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Bill That Would Ban Surgery on Intersex Children Dies in Committee

January 15, 2020 6:32 am

By a vote of 4 to 2, with three abstentions, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee voted down what would have been the first ban on intersex children surgery in the country. The attempted intersex children surgery ban...

Governor Newsom Proposes Statewide No-Kill Animal Shelters

January 14, 2020 7:57 am

Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed making California the third no-kill animal shelter state in the country. Included in Governor Newsom’s 2020-2021 budget proposal is a $50 million grant to the University of California for the no-kill shelters. According to the...

California Court Rules That Truckers Are Exempt From AB 5

January 13, 2020 5:23 pm

The Superior Court of California in Los Angeles ruled earlier this week that independent truckers are exempt from AB 5. The ruling by Judge William Highberger came less than two weeks after a temporary exemption was granted. AB 5, the...

California Appeals Court Rules That All Cities Must Follow Sanctuary City Law

January 13, 2020 4:50 pm

The California Fourth District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana has ruled that charter cities and other atypically classified cities have to follow the California Values Act (CVA), commonly known as the ‘sanctuary city law’. Under the CVA, which was...

Concealed Carry Expansion Bill Faces Another Tough Committee Vote

January 13, 2020 4:41 pm

The Assembly bill that would allow concealed carry holders to be armed in a place of worship while on school property faces a critical step Tuesday as an Assembly Committee will vote on the subject for the first time in...

Proposed Bill Would Remove Deductions from Secondary Homes to Fund Homeless Programs

January 13, 2020 1:25 pmJanuary 14, 2020 7:11 am

Vacation homes, rental homes, and other types of secondary housing would lose their mortgage interest deductions (MID) to fund new statewide homeless initiatives under a new bill announced Thursday. AB 1905 and the end of MID tax breaks Assembly Bill...

Bill that Would End Virginity Testing in California Introduced to Assembly

January 10, 2020 1:55 pm

Virginity testing, the procedure where a doctor or other medical professional performs tests to determine whether or not a woman has had intercourse, may soon be illegal in California. Assembly Bill 1909, introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), would...