What bills are Long Beach’s state legislators working on?
Long Beach’s state representatives have drafted a slew of bills to address opioid addiction, gun regulations, air pollution from oil refineries and more.
The California Legislature is back: 5 key questions
The California Legislature got off to a slow start of its new session Wednesday, leaving plenty of time for reflection. Here are some key questions for the year to come.
Key issues that will shape California in 2023
Welcome to 2023 — a year that will likely prove decisive in California’s attempts to address some of its most pervasive challenges, ranging from housing and homelessness to climate change.
Newsom vetoes bill extending reparations committee deadline
The bill to extend the task force deadline garnered criticism from reparations advocates who said it would send a demoralizing message to African Americans already skeptical that they will receive reparations.
New law aims to make California haven for transgender youth
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law that’s designed to stop Texas and other conservative states from removing children from parents who allow them to receive gender-affirming health care in California.
Newsom relents, signs farmworker union bill after pressure from Biden and labor
Two days before deadline, after vetoing a similar bill last year and resisting months of marches, vigils and posturing, including a note from President Biden, Newsom changed his mind on a farmworker labor bill.
Newsom signs laws to boost housing production by overruling some commercial zoning
One law will let developers build housing on some commercial land without having to ask permission from local governments, as long as a certain percentage of the housing is affordable.
Newsom signs abortion protections into law
As other states restrict or ban abortions, the California laws aim to improve access and protect patients and clinicians. They will also expand services to accommodate an expected influx from other states.
‘Mandela’ bill would limit solitary confinement in California prisons and jails
A bill before Gov. Gavin Newsom would make the nation’s most wide-ranging changes to solitary confinement.
Reparations task force: State could owe Black Californians hundreds of thousands of dollars
Black Californians could be due hundreds of thousands of dollars for housing discrimination, incarceration, and health disparities alone, consultants said at reparations task force hearings.