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Last night at midnight, our legislative session ended.
Since taking office, 36 bills I’ve authored have been signed into law.
I now have 6 more bills on the Governor’s desk awaiting his action, on issues ranging from mental health to transportation to criminal justice reform:
Since taking office, 36 bills I’ve authored have been signed into law.
I now have 6 more bills on the Governor’s desk awaiting his action, on issues ranging from mental health to transportation to criminal justice reform:
1. #SB855 is a major piece of legislation to expand access to mental health & addiction care in California. It requires insurance companies to cover far more mental health & addiction care. It will be the strongest such legislation in the country. https://calmatters.org/health/2020/08/california-leader-mental-health/
2. #SB592 is a major piece of criminal justice reform & anti-racism legislation. It will make California juries more diverse & representative of the community by dramatically expanding our jury pools to include anyone who files a tax return,. https://www.davisvanguard.org/2020/08/fair-juries-act-reflects-community-diversity-now-one-step-closer-to-becoming-law/
3. #SB932 is first-of-its-kind state legislation to require health data collection on communicable disease impacts on #LGBTQ people, including from #COVID19. Historically, LGBTQ people have been effectively invisible when it comes to health data. No more. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Bill-tracking-coronavirus-in-LGBTQ-community-15527963.php
4. #SB132 protects transgender people in prison, by allowing them to be housed where they‘re safest, instead of automatically being placed in the facility corresponding to their birth-assigned gender. Trans women are frequently brutalized in men’s prisons. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Transgender-women-could-avoid-men-s-prison-15528275.php
5. #SB288 expedites approval of sustainable transportation projects, including bike lanes, pedestrian safety upgrades, dedicated bus lanes & light rail. It will move CA toward a more sustainable future & help stimulate the economy by accelerating projects. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-bill-to-fast-track-public-15528535.php
6. #SB145 ends discrimination against #LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry. Currently, these youth are forced onto the registry for consensual sex — even if a judge doesn’t think it’s appropriate — in situations where straight youth are not. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-bill-eliminating-sex-offender-list-15529263.php
