Your Legislative Analysts Committee just grew! We are pleased to welcome 2 new members of the team- Arlene Wolgomuth, of East Valley RWF, and Theresa Speake of Exeter RWF. Both have long histories of working in and researching state legislation.

GOOD NEWS! SB 663, the bill to allow the personal information of anyone who signs a recall petition to be made available to others including the recall target has been withdrawn. It may come back next year, but for now, it's DEAD!!!

UPDATE ON CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING: WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE! Redistricting is the once-every-decade practice across the United States of redrawing state

RECALL PETITIONS SB 663 - Existing law authorizes a voter who has signed an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to remove their name from the petition by filing a written request to do so with the appropriate elections official prior

An omnibus bill is a single document that is accepted in a single vote by a legislature but packages together several measures into one or combines diverse subjects; because of their large size and scope, omnibus bills limit

SPECIAL EDITION UPDATE ON CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING: WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE! Redistricting is the once every decade practice across the U.S. of redrawing state and federal voting boundaries, with the goal being equal distribution of voters, based on the most current census information.

HEARINGS: The following bills are up for hearings- click on the link that follows to listen/watch the items that interest. AB-125: Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms, and Worker Protection Bond Act of 2022 - Hearing has been set for April 15, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.

INFRASTRUCTURE AB 1510 - UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS; ESSENTIAL WORKER AND ECONOMIC STABILITY ACT OF 2021- Current federal law regulates immigration. Current STATE law establishes the Employment Development Department (EDD), which is vested with duties; one being job creation and unemployment compensation.