The Latest Breaking News from California

Welcome to Ballotpedia’s Donor Privacy and Disclosure Digest! This monthly newsletter provides news and information on key policy changes, a breakdown of state legislation, and an overview of pivotal legal decisions and case developments. In this issue, you’ll find:

Industry lobbyists targeting legislators with “myth after myth” to stop emissions disclosure bill, says key environmental group.

Bill passed by margin of 31-5 and now needs to be signed into law by governor

California lawmakers have passed legislation requiring judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity in custody and visitation proceedings

Dalit rights groups hail the vote as a landmark victory in their bid to stop casteism from taking root in the US.

OSHA has said its data on occupational heat-related injuries and fatalities are likely vast underestimates

A California judge has halted a school district policy that requires parents be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school

Overburdened labor enforcement agency says violations are difficult to prove.

The California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 421 (AB 421), which addresses the veto referendum process, on Sept. 5, 2023. AB 421 would change how veto referendums appear on the ballot, among other provisions. A veto referendum is a citizen-initiated ballot measure that asks voters whether to uphold or repeal…

The California State Assembly advanced a bill in late August that proposed allowing striking workers to claim unemployment insurance benefits after striking for two weeks. The deadline for introducing new legislation had passed, so legislators rewrote Senate Bill 799, which previously related to corrections and criminal rehabilitation, to propose expanding…

Secretive venture capitalists spent six years buying up farmland in Solano County with the dream of constructing an eco-friendly hamlet of the future, but not everyone is convinced, writes Joe Sommerlad