The dream of incorporating East Los Angeles as its own city carries on: the Assembly passes WendyCarrillo's AB 2986, which would create a task force to study the financial implications, and sends it to the Senate.

California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law. apnews.com/article/califo…

Based on their questions, California Supreme Court justices seemed to be reaching for a compromise on Prop. 22, which lets Uber, Lyft and other companies treat their drivers and delivery workers in CA as independent contractors. A recap: cal.news/44Si1q4

📝 Levi Sumagaysay

Assembly passes Pilar Schiavo's AB2999, which would require California schools to adopt 'homework policies,' as her daughter who inspired the bill sits beside her.

After the vote, sending AB2999 to the Senate, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry gave Schiavo's daughter a hug.
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Without debate, Assembly sends Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan's AB 2085 to the Senate. It would streamline permits for abortion clinics that meet certain development criteria.

Three clinics have been unable to open in over the past two years because of local opposition: calmatters.org/politics/2024/…

“Would I do it again? No.”

An Alejandro Lazo dispatch from Imperial County, where electrical vehicles are struggling to gain a foothold: calmatters.org/environment/20…

A bill that would ban local governments from passing voter ID laws appears to have enough votes to pass the state Senate.

California is suing the city of Huntington Beach over their local ordinance. Read more here: apnews.com/article/califo…

California State Senate passes and sends Gov. Newsom SB 233 to temporarily allow Arizona doctors to gain licensure to perform abortions in CA.

Senator Nancy Skinner notes although Arizona reversed the abortion law, that won't go into effect until October/November.

Interest groups have spent an average of $1.25 million per day lobbying California's government so far this year, Jeremia Kimelman reports
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The man convicted of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison. apnews.com/article/paul-p…

Newsom has said he wants to delay the minimum wage hike for health care workers, which could cost the state billions during a massive budget deficit, but it takes effect in just two weeks, Ana B. Ibarra reports.
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“That dengue outbreak was stopped because we had more ability to hire, and that was a huge public health success.'

Gavin Newsom Boosted California’s Public Health Budget During Covid. Now, less than two years later, he is proposing to slash it entirely: californiahealthline.org/NDgzNjg4

Though its revenue estimates are still lower, the LAO is fairly complimentary of governor's revised budget. Supports relying primarily on spending cuts, his proposal for setting aside surpluses for a year. Raises concerns about suspending NOL deductions. lao.ca.gov/Publications/R…

There's a related bill that has a chance in the Senate.

AB 941 by Marie Waldron passed the Assembly earlier this year thanks in part to Senator Scott Wiener's support.

Couple months ago, I wrote about their unlikely alliance when it comes to psychedelics

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California’s budget crunch is forcing the Legislature to scale back its agenda this session. The suspense file hearings today, where hundreds of bills were killed or trimmed down, was an early impact.
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A year after Gavin Newsom vetoed an effort to decriminalize psychedelics, Senator Scott Wiener returned with a narrower effort focused on therapeutic uses.

That bill, SB 1012, was just killed on the Senate suspense file.

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All you daylight saving time haters, an effort to repeal DST and move California to year-round standard time continues to advance. Senator Roger Niello's SB 1413 just passed to the Senate floor for a vote next week.

This is the umpteenth effort like this, though, so no guarantees.

Amid rising tensions over autonomous vehicles on California roads, Senate appropriations committees scales back Senator Dave Cortese's SB 915, which would allow local regulations.

It will now apply to only the 15 largest cities and prohibit AV bans.

Several of the reparations-related bills just died on the Senate suspense file, though their author Steven Bradford is on appropriations committee.

SB 1007 - housing assistance program for descendants of slaves
SB 1013 - property tax assistance for descendants of slaves

Senate appropriations committee kills Ben Allen's SB 1422, which would have required more disclosure of who is paying for legislators' sponsored travel. Anna Caballero holds on suspense file.

I reported last year how current disclosure law is failing: calmatters.org/politics/2023/…