Most recently, California passed SB-277 eliminating the personal belief exemption (PBE) and proof of vaccination or medical exemption is now required for a child to attend daycare or begin kindergarten [7]. Effective July 1, 2016 parents could only file medical exemptions, signed by a board ...
However, in August, state legislators considered eliminating the programas part of a plan to give utility ratepayers small rebates. Although the bill failed, the program has been closed to new applications since July. More than a dozen school districts ha...
From theSan Francisco Chronicle, “California bill eliminating sex offender list inequity toward LGBTQ people passes”: California would eliminate a disparity in its statutory rape laws that critics say is a discriminatory vestige of the historic criminalization of gay sex, under a bill sent Monday ...
These can be done in such a way that Democrats can't filibuster them. Now since Republicans are the majority in both Houses of Congress, they can enact any legislation they want by simply eliminating the filibuster so that Democrats can't stop their proposed legislation. Democrats will have ...
The history of positive social change demonstrates that when those who are oppressed stand together – as a group, a class – against that oppression, change can happen. Our own experience with eliminating endless solitary confinement in California proves that. ...
He also spoke out in support of one of the more controversial parts of the proposal: eliminating the deduction of state and local taxes. “I don’t think it’s fair for somebody else to subsidize poor management in California,” McCarthy said. “Look at the entire [...
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rather than alleviate, California's problems. Calls for a constitutional convention are growing, but most would-be framers seem intent only on eliminating the two-thirds requirement for budget passage and tax increases — which, without additional reforms, would just further enable the state's prof...
hostage-taking was to compel Israel to negotiate after the massacre of hundreds more of its citizens. To allow the hostages’ plight to take precedence over the more important objective of eliminating Hamas would be to reward Hamas for its war crimes, encourage hostage-taking in the future, and...
Eliminating Modern Slavery is covered within the Fairtrade Producer Standards and Fairtrade Trader Standard. This requires everyone who buys, sells or processes Fairtrade certified products, from the raw commodity to packaging, to comply with these standards. They also require compliance with national ...