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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:41 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the time of year when Californians learn which bills their governor has decided to take forward to become state law — and which will be rejected in the process known as vetoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963061/newsom-rejects-bill-to-give-unemployment-checks-to-striking-workers\">Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several bills in September\u003c/a>, with two specifically about labor concerns that have been in heated discussion in California. And \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/gov-newsom-vetoed-three-bills-including-wide-supported-proposal-against-ice-transfers-of-non-citizen-prisoners\">Newsom has hundreds of more bills to look over by October 14\u003c/a>, either to sign them in or veto them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More bills were vetoed by the governor on\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/07/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-10-7-23/\"> October 7\u003c/a>, including a bill that would have banned discrimination on grounds of caste, and one that would have decriminalized the possession and use of psychedelic substances for those over the age of 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.senate.ca.gov/legislativeprocess#:~:text=If%20the%20Governor%20vetoes%20the,needed%20to%20override%20the%20veto.\">If a bill is vetoed by a governor, it goes back to the state Legislature\u003c/a> where it needs a two-thirds vote in both chambers to override the veto. However,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963061/newsom-rejects-bill-to-give-unemployment-checks-to-striking-workers\"> it has been decades since that has happened in California.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for an overview of some of the most notable vetoes Newsom has made so far, starting with his latest. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/\">You can follow a complete list of Newsom’s vetoes on the state’s website\u003c/a> under “Governor Newsom Legislative Updates,” which includes a variety of topics such as hazing in schools, providing broadband access and a cap on campaign finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have required more mental health training for school staff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 13\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> School staff, students, parents\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive? \u003c/strong>State Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) \u003ca href=\"https://sd25.senate.ca.gov/news/2023-02-14/senator-portantino-introduces-bill-implement-mental-health-education-and-training\">introduced this bill\u003c/a> to address \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/61186/what-parents-need-to-know-about-their-teens-mental-health\">the growing mental health crisis among young Californians\u003c/a>. SB 509 would have mandated youth behavioral health training for all certified staff and for 40 percent of classified employees who interact with students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-509-Veto-Message.pdf\">his veto message\u003c/a>, Newsom said he had concerns with aspects of the bill, including the scope of the training and the “the lack of an appropriate mechanism to fund the bill via the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund.” He referred to the Department of Finance to propose new language – meaning there is a chance for the bill in January’s state budget proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have prevented counties from taking foster kids’ money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Foster children or people once in the foster care system\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> After \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/988806806/state-foster-care-agencies-take-millions-of-dollars-owed-to-children-in-their-ca\">an investigation by criminal justice outlet The Marshall Project and NPR\u003c/a>, states like Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon have been cracking down on agencies who have been taking benefits from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/10/california-foster-kids-money/\">foster children’s Social Security checks\u003c/a>. California’s AB 1512 would have prevented counties from using those benefits to pay for the cost of foster care, instead of going to the children directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, however, said changing this reimbursement practice would cost the state too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“…This bill creates implementation challenges that should be considered as part of the annual budget process,” he \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1512-VETO.pdf\">wrote in his veto message\u003c/a>. “Both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and foster care benefits are intended to provide for the daily care and supervision of youth, including costs for housing and food. If counties are not permitted to use SSI to cover the cost of providing care to foster youth, the General Fund will need to offset those costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have allowed cannabis cafes in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Businesses, people who use cannabis recreationally[aside postID=news_11963827 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61679_GettyImages-1241629214-qut.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> This bill would have allowed\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963827/newsom-vetoes-more-bills-including-bill-that-would-have-legalized-cannabis-cafes\"> “Amsterdam-style” cannabis cafes in California\u003c/a>, with food and live music. In his message vetoing the bill, Newsom said he was concerned about its conflict with California’s smoke-free workplace protections. The governor said he nonetheless “appreciates the author’s intent to provide cannabis retailers with increased business opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have expanded benefits to Californians, regardless of immigration status\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Undocumented Californians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1536\">AB 1536 would have extended a state-funded, monthly cash assistance to lower-income aged, blind, or disabled immigrants in California\u003c/a> – regardless of whether they are undocumented or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed the bill, saying that despite supporting the goal of the bill, he couldn’t approve the policy without funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have paid lower-income jurors $100 for their service\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Lower-income California residents\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Expanding on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/financialjustice/files/2022-11/Be%20the%20Jury%20Report_Final.pdf\">a San Francisco pilot program called Be the Jury\u003c/a>, this bill would have paid lower-to-moderate income jurors $100 for each day of service, in hopes of making jury duty more accessible and diverse. