These are the accounts that are now heading to the Gavin Newsom desk


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Assembly Member Member Michel Rodriguez sits at his desk during a floor session in Capitol in Sacramento on September 12, 2025. Photo from Fred Greaves for CalMatters

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Three days before the planned end of the legislative session this week, Saint. Lena Gonzalez Introduced legislation to limit the contradictory recent “mansion tax” of Los Angeles on high -value real estate transactions. She gave way only a day later.

“We wanted more time,” she said. “We wanted to make more diligence … There were so many other package problems.”

The California Legislative Bodies went through the last week of the marathon this week by extending its session on Saturday to push a major A package of climate and energy policiesS Saturday vote was needed because governor Gavin Newsom, chairman of the Assembly Robert Rivas and President of the Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire I did not finalize my private agreed transaction on how to extend the state greenhouse gas program to the beginning of Wednesday, passing through the normal legislative period for the introduction of bills.

Lobbie strongly from interest groups throughout the country, the package has absorbed considerable energy in the last days of the session.

The leaders also rushed through several measures for the Newsom administration budget that protects the construction of the Los Angeles Olympics from the environmental examination, support the fight against children’s care centers, strengthen the state’s ability to recommend immunizations and allocate $ 70 million in new state -owned costs.

The result? Other measures have run out of time. And many Democrats were left to murmur how the business was done with subsequent measures – but they still approved them.

Seni. John LaardDemocrat from Santa Cruz, who has served in the legislature for a combined 11 years, said the week seems to contain “the most questions that are big issues that have been addressed in the last days of the session.”

“To the extent that each of them has already gone through the political committees, this is great,” he said. “As far as they see the sun for the first time, then not so great.”

Budget Chairman of the Assembly Jesse GabrielDemocrat of Enchino, attributes the time partly to the vortices of Democrats’ vortices last month to put a plan to redistribute the congress of the vote in November.

Gabriel said he shared the dissatisfaction with the prolonged session. “This is a very clear negotiation strategy to get things back to try to create a lever at the last moment,” he said.

Speaking to reporters thereafter, Rivas said January fires, President Donald Trump’s policies and the structural budget deficit of the state also added to the work of the legislature this year. But he considers it the “most productive year of the last decade”, celebrating transactions with energy and climate, as well as Historical retreat of the State Environment Act Let’s clear the path for development.

“With unity, with an emergency and focus, this meeting was delivered,” he said in a speech on the floor.

The disputed measure of anti -Semitism goes to the governor

Legislators have approved a series of high -profile measures to combat federal immigration repression, enhanced transit -oriented housing, to take advantage of the technology industry and to expand the range of labor.

This week the legislature is a pair of proposals for Prohibit local, outside countries and federal law enforcement authorities From wearing on -call masks, response to the metabolism of immigration from unidentified agents. They have passed a Work To allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unite, binding it to a convenient measure to reduce the insurance costs of companies. They also gave the final green light to Senate Bill 79a contradictory measure allowing developers to Build the dwellings of more dense near transit Regardless of the local zoning regulations.

On Saturday morning, MPs agreed to acquire $ 10 million a year to finance local news. Google agreed to make $ 10 million to the effort.

Also targets the Newsom desk is a controversial This is intended to prevent anti -Semitism in schools. The bill, supported by the Legislative Jewish Caucake, was adopted after emotional hearing and animated debate. After the bill was passed, several propalist protesters began shouting from the Assembly Gallery, screaming, “You will all have blood on your hands,” while legislators continued their business.

While supporters claim that legislation is necessary to protect Jewish students from discrimination, opponents, including the main educational associations and political actions of the American Union for Civil Freedoms, have argued for months that the proposal has been rising “arms” public education and censors of Palestinian instructions in K-12 schools.

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People gather in the State Capitol Rotunda during the Sacramento session on September 12, 2025. Photo from Fred Greaves for Calmatters

Another bill In anticipation of the Newsom signature will require human supervision when the employer uses mostly artificial intelligence for disciplinary purposes.

But legislators have applied numerous technological measures by next year, including a A proposal to require tests of automated decision -making systems before they can be used in important staff decisions. This is at least the second time when such efforts are stagnant against the background of a strong opposition from business associations and healthcare providers.

