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How small shelters for homeless people in California became big business
On a recent weekday morning in Sacramento, early, before a sweltering Central Valley heat enveloped downtown and before Senate and Assembly sessions got underway, several suited-up elected officials gathered in front of the Capitol to promote a bill. The “Interim Housing Act,” penned by South Bay State Senator Josh Becker,...
Could Californians get electric bill refunds?
Scheduling note: WhatMatters will be resting for Labor Day weekend and will return to your inboxes on Tuesday. Update: The Assembly bill to provide rebates to utility customers was pulled from consideration today and appears dead. In early August, there were rumblings that Gov. Gavin Newsom was working with legislators on a proposal to reduce […]
Health insurer hit with California’s largest-ever penalty over gender-affirming care denials
A major California health insurer must hire a dedicated case manager for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria after state regulators found it improperly denied coverage to some patients.
Bill to Address Heat Prevention Workforce Standards and Protect the Yolo SIX Advances to Governor’s Desk
Sacramento, CA – In June during a heatwave, farmworkers working in a tomato field near Dixon on June 5 walked off their jobs and were fired. SB 1299, introduced by Senator Dave Cortese, would establish the Farmworker Climate Change Heat Injury and Death Fund to be funded on a one-time basis from the existing Worker’s Compensation Administration Revolving Fund.
Governor Now Has Chance to Sign Bill to Protect Future Max Bensons
Sacramento, CA – It was a tragic but preventable death when Max Benson, a 13-year-old from Davis, who had autism and was attending an El Dorado Hills school when he died after being held in a prone restraint for over an hour. SB 483 was designed by Senator Dave...
Driverless cars won’t be ticketed in last-minute about-face for CA state bill
A California bill that would have allowed for self-driving cars to be ticketed for traffic violations was amended just days before the year’s legislative session is scheduled to adjourn. Driverless car companies like Waymo and Cruise still will not be ticketed under the amended bill. Rather, law-enforcement agencies will...
Tourism to Lava Beds and Tule Lake National Monuments Contributes $6,968,000 to Local Economy.
TULELAKE, Calif. – A new National Park Service report shows that 136,164 visitors to Lava Beds and 2,731 visitors to Tule Lake National Monuments in 2023 spent a total of $6,968,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 79 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $7,794,000.
CA passes bill requiring schools to devise plan to ban or limit phones during the school day
The California legislature passed a bill this week requiring all public schools to come up with a plan to limit or ban phones during the school day, and Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign it into law.The Phone-Free Schools Act, introduced by Assemblyman Josh Hoover, would give the state's public schools until July 2026 to come up with a plan to implement a ban or other limits on smart phones.Schools, for example, could require students to put phones in a locker or sealed pouched during school hours. The bill, however, does include some exceptions.Schools would not be able to...
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