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/sf-be-the-jury-ca-duty-pay-la-county-alameda/13434126/\">Californians are currently given $15 a day to serve on a jury.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed called the concept “groundbreaking” in a report about the pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our country’s history, laws barred certain communities from serving on juries,” said Breed, according to the release. “…Even when those discriminatory laws changed, low-income jurors — many being Black, Asian, Latino — struggled to be able to serve because they couldn’t give up their wages.” Breed called the SF pilot program “the kind of smart, innovative change that will create a more equitable and fair criminal justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-881-VETO.pdf\">Newsom vetoed this for a statewide measure\u003c/a>, citing budget concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have enforced a nurse-to-patient ratio\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Healthcare workers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Encino Democrat Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel introduced a bill that would ask the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to annually review its enforcement of hospital nurse-to-patient ratio and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1063-VETO.pdf\">submit a public report to the state legislature in January\u003c/a>. Every two years, the CDPH would also have to hold a public hearing to receive input from nurses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsroom vetoed the bill – amidst\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963568/kaiser-strike-to-end-saturday-but-negotiations-will-continue\"> labor discussions among healthcare workers\u003c/a> at one of California’s largest private insurers, Kaiser Permanente – writing in his message that since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1063-VETO.pdf\">CDPH already “prioritizes open engagement with stakeholders,”\u003c/a> a biennial public hearing would be unnecessary for the state to make changes, and that the information the bill seeks is publicly available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have prevented public agencies from selling firearms\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Proponents of gun control\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> AB 733 aimed to prohibit public agencies – like police departments – from selling firearms, ammunition and body armor. Newsom wrote in his veto message that while \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-733-VETO.pdf\">he applauded the author’s efforts to curb gun violence\u003c/a>, he was “concerned about the cost implications of this legislation” writing that “law enforcement agencies, both local and state, oftentimes sell their firearms to a dealer when they upgrade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned that this bill, which limits these sales to a dealer who contractually agrees to resell only to a law enforcement agency, will restrict the ability to trade in these firearms and will cost law enforcement agencies across the state millions of dollars,” wrote Newsom – saying that this bill was being proposed “at a time when resources are limited, and staffing is low.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have allowed condoms to be sold to high schoolers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Proponents of sex-ed, high school age Californians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Senate Bill 541 would require all public high schools to make free condoms available – and prohibit retailers from refusing to sell to teenagers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said while evidence showed that increasing access to contraceptives improve adolescent sexual health, the bill would cause economic uncertainty for the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue uncertainty,\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-541-Veto-Message.pdf\"> it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications\u003c/a>, such as this measure,” he wrote in his veto message.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have capped insulin costs at $35\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Diabetes patients\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Insulin – \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-prices-diabetes-congress-a2f9986b7bf3500b81d1ec80a01e5abb\">an important medication for most people with diabetes that helps control glucose levels\u003c/a> – is uniquely expensive in America, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive\">insulin costs tripling in the past decade\u003c/a>. SB90 aimed to cap these costs at $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-90-Veto.pdf\">Newsom said bringing down costs of prescription drugs is a priority\u003c/a> in his veto message. However, he said the state is creating its own line of CalRX biosimilar insulins, which will cost around $30.