He passed two horrible pieces of legislation I’ve attacked at the time and ever since: Senate Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; and Senate Bill 375 in 2008, which restricted housing construction. My colleague Susan Shelley described the results in these pages, “AB32 has ...
383, by the California Senate that aims to restrict online retailers of downloadable products from requiring customers to provide personal information when making online credit card purchases. It reveals that state Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced the bill to amend the Song-Beverly ...
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...
On May 31, 2023, the California Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) No. 553 by a vote of 29–8. The legislation would establish new workplace violence prevention standards in California.
The California Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to create state-chartered cannabis banks to help the industry get around restrictions on access to banking services.
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...
Senate Bill 54 Is Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty Violating Federal Immigration Law February 7, 2025 11:29 am Earlier this week the Globe reported on a proposed bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow the victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens to sue the sanctuary cities that ...
there have been some amendments to the original legislation. However, these amendments do not adequately address the main concerns, and Nareit will continue to work with other affected stakeholder to oppose the legislation. On May 15, Nareit joined thiscoalition letterto members of the Se...
Senate Bill 54, which California lawmakers approved last month, bars local governments from forcing undocumented immigrants to spend extra time in jail so that immigration agents can pick them up for deportation. It also prohibits police from asking about the immigration status of people during routin...
Californians are paying the price for climate change events and catastrophic wildfires happening in the middle of winter, said Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), as he announced his new bill, Senate Bill 222, “the Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act.” But Senator Wiener has a ...