California to phase out microbeads used in soaps, toothpaste

Other states, which have already passed a microbead-restriction law include Illinois, Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Maryland and Indiana.

Gov. Jerry Brown is rejecting legislation that would have blocked for-profit companies from operating charter schools in California. They are for land and sea travel to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean only.

“I look forward to continuing the conversation about the need to cover everyone in California”, she said. Lois Wolk, who introduced the legislation. Closing the loophole (as Senator Leno mentioned) shows that the California Legislature-true to its agenda over the last decade-continues to not only “talk the talk”, but “walk the walk” in pursuing equality under the law for every one of its citizens, including transgender workers and preventing discrimination on the basis of protected characteristics. There’s a chance it could still pass via a ballot initiative next year. In addition, they argue that is isn’t hard to fill out a registration form and that automatic registration is a form of coercion, forcing people to participate in the democratic process when they may prefer to stay out of it. Please join our more than 700,000 consumer and farmer advocates across the country at www.centerforfoodsafety.org. Potential voters “have to demonstrate proof of age, the vast majority of time people are showing a birth certificate or a passport, which also reflects citizenship”.

A few Republican lawmakers say voters shouldn’t be forced to sign up.

“This may have contributed to the fact that only 38 percent of voters in Los Angeles County used (vote-by-mail) almost 20 percent lower than any other county in the state”, Pavley said.

Jerry Brown on Thursday signed legislation requiring the state to phase out the use of microscopic beads in personal care products by 2020 to protect fish and other wildlife. The measure would make voting more convenient, according to Sen.

California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who oversees elections, said earlier this year that the bill would play a positive role in the state by enrolling more voters at a time when turnouts there have been woefully small.

The bill, SB249, would have authorized California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to negotiate with the federal government to issue “enhanced” driver’s licenses similar to those issued in five USA states along the Canadian border.

Several environmental groups joined together to help make the bill happen, including Californians Against Waste, Clean Water Action, Breast Cancer Fund, California League of Conservation Voters, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Environment California, Heal the Bay, Los Angeles Water Keeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ocean Conservancy, and the Sierra Club.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California, the state is home to about 2.67 million undocumented immigrants as of 2013.

Brown had vetoed Bill 573 for the Assembly, which was a proposal to provide legal aid, and financial relief for thousands of students who were affected by the closing this past spring of Corinthian Colleges a for-profit chain.