California Voters Will Now Be Automatically Registered Through The DMV
SB707 by Democratic Sen.
The number of states to allow licensed concealed carry on public school and university grounds shrunk by one with California Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature this weekend. Many believe that this distinction is unconstitutional, and gun rights advocates have said that they will challenge it in court.
California has adopted the toughest limits in the nation on the use of antibiotics in livestock. His office helped make changes to this year’s measure to strengthen protections against using antibiotics to prevent disease.
Opponents argued that the California legislation does not go far enough to restrict preventive or routine use of antimicrobial drugs.
Widespread use of antibiotics by humans and animals reduce their effectiveness in treating illnesses because the diseases adapt by mutating, creating superbugs. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, that would have expanded the pool of workers who can take up to 12 weeks off to care for grandparents, grandchildren, siblings and parents-in-law. “I’m angry and outraged about Governor Brown’s decision to sign this very bad bill”, Firearms Policy Coalition President Brandon Combs told Guns.com by phone Saturday.
If campuses throughout the nation were doing an adequate job of regulating sexual assault on their own, there wouldn’t be a need for all of the ongoing campaigns that activists, celebrities and public figures facilitate to end campus rape. The governor signed ethics legislation that requires nonprofits that pay for political junkets to reveal their donors, the SacBee$ reports.
The Bee additionally reported California is the 19th state to enact such legislation and that the vote was mostly along party lines, with Republicans against.
SB251 would have given businesses time to fix violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act without facing penalties.
This left a few who stood against the bill irate.
It would have given businesses 15 days to fix signs and 90 days to fix other problems before ADA challenges could begin. Richard Roth of Riverside also included a tax credit to make improvements.
On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1461, also known as the California New Motor Voter Act, which will automatically have each eligible voter’s information sent to the Secretary of State’s office when he or she applies for or renews their driver’s license or state ID at the DMV.
The law is expected to benefit minority voters the most.
The goal is to ease the voter registration process for the 6.6 million California citizens who are not registered to vote, which lawmakers hope will increase voter turnout from the dismal 42 percent seen in last fall’s election.