"Monroe had no understanding of the Bay Area, nor why, for example, running fiber-optic line down Interstate 680 from Walnut Creek to Dublin would do little to reach those most in need of high-speed #internet access". #broadband #CALeg #EastOakland https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/09/02/editorial-newsom-plan-to-bridge-digital-divide-becoming-a-boondoggle/

In a month, El Cajon shared 12 million California license plate scans with police in #Texas putting people at risk for immigration, abortion care and gender care enforcement. Not passing #AB1463 is putting people at risk. #CALeg #ALPR https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2023-08-27/el-cajon-police-sharing-license-plate-data

#Period legislation trending. #CALeg requires a public school (grades 3 to 12) to stock the school’s restrooms with an adequate supply of free #menstrual products, in all women’s and all-gender restrooms and in at least one men’s restroom, at all times.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1519949

Hey Californians, right now, a critical bill is sitting in the #CALeg, #CASenate. #AB28 is a small tax ONLY on gun dealers that will help fund #VIOLENCEINTERVENTION programs across the state. Please click the link below to send a message to your state senator asking them to support #AB28.
https://act.everytown.org/sign/CA_AB28_SB2_BC/?source=twns_CA_20230814&refcode=twns_CA_20230814&utm_source=twns_CA_20230814&utm_medium=s&utm_campaign=CA_20230814

#DigitalFinancialAsset legislation is trending. #CALeg would establish a licensing process for #crypto exchanges and regulate the activities of cryptocurrency exchanges to protect Californians from "financial hardship and foster responsible innovation".
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1500764

#CALeg requires the State Department of Education to finalize the development of an online training delivery platform and an online training curriculum to support LGBTQ cultural competency training for teachers and other certificated employees
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1500776

Is anybody going to write up #AB1228 in a positive light? Only literal franchise restaurant owners are posting about it. And an employment law firm, where the co-author is on the California Restaurant Association board. lmao.

#CALeg

Menstrual Equity for All Act of 2021 is trending. #CALeg would require schools to stock at all times with an adequate supply of #menstrualProducts, free of cost, in all women’s restrooms and all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1519949

Thank you to Chairman @GeneralRoth, Vice Chair @JanetNguyenCA, @SenBobArchuleta @AngeliqueAshby, @SenJoshBecker, @BillDoddCA, @SenSusanEggman, @Steve_Glazer, @SenRogerNiello, @LolaForSenate, @SenAishaWahab https://secure.aspca.org/action/ca-telemed?ms=wb_lpf_advo-center-ca-telemed-20230412&initialms=wb_lpf_advo-center-ca-telemed-20230412 #caleg

https://twitter.com/ASPCA/status/1679162209316790275

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ASPCA/status/1679162313201393666

Californians are now one step closer to having greater access to care for their pets 👏 Support for #AB1399 has just passed the Senate policy committee 11-0! Special thanks to the members that voted in support! https://secure.aspca.org/action/ca-telemed?ms=wb_lpf_advo-center-ca-telemed-20230412&initialms=wb_lpf_advo-center-ca-telemed-20230412 #caleg

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ASPCA/status/1679162209316790275

Hi friends, I'm trying to find more of my local #SouthBay community (Santa Clara County & thereabouts) to follow!

Anybody out there in #SanJose, #Sunnyvale, #Milpitas, #Gilroy, #MountainView, #Cupertino, #SantaClara or nearby?

I'm interested in local politics, community issues, #WorkersRights, #EconomicJustice, #RacialJustice, #BlackLivesMatter, #ImmigrantsRights, #AffordableHousing, #BuildingTrades #unions, #CALeg, #hiking, #wildflowers #gardening, #flowers.

We - the County and the State - need to take #HABs mitigation on Clear Lake in #LakeCountyCA more seriously and the #CAleg needs to fund the proposed projects to help rehabilitate!

In today’s @sdut, the @ASPCA and @sdhumane urge #CAleg to pass #AB1399 – a lifesaving bill sponsored by @LauraFriedmanCA and @JoshLowenthal that would expand access to veterinary telehealth to provide more care to pets who need it! Read more below.

https://twitter.com/sdut/status/1672050727525683200

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ASPCA/status/1672289505448009730

California Needs a Plan for Water Sustainability — Newsom’s Budget Trailer Bills Aren’t It

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#cawater
#caleg
#newsom
#water
#sustainability

Fantastic oped by Farhad Manjoo today calling for the state to fund transit!

"And failing to fund transit seems unlikely to help the state’s finances — just the opposite. Buses and trains are not just a vital public service — they are vital economic infrastructure, no less critical to the state’s success than the roadways, railways, airports and shipping ports. Public transit is capable of generating far more in economic activity than it costs..."

#Transit #Caleg #ClimatePolicy https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/opinion/newsom-budget-public-transit.html

Today Bay Area @momsdemand volunteers joined community partners @bradybuzz #UnitedPlayaz #100years #SFGeneralHospital and others in our annual #WearOrange March across the #GoldenGateBridge in honor and remembrance of victims and survivors of gun violence. #enoughisenough #endgunviolence #MomsAreEverywhere #gunviolence #gunlawssavelives #caleg #WearOrange2023 #wearorangeweekend

My phone comments today to the #CALeg Senate Budget Subcommittee:

"I'm a volunteer with @urbanenviroca living in SF.
I live in a 1 car, 2 adult household and bike & use transit for most of my trips.
 
I want to thank the committee for considering some transit bridge funding, but I urge you to provide more funding for transit to prevent an irreversible decline if we hit the fiscal cliff.
 
Transit is critical for our climate goals. To be blunt, we can fall behind 1 yr in our EV goals and catch up. If we let transit systems deteriorate we can't easily get them back.
 
The federal government has given the state unprecedented resources and it is up to our state government to spend it wisely-- let's use it in ways that support our state policy goals and reallocate some of the highway funding to help save transit."

Keep it up @seamlessbayarea & other #SurviveAndThrive coalition members!

Californians, we need your help! Please text CALIFORNIA to 644 33 to contact your #caleg Assemblymember Please ask them to support AB28. It takes 2 minutes but could help save so many lives by funding violence intervention and prevention groups through #CalVIP . The gun industry should help fund the impact of their products. #AB28 @everytown @momsdemand #MomsDemandAction #MomsAreEverywhere #endgunviolence

Hey Californians, we need your help getting#AB28 over the finish line. Please text California to 644 33 to be connected with your state legislators to ask them to support AB28. If the gun industry is going to make massive profits while promoting gun violence, they should also help fund the costs associated with the impact of gun violence in our communities. #caleg #endgunviolence #ittakesallofus @momsdemand #MomsDemand #MomsAreEverywhere #CommonSenseGunLaws

🔥It’s Wildfire Preparedness Week, a time to focus on how to protect yourself from wildfires.

THREAD: Here are the top 6 things @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom, #CALeg, and the state have done to protect Californians from wildfires & create more resilient communities ⬇️