California voters are expected to decide key spending decisions this fall
(The Mercury News) - With roughly 100 days until Californians begin early voting for the November election, state lawmakers are putting final touches on the bonds that will make the ballot.
Over the weekend, Democrats who control the Legislature in Sacramento reached agreements to place a $10 billion climate bond and a $10 billion school bond before voters in the Nov. 5 statewide election.
(Bloomberg Law) - Lawmakers in California are working to join other states regulating health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence tools in coverage decisions.
Senator’s bill would allow psychedelics for veterans, first responders in 3 counties
(San Mateo Daily Journal) - After numerous attempts to legalize psychedelics over the last couple years, many advocates are now putting their energy behind state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, as his latest bill would allow military veterans and first responders to take psilocybin or psilocin in a medically supervised setting — and only in a few counties.
Moving the unsheltered into tiny homes, hotel rooms and other types of housing is a proven, cost-effective strategy
(San Francisco Chronicle) - After seeing three previous efforts fail to legalize psychedelics, a bipartisan pair of California legislators are trying again to permit them for therapeutic purposes, this time narrowing their focus to helping veterans and first responders in three counties, including San Francisco.
(San Mateo Daily Journal) - A funding proposal based on a complicated vehicle license fee reimbursement formula tied to local school funding that could mean a loss of $70 million from last fiscal year for San Mateo County may have a fix in the joint legislative budget agreement plan released May 29.
(Los Angeles Times) - You’re not alone if it seems like your electric bill is getting too damn high.
Californians pay some of the highest electric rates in the country. In the last decade households have seen their electricity rates nearly double even while their budgets are squeezed by inflation and rising temperatures from climate change mean they have to use more energy to cool their homes.