With California's often tenuous water supply continually a topic of debate, a state Senate bill would ease restrictions on recycled wastewater use. John Ramos reports.
The California state Senate passed a measure Friday to prevent gas prices from spiking in a state where it is notoriously expensive to fill up at the pump.The proposal, backed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, would give energy regulators the authority to require that refiners keep a certain am...
Bradford’s Senate Bill 1403, which would have created the California American Freedman Affairs Agency to assist Californians with reparations program, and, Senate Bill 1331, which would have created the reparations fund. Both were cast off to the inactive file following Governor Gavin Newsom ...
A bill that would require California retailers to inform consumers of the possible health risks of cell phone use received its first reading this week in the Rules Committee of the state senate. Following minor amendments, the legislation now proceeds to the Senate Environmental Quality Committee for...
On May 22, the California Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve SB 939. Among other things, SB 939 would allow certain commercial tenants negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis to require landlords to renegotiate and/or terminate their leases. Among other things, the bill wou...
Senator Scott Wiener introduced the bill. Senator Wiener posted a letter from Apple that showed the company's support for the bill to X. Huge new endorsement — @Apple— of our groundbreaking climate bill to require large corporations to disclose their carbon footprint (SB 253).Thank ...
A bill introduced in the California state senate aims to prevent the dangers ofartificial intelligence. Critics, including Google and Meta, say the bill could stifle innovation and even kill California’s significant tech industry. The Senate bill,SB 1047, has been introduced by Senator Scott Wi...
“AB 379 does not reflect the compromise that was being negotiated with Senator Grove in the Senate,” a person in the chamber close to negotiations told Playbook. Assembly Public Safety Committee Chair Nick Schultz said he had an “initial conversation” about the bill with Krell in a short ...
Do board gender quotas affect firm value? Evidence from California Senate Bill No. 826We examine stock market reactions, direct costs of compliance, and board adjustments to California Senate Bill No. 826 (SB 826), the first mandated board gender diversity quota in the United States. ...
The bill passed the state Senate on Tuesday and received approval from the state Assembly on Wednesday morning. California Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed the bill and is expected to sign it. The measure, which would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, stipulates that workers must be designated as...