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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced an $11 million settlement against AutoZone Inc. on Tuesday for violating state laws regarding the placement of hazardous waste and mishandling customer information.
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San Francisco will become the first county in the United States to make phone calls from jail free for inmates and end the process of marking up convenience items from commissary stores in jails.
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Under current law, students enrolled in a federal or California work-study program qualify for CalFresh. The bill would require that California community colleges and universities notify any student accepted into a work-study program of their eligibility and that a streamlined process for applicants be created.
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Amid concerns around surveillance and privacy, San Francisco banned police use of facial recognition technology May 14 after the state Assembly’s Feb. 21 introduction of a similar ban.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an apology for historical mistreatment, violence and neglect on behalf of California to California Native American peoples through an executive order on Tuesday.
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The budget — which was introduced by Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, in December — will increase the UC system’s funding from about $3.35 billion to roughly $3.55 billion, according to California Legislative Information, if it is approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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A group of activists hosted a rally outside the California Democratic Party State Convention urging Democrats to decriminalize sex work.
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SB 24, or the “College Student Right to Access Act,” was passed by the California State Assembly Health Committee Tuesday, and will guarantee that all California public university students have access to medication abortion through university health centers by January 2023, according to the bill.
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The policy change will take effect as part of California AB 1811, a bill that was passed by the Legislature and approved by then-governor Jerry Brown in 2018.
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The Fair Pay to Play Act was approved by the state Senate with a 31-4 vote. The bill was designed to protect California collegiate athletes, who have produced tens of billions of dollars for their colleges, corporate sponsors and television networks, according to a press release.
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