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To a large extent from public opinion and with Little or no debateFriday’s legislators overcome hundreds of bills in which new expenses were implemented, rejected or suspended More than a quarter of 686 offers which were held in the budgetary loan stress files, reported Calletatters. ” Yue Stella Yu and Jean QuangS Some remarkable ones that are dead for the year are:
- Senate Bill 445 To optimize the high -speed railway project in California, which aims to accelerate the resolution and alleviation of the restrictions that Bill’s supporters say significantly slowly building. Supported by the California high -speed rail organ and democratic seni. Wiener San Francisco, the bill faced a major opposition from local authorities and underwent numerous changes before it was ultimately.
- Assembly Bill 938 To allow people to clear their records of violent crimes they have committed as victims of trafficking or domestic violence.
- Sb 712 to release the owners of Classic cars from the requirements for inspection of the state of the stateS Calm Ryan Sabalow He explains that the former host of the talk show on late night, Jay Leno, was one of the adherents of the bill, arguing that modern emission standards prevent people from owning classic cars in California. The clean air and environmental groups opposed the measure and the state regulators have warned that if it is adopted, the bill may cost California to introduce it. Read more hereS
The legislature must still give its final approval for the bills that have advanced until September 12 to reach the governor’s desk Gavin New, where measures can win his signature or die with their veto. These include:
- Sb 707 In order to allow local employees to continue to attend public meetings remotely and require more big cities to offer remote access to the public. The proposal is based on a policy that offers flexibility during the Covid-19 pandemic, but good government groups say that it makes it difficult for the public to face the selected employees.
- Sb 437 to give California State University up to $ 6 million to study the methodology to confirm the status of the individual as a descendant of a enslaved person; and Sb 518 To set up a new bureau within the State Department of Justice to monitor reparations.
More in the voltage file: Calmatters Harry Johnson dive into a A handful of technological accounts that the legislature killed last week, including those who would ban software algorithms from Determination of rental pricesand protected utility customers to pay higher energy costs Related to data centersS Three bills that aim to limit the use of artificial intelligence employers, however. Read more hereS
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Other stories you need to know
Concert workers are approaching the union rights
CalMatters Economy Reporter Levags:
Uber and Lyft California drivers are ready to be entitled to unite in a transaction advertised as “historic” by the manager and leaders of the state assembly and the Senate on Friday.
AB 1340Sponsored by the International Union of Employees, it will give drivers the right to unite. She was opposed by a group representing concert companies and a Uber spokesman before told Calmatters that this would mean increased costs for the company.
The bill is now bound by the industry -sponsored legislation, Sb 371which would reduce insurance requirements. As Uber insisted on this change, he withdrew his opposition to the unification bill, saying that both bills were a compromise.
Gig Company as Uber and Lyft consider their drivers independent performers. If drivers are united, companies will have to bargain with them.
Lyft’s statement cheered the insurance bill, but did not express explicit support for the unification bill, and a Lyft spokesman said the company would not have a comment on it.
Both bills advanced last week, and the blessing of the best state politicians means that their passage is almost certain.
Reviewing of gang crimes?
Two decisions issued by the Supreme Court in California last week could have Main consequences for crimes related to the condemnation of the bandand allow thousands of people to ask for their cases to be reviewed by the courts, to write calmatters’ Joe Garcia and Nickel duraS
One of the decisions annulled the defendant’s death sentence and dismissed the case in a court court. The other is aside with two prisoners who claim that previous accusations associated with the band, which are reported to a sentence of three strokes on their records, should not be considered strikes.
Both solutions included a 2021 California law This raised the bar of evidence to prove that someone had violated a law as part of a “criminal street gang activity”.
In different ways, the Supreme Court of the State has applied the new standard for past sentences. But it remains unclear how far these decisions will be and whether it will open the door to others who want to turn the sentences of life under the Three Strike Act.
Lastly: the special group for new CA camps
In his recent efforts to take advantage of stray camps, the Newsom government has launched a special group for the response of homeless, composed of six state agencies to clear state -owned camps. Find out where the teams will be located by Calmatters’ Marisa KendallS
California voices
California legislators must accept a meeting bill This would give the defendants accused of a violent crime that survived by the intimate violence of a partner or sexual abuse to provide evidence of abuse, Susan Bustamante writesA member of the California coalition for women prisoners.
Other things that are worth your time:
Exxon and CA Spar In plastic court cases // The New York Times
Workers in two popular national parks of CA unite // San Francisco Chronicle
ChagasLong is considered only a threat abroad, created in CA // Los Angeles Times
CA now requires cities To check all local homeless shelters // The Mercury News
Vineyards appreciate the damage As a wild fire breaks Ca Country Country // Guardian
A deal of $ 30 million opens opens Controversial new chapter for Point Reyes // San Francisco’s standard
Hurricane Katrina survivors in the bay area Consider the loss, a stability 20 years later // Kqed
Fresh’s immigration lawyers are decreasing Some cases of ice retention. This is why // Fresh bee
Growing unemployment, slow growth: San Diego job economy in 7 charts // The Union of San Diego-Tribun
