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Water Rate Assistance Fund Bill To Face Tougher Senate Committees This Month

April 16, 2021 11:42 am

A Senate bill that would create a water rate assistance fund for low-income rate payers experiencing economic hardship is to go in front of another difficult Senate committee soon following passage of the bill in the Senate Energy, Utilities and...

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April 16, 2021 7:32 amApril 16, 2021 7:52 am

Every week California Globe sends out our email newsletter featuring highlights from the week, and links to many of our articles. It’s one-stop shopping in case you may have missed anything. This week we’ve started a new feature – a...

Capitol Lawmakers’ COVID Hypocrisy in Full View on Packed Southwest Flight

April 16, 2021 7:07 amApril 18, 2021 8:20 am

Since March of last year, lawmakers in the State Capitol have shunned allowing the public to participate in the legislative process. Early on in Gov. Newsom’s statewide lockdown, legislators completely recessed and did not conduct any state business. Eventually they...

Mandatory Rehiring of Laid-Off Workers Bill Passes Senate, Heads to Governor For Approval

April 16, 2021 2:13 amApril 19, 2021 6:10 am

The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require hotels, event centers, janitorial service companies, and other service companies to offer workers laid-off due to COVID-19 their jobs back before hiring others. Senate Bill 93, authored by Senator...

Bill To Make Native American Day A Paid State Judicial Holiday Passed in Assembly Committee

April 15, 2021 11:05 am

A bill that would make Native American Day a paid judicial holiday and remove Columbus Day as a paid holiday was passed 16-0 in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, sending the bill to a full Assembly Hearing. Assembly Bill...

Fracking Ban Bill Fails in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee

April 14, 2021 2:55 pmApril 16, 2021 7:34 am

A bill that would have banned fracking in California by 2027 and prohibited all oil and gas wells from being operated nearby homes, schools, and other populated areas failed in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee on Tuesday by...

Bill To Ban Paid Petition Signature Gatherers Faces Sen. Judiciary Comm. Vote

April 14, 2021 11:55 amApril 15, 2021 12:59 pm

A bill that would ban paying petition signature collectors by the signature faces a tough Judiciary Committee hearing in the coming days following a narrow passage of the bill in another committee earlier this week. Senate Bill 660, authored by...