(KQED) - A bill in Sacramento that would bring vital resources to farmworkers has been put on hold for now. It would bring critical healthcare services directly to farmworkers in rural communities through a mobile health pilot program.
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(CalMatters) - House Republicans moved to cut off artificial intelligence regulation by the states before it can take root, advancing legislation in Congress that, in California, would make it unlawful to enforce more than 20 laws passed by the Legislature and signed into law last year.
(San Mateo Daily Journal) - State and local lawmakers are raising concerns around road conditions near the summit of State Route 92, which a May 12 press release labeled as hazardous due to a naturally-occurring spring causing wet pavement.
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Keeping California’s lights on will require a major electricity market, partnerships across the West
(CalMatters Opinion) - State Sen. Josh Becker’s proposal, Senate Bill 540, represents the carefully considered path to achieving that partnership.
(Mountain View Voice) - Mountain View is looking to support legislation that could rein in builder’s remedy, following discontent from community members and some council members who say the current process is unfair and saddles them with massive housing projects that do not fit in their neighborhoods.
(InMenlo) - The California State Senate Rules Committee announced the formation of the Senate Select Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, a new legislative body dedicated to strengthening California’s global leadership in innovation, advanced manufacturing, and public sector modernization, chaired by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park).
(Palo Alto Daily Post) A split Palo Alto City Council tonight (April 7) voted to support a bill by state Sen. Josh Becker that aims to rein the Builder’s Remedy, a state law that has led to proposals for much larger buildings than cities have planned for.
All council members were interested in the idea, but Vicki Veenker, Julie Lythcott-Haims and George Lu voted to not support the bill due to outstanding questions and concerns they have about it.
(Los Altos Town Crier) - With Trump’s executive order underway, with effects such as permission from the Supreme Court last Friday to freeze teacher training grants, threatening public school officials with a memo by having them list out any of their programs that go against Title VI and revoking international students of their F-1 Student Visas, local officials are doing their best through public policy and the court system to revoke the current education downturns.