1+ week, 1+ day ago   (893+ words) Last year, Alvarado-Gil urged colleagues to override Newsom’s veto of AB 1309, a related bill to address firefighter pay. The governor vetoed the bill after signaling his unease with signing pay formulas into law. AB 2129 returns the issue to Newsom. “Cal…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) It’s September. Schools are back. The 9/11 terrorism attack 25th anniversary is next week. The ballots for the Nov. 3 midterm election will arrive in homes in four weeks. A summer that has been too hot slips into fall. It won’t be a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (489+ words) Assemblymember Juan Alanis announced Thursday that his bill to streamline reporting requirements for household hazardous waste collection facilities (HHWCFs) has cleared the Senate with no opposition. The bill standardizes the annual reporting periods for the Department of Toxic Substances Control…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (772+ words) California legislators returned from their summer recess this week for the final stretch of the legislative season, with the fate of several education bills still undecided. Lawmakers have until Aug. 31 to pass bills and send them to Gov. Gavin Newsom,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (202+ words) It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That may be true, but as we witness a flawed bill making its way through the California legislature, it may also be paved with new, burdensome metal…...