Kids, Housing and Rainy Day Fund Winners in State Budget Deal
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders have reached an agreement on a state budget with a $122 billion general fund. The budget deal would put an additional $2 billion into the state's rainy day fund. It also provides a rate increase for child care workers and funds about 9,000 additional preschool slots to be phased-in over four years. Additionally the deal repeals a decades-old welfare rule that limited aide for children.
Terminally Ill San Diego Woman Plans to Take Advantage of Aid-In-Dying Law
California has a new law that allows terminally ill patients in certain circumstances to choose to end their own lives. The End of Life Option Act took effect Thursday, and so far there's been at least one legal challenge. A conservative group called the American Academy of Medical Ethics has filed a lawsuit in Riverside. It's too soon to say if legal challenges will stop or delay the new law. Today, we hear from a terminally ill woman with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, who says in the coming days she plans to take a lethal dose of drugs before the disease destroys her.