California public schools will be barred from using the Redskins name for sports teams and mascots under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed. The new law prohibits that practice, unless school officials grant permission or the carrier is retired from law enforcement. Police chiefs and school districts could also set their own concealed weapons policies.
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– SB27 gives California the toughest limits in the nation on the use of antibiotics in livestock. This restriction applies to use for growth promotion or for for so-called “disease prevention”, thus going beyond federal policy.
Widespread use of antibiotics by humans and animals reduce their effectiveness in treating illnesses because the diseases adapt by mutating, creating superbugs.
Supporters of the legislation by Sen.
The agency has recommended phasing out their use in cases exclusively to promote growth in livestock. If the law is passed, by January 2018 it will be illegal to use medically-important antibiotics on farm animals in California unless the animal is already sick, is at serious risk of an infection, or needs antibiotics ahead of a surgery or medical procedure.
In June, Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island proposed a bill to automatic registration bill, which has been backed by 67 co-sponsors including Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis of Georgia.
It was opposed by the Association of Northern California Oncologists, who warned that providing unregulated treatments for people desperately trying to extend their lives takes advantage of their frailty.
– Wage theft: Brown signed SB588 by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, making it easier for the state labor commissioner to collect unpaid wages on behalf of workers.
Gov. Brown also vetoed a measure that bans public property from being named after Confederate leaders.
It was the latest effort to rein in what a few lawmakers say are predatory attorneys who threaten lawsuits against non-complying businesses.
That reasoning did not satisfy the bill’s author, Sen.
Brown on Saturday announced vetoing nine bills to offer new tax credits, saying they would collectively make it harder to balance the state budget. California joins Oregon as the second state in the nation opting to register voters through its department of motor vehicles.
Padilla added: “Citizens should not be required to opt-in to their fundamental right to vote”.
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That conversation is expected to resume early next year when Lara’s SB 10 bill, aimed at providing health coverage to the state’s 1.5 million or so undocumented adults, will be taken up by the legislature.
