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Controversial Israeli Judicial Reform Draws Criticism From Biden Administration

Biden Administration Criticizes Israeli Judicial Reform

Zenger

Proposed Law Would Reduce Barriers to Mental Health Care for California Youth

The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies.

Capital & Main

California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Voters could remove it next year

The California Senate has approved a proposal to enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the state constitution

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Rightwingers say ‘pink-haired liberals’ are killing New York pizza. Here’s what’s really happening

An air quality rule passed seven years ago requires some shops to install air filters like those used in Italy

The Guardian - US

Car-obsessed California seeks to follow New York's lead and save public transit

California's transit agencies are asking Democrats who control the state's government to rescue them like Democrats in New York recently did

The Independent UK

California plans to spend more on Narcan, but it could lose workers who hand it out

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next four years to provide Narcan, the nasal spray with naloxone that can yank someone out of an opioid overdose, to combat the deadly rise of fentanyl in California.

Los Angeles Times

Report: Antisemitic incidents on the rise in California

Hate crimes and antisemitic incidents are on the rise in California

The Independent UK

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California sues Elk Grove over housing project for homeless

California officials are suing a local government for not approving an apartment complex for people experiencing homelessness

The Independent UK

San Francisco is repealing its boycott of anti-LGBT states

San Francisco repealed a boycott that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in states including Texas, Florida and Ohio.

WEKU

San Francisco to repeal boycott of anti-LGBT states

San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good

The Independent UK

Unfinished Mental Health Business For Governor Newsom

While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.

Capital & Main

Can California put an end to corporate greenwashing?

LOS ANGELES — Nearly three years ago, American Airlines pledged to eradicate its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in an effort to help avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

Los Angeles Times

After ambitious single-payer health care plans sputter, a new California bill tries an incremental approach

A new bill introduced in the California state Senate aims to lay the groundwork for a state universal health care system, proposing an incremental approach that departs from recent sweeping, and unsuccessful, efforts to reshape how Californians receive care.

Los Angeles Times

Wineries to affordable housing: SVB fall knocks out more than startups

Demise of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled not just businesses and investors but the ecosystem that grew up around it

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Is This the Year California's Development-Killing Environmental Review Law Sees Serious Reform?

Yet another court decision stopping a U.C. Berkeley housing project is getting California's policy makers to think bigger about reforming the infamous California Environmental Quality Act.

Tribune News Service

California has nearly 100 new housing laws. Are they fixing the affordability crisis?

Facing a massive affordable-housing crisis pushing Californians out of their hometowns and some onto the street, state legislators passed law after law to boost housing production. Now, Sacramento is asking itself the million-dollar question: Is it working?

Tribune News Service

California is desperate for affordable housing. How union conflicts are delaying it

California lawmakers thought they cracked the code last year on a construction union stalemate holding up housing bills.

The Independent UK

California governor vows to change law blocking new housing

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to reform a landmark state environmental law after it was used to block needed student housing at the University of California, Berkeley

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The Independent UK

California will try to enshrine right to same-sex marriage

California lawmakers are going to try to officially repeal a 15-year-old voter initiative meant to ban same-sex marriage in the state

Los Angeles Times

Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Senn's father, long dead, appeared to her as she lay back in the dimly lit room at the Santa Monica clinic, a mask over her closed eyes, and the psychedelic trip began.

Reason

California Bill Builds on Reforms That Could Herald the Surprisingly Fast Collapse of Psychedelic Prohibition

S.B. 58, which emulates an initiative that Colorado voters approved last month, would legalize the use of five psychoactive substances found in fungi and plants.

The Independent UK

Have a safe trip: Oregon trains magic mushroom facilitators

Oregon will begin allowing licensed, regulated use of psychedelic mushrooms in 2023

Los Angeles Times

'Magic mushrooms' would be decriminalized in California under new bill

LOS ANGELES — The possession and personal use of certain psychedelic drugs such as "magic mushrooms" and ayahuasca would be decriminalized in California under a bill introduced Monday backed by mental health professionals and veterans groups.

Fortune

Is Elon Musk preparing to replace Twitter janitors with robots? That’s what one man who was just fired is saying

“People worked without worries,” one of the janitors said of Musk’s takeover. “Now we are afraid.”

Reason

California Bill Would Exempt Church-Sponsored Housing Projects From Hellish Zoning Laws

S.B. 4 would let religious institutions and nonprofit colleges skip the typical environmental review and red tape when building low-income housing on their property.

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