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California Assembly Passes ‘Ethnic Studies’ Bill Proposed legislation that would make “ethnic studies” a high school graduation requirement has moved one step closer to becoming law in California. The California Assembly voted 58 to 9 in favor of Assembly Bill 101 (AB 101) on May 27, sending it to the state Senate. The legislation would force students to learn critical race theory, according to opponents, while supporters say the bill would promote a more inclusive curriculum. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) told The Epoch Times that despite widespread support for the bill among s...

With a 49-5 vote, AB 490 passed the Assembly Floor today. Authored by Chair of Select Committee on Police Reform, Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson), AB 490 seeks to ban law enforcement from using restraints that cause positional asphyxia.  

Defund Police Unions, Not the Police As a relatively new state senator, I did my best to work across the aisle. One example is my assisting Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) in February 2016 when I coauthored one of his more ambitious bills. It was Senate Bill 1286, which addressed police officers and their records of misconduct. If approved, this legislation would have required that “personnel records and records relating to complaints against peace officers and custodial officers to be [made] available for public inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act.” The bill passed ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: California lawmakers proposing changes in the state’s insurance laws face their first significant hurdles in the next two weeks. These bills must be set, heard and passed by the Insurance Committee in their house by May 7 (or sooner) to meet house of origin deadlines or risk becoming a two-year bill—meaning the bill will not come up for consideration again until 2022. The California Department of Insurance (CDI), the state’s primary insurance regulator, is also commencing its own review of new regulatory proposals, making this...

A Los Angeles Times investigation last fall showing as many as half a million barrels of a now-banned pesticide may be sitting on the ocean floor off Catalina Island has led a local assemblyman to propose a new resolution calling on the federal government to take action to protect the island’s ecosystem. - ADVERTISEMENT - The resolution, AJR 2, authored by Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, does not specify what action exactly should be taken regarding the toxic waste, nor is any specific funding attached. The chemical DDT, or dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, has long been kno...