesday: “We need to strengthen things” when it comes to supporting the state’s film industry.

At the same time, the governor wants to reduce the payment for the first year, from which the state is obliged to provide, to help financing local news newspapers from $ 30 million to $ 10 million. HD Palmer, a spokesman for the Ministry of Finance, said the proposed reduction was due to “less resources than is forecast in the budget in January”.

The money stems from the legislators of the transaction mediate with Google last year: To support the California -dressed journalism industry, the state and the technology giant agreed to put millions of dollars into a fund to be allocated to retail outlets for five years. In return, the legislative power has taken out two bills that would force technology companies to pay retail outlets for their content. To date, no money has been allocated to news publications.

Read more about the suggested Tax Credit for Movies and the shortcuts of the news fund from Stella and Stella Jean Quangrespectively.

Although the Congress’s bill is unlikely to apply a A decade ban on government governments to regulate artificial intelligence It will pass from the US Senate, AI administer supporters still ring alarm bells for the widespread consequences of the bill.

Calm Harry Johnson He explains that Republicans from the House of US Representatives include the AI ​​proposal in a vast budget bill. On Wednesday, the Chamber approved this bill on the party budget. Now sitting in front of the Senate, the AI ​​proposal is facing difficult chances, as federal rules require bills to coordinate the budget strictly related to fiscal issues.

But if it is adopted, the legislation will make the implementation of over 20 laws adopted California last year illegally. It would also endanger 30 State Legislative Bill Currently, I’m considering adjusting AIincluding those to protect users from AI-feeding the priceor require reporting when Health insurance companies use AI to refuse careS

Proponents of the bill say the moratorium is necessary to resolve the patchwork of state regulation. But the proposal is also aligned with the efforts of President Donald Trump’s administration to limit the regulation of AI, which claims to suffocate innovation. A White House Plan To achieve the growth of the AI ​​industry by lifting some regulations is expected this summer.

Read more hereS

If you live in Sacramento County and call the Sheriff Department because one of your family has a mental health crisis, they are likely to not come. This is because of a new policy that says that MPs will only respond to these calls if the crime has already happened, is in progress or a crisis person puts someone else in an immediate danger.

But it’s not just a matter of Sacramento. Investigation by CalMatters associate Lee Romney has found that other police agencies are also Retreat from calls for mental healthS

This week, Lee joined compromises with a podcast of health policy to break his discoveries. Listen to hereS