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Mandatory High School Personal Finance Course Ballot Measure Filed with State

September 7, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 7, 2023 2:46 am

A new ballot measure proposal to make personal finance a required course for graduation from High School in California was filed with the state on Wednesday, with the aim of getting enough signatures in time to qualify for the November...

Bill To Allow Pets To Be Buried Alongside Owners Gets Renewed Focus

August 10, 2023 4:35 pmAugust 10, 2023 4:35 pm

A bill to allow cemeteries to designate certain areas where pets can be buried alongside their owners gained a renewed focus in the past week, bringing in a fresh round of concern over the bill right before the session resumes...

Statewide Rent Control Expansion Proposition Gets Enough Verified Signatures for 2024 Ballot

July 28, 2023 6:22 pmJuly 28, 2023 6:22 pm

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced on Thursday that enough signatures have been verified to place a statewide rent control expansion bill on the November 2024 ballot. Currently, only California and Oregon have statewide rent control laws on the...

California’s Major Role In The Birth, And Death, Of Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023 12:58 pmJune 29, 2023 12:58 pm

The Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina ruling by the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday, in which it was ruled that affirmative action programs in college admissions processes are unconstitutional, capped off a 45-year legal battle over...

Bill To Restrict Marijuana Packaging Appealing To Children Gains Support In Assembly

May 18, 2023 2:45 amMay 18, 2023 2:46 am

A bill to restrict marijuana products with packaging that appeals to children continued to gain traction in the Assembly, with more votes shifting in favor of the bill in recent weeks. Assembly Bill 1207, authored by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand...

2024 Election $10 Billion K-12 Community College Bond Act

April 27, 2023 2:45 amApril 27, 2023 2:46 am

A bill to place a proposition on the 2024 ballot over a $10 billion bond in state matching funds for K-12 and California Community College new school construction and modernization was passed in the Assembly Higher Education Committee on Wednesday....

Proposed Ballot Initiative for Stricter Penalties for Fentanyl Drug Dealers

April 18, 2023 6:12 pmApril 18, 2023 6:13 pm

A new movement that is pushing for a proposition to give stricter penalties to drug dealers who sell fentanyl, was started in California this week, with the group behind it saying that the strategy is to begin with a public...