They too cut a measure This would limit the workplace monitoring of public and private employers, a victory for the California Chamber of Commerce.

A A controversial bill on criminal justice This attracted a strong opposition from moderate Democrats, failing to progress. The measure would make low -level crime offenders eligible for diversion programs, allowing them to avoid prison.

Some democrats including Stephanie Nguyen of Elk Grove, Maggie Crel on Sacramento and Anamari Avila Farias Concord joined the Republicans in opposing the bill.

Property tax restriction, environmental rules do not reach

The accumulation of priorities has led to some problems.

Bill Gonzalez It will limit the Los Angeles voters approved by a high -value real estate tax, currently from 4 to 5.5% of the value of the property, due to fears that construction is submerged.

The measure has caused opposition to the tenants’ defenders who have launched a campaign to recruit the housing funds at affordable prices and by the Hoard Jarvis Taxes Association, which opposes the tax. The bill was written on a knife of an initiative to fight tax, which the association submitted to select the next fall.

Long Beach’s democrat said he would take the problem next year and said he could not meet all countries this year partly because of the volume of priorities of this session.

Another problem that remains unresolved: How to Restore Environment Review Requirements For the construction of certain manufacturing enterprises – a priority for the defenders of justice of the environment. Newsom earlier this year, the highly armed MPs to loosen these reviews, but McGuire and other democratic leaders promised to review it this fall in June.

But the best Democrats failed to agree, they angered their colleagues. In a crazy dash to show their efforts, the legislators introduced three suggestions at the last moment, But the only one who goes through does not do a little to deal with environmental problems.

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Assembly spokesman Robert Rivas, to the right, spoke with the Assembly Member Chris Ward during a session of the Assembly in State Capitol in Sacramento on September 12, 2025. Photo from Fred Greaves for Calmatters

Rivas called the lack of progress “unhappy” and promised to convene a working group next year.

“It is certainly unacceptable that this job has not been completed by the end of the session,” he told reporters.

Seni. WienerDemocrat from San Francisco, who chaired the budget committee, attributes the lack of a disagreement transaction with the Assembly and stated that redistribution takes time to negotiate

“We had a lot on our plate and this slowed down the solution of some problems,” he said. “That’s the saying, everything happens … I don’t want to be here on Saturday, but so it is.”

Powerlessness penetrates California Senate

As the session was dragged to their conclusion, some legislators were ready for a new leadership.

Dissatisfaction spilled on Wednesday night at the Senate Budget Committee when several legislators of both countries criticized the Newsom administration and legislative leaders for asking them to approve of millions of dollars of government spending with little notice. The bills were discovered the previous day without time to change them.

Several Democrats challenge how leaders direct some funds to local projects without their contribution.

Seni. Chris KabaldonNapa’s democrat separates projects on the North Coast, which will receive funding and said he had not found “any basis” why Californians and legislators were not consulted throughout the country.

“There is more than a handful of disadvantaged communities in California, plus the north coast,” he said.

McGuire is this region. Overall, its area will reach $ 85 million through the account for environmental projects, housing, transportation and fire protection. This includes about $ 50 million from the Great Redwood Trail climate bond, Plan McGuire is supported to turn 231 miles old railway into a path in the cities of Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt.

Kabaldon struck “the concentration of decision -making power that appeared during this process this year.” In an interview, he said he did not blame anyone specifically, but “everyone is disappointed” by how the week is played.

Seni. Caroline MenzhurDemocrat from Van Nuys was more revealing.

“The buck stops with the responsible people,” Menjavar said. “How everything happened this week, left a sour taste in people’s mouth. I don’t think the majority of us would like to repeat this year.”

After it was told in the spring that legislators should reduce funding for an undocumented health coverage of immigrants, it was angry not to receive the chance to consider the new costs and complained to the Senate management.

After all the grip, McGuire announced this week that the Senate is moving the date on which the Senate Senate leader Senate leader. Monique Lemon Santa Barbara will take up until November 17, instead of January.

Alexei Kosef and Ben Christopher on Calmatters have contributed to reporting.

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