Revised Cash Bail Reform Law Passes California Assembly
Proponents say the bill will result in fewer people languishing in jail before trial. Opponents on the left argue the bill will do the opposite.
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Proponents say the bill will result in fewer people languishing in jail before trial. Opponents on the left argue the bill will do the opposite.
The measure, AB2550, also bans male guards from entering areas such as bathrooms where women are undressed.
The law officially claims California is the heart of the surfboard building industry and that surf forecasting.
Senate Bill 1192 would make water or milk the default drink for kids meals in a push to reduce obesity and access to sugary drinks for children.
Most suspects accused of nonviolent misdemeanors would be released within 12 hours of being booked in jail. People accused of serious, violent felonies would not be eligible for pretrial release.
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said the proposal is a "smart way" to address growing investments by China and others in space.
A protest from dozens of young immigrant activists seated throughout the room briefly delayed McCarthy's Q-and-A at the event sponsored by the Public Policy Institute of California.
He's been traveling around the state speaking to citizens stuck in long waiting lines and calls the wait unacceptable.
Kamala Harris is considered a contender for the Democratic ticket in 2020, but has played coy about her plans.
Supporters say the rent control measure will protect low-income people from being priced out of their homes, while opponents argue it will decrease housing supply in a state facing a severe shortage.
The anonymous artist, who goes by the Twitter handle "The Faction," posted a video Thursday of his crew installing the stars on blank squares up and down the sidewalk.
It would soften a legal standard that generally holds them entirely responsible for the costs of fires triggered by their power lines or other infrastructure.
Tim Draper spent more than $1.7 million to qualify his initiative for the ballot, which requires gathering hundreds of thousands of signatures.
The November elections will bring a record number of women to the ballot.
The indictment charges Collins, his son and the father of the son's fiancee with conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud and making false statements to the FBI.