[aside postID=forum_2010101892595 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/43/2023/03/Prescription-shelves-George-Frey-via-Getty-Images-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a fraction of the current price for most insulins, and CalRx biosimilar insulins will be available to insured and uninsured patients nationwide,” he wrote. “With CalRx, we are getting at the underlying cost, which is the true sustainable solution to high-cost pharmaceuticals. With copay caps however, the long-term costs are still passed down to consumers through higher premiums from health plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A bill that would have decriminalized the possession and use of psychedelics for people over 21\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Those over age 21 who use, or are interested in using, psychedelic treatments for therapeutic purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Senate Bill 58, which was introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would’ve decriminalized the possession and ingesting of certain quantities of mescaline; ibogaine; dimethyltryptamine (DMT); and the psychoactive ingredients — psilocybin and psilocin — in hallucinogenic mushrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-58-Veto-1.pdf\">statement (PDF) \u003c/a>Saturday, Gov. Newsom said “peer-reviewed science and powerful personal anecdotes” have led him to believe psychedelics can relieve people suffering from conditions such as depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and other addictive personality traits and that this was “an exciting frontier and California will be on the front-end of leading it.” But Newsom refused to sign the bill, saying that it doesn’t have guidelines for the drugs’ therapeutic use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Assembly Health Committee hearing in July, Sen. Wiener argued that a “huge number” of people have already been using psychedelics despite the ban, and that decriminalizing these substances would promote responsible use. Numerous clinical trials have also shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959628/california-advocates-push-to-decriminalize-psychedelics-with-therapeutic-benefits\">promising results\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Newsom left the door open for compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I urge the legislature to send me legislation next year that includes therapeutic guidelines,” read Newsom’s statement. “I am, additionally, committed to working with the legislature and sponsors of this bill to craft legislation that would authorize permissible uses and consider a framework for potential broader decriminalization in the future, once the impacts, dosing, best practice, and safety guardrails are thoroughly contemplated and put in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.psychiatry.org/getattachment/d5c13619-ca1f-491f-a7a8-b7141c800904/Position-Use-of-Psychedelic-Empathogenic-Agents.pdf\">position statement from July 2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, the American Psychiatric Association stated “There is currently inadequate scientific evidence for endorsing the use of psychedelics to treat any psychiatric disorder except within the context of approved investigational studies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A bill that would’ve banned discrimination based on caste\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Members of South Asian communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive? \u003c/strong>Gov. Newsom vetoed SB 403 from state Sen. Aisha Wahab, which would have made California the first state in the nation to ban discrimination on the basis of caste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-403-Veto-1.pdf\">veto message (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom said the bill is “unnecessary” because caste discrimination is already prohibited under existing civil rights protections that “shall be liberally construed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But supporters of the bill argue that further legislation is needed in light of the emergence of several high profile discrimination claims in Silicon Valley’s South Asian community that were brought by Dalits, who belong to the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent, and who say they faced blatant prejudice from coworkers and were punished when they tried to speak out. The issue has led to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EqualityLabs/status/1710340631682564401?s=20\">protests and a hunger strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A South Asian woman in a gray suit speaks into a mic.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Aisha Wahab (D-10) speaks during the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at San Francisco, City Hall on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s incredibly important to civil rights,” said Sen. Wahab, who represents California’s 10th district, including a large South Asian population. “It’s incredibly important to the state of California as we grow more and more diverse. Our laws need to go further and deeper to protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seattle was the first city to pass a caste discrimination ordinance earlier this year, and last month Fresno in the Central Valley also passed a city ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the bill question the prevalence of caste discrimination in the United States and say the legal focus fuels negative stereotypes of South Asians and Hindus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have offered unemployment to striking workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Workers who are on strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Inspired by the widespread strikes in Hollywood and the hotel industry, Senate Bill 799 — sponsored by Burbank Democratic Sen. Anthony Portantino — aimed to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB799\"> provide Unemployment Insurance to workers\u003c/a> who have been on strike for more than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SB-799-Veto-Message.pdf\">Newsom said he supported the workers, but vetoed the bill (PDF)\u003c/a> over concerns that the bill could significantly increase the number of people receiving unemployment insurance benefits, which are financed by taxes on employers. California borrowed billions of dollars from the federal government to keep the UI fund afloat after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893715/californias-unemployment-fraud-balloons-to-20-billion#:~:text=California%20has%20given%20away%20at,the%20start%20of%20the%20pandemic\">the state paid fraudulent claims during the pandemic.\u003c/a>[aside postID=news_11963061 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1532794346-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any expansion of eligibility for (Unemployment Insurance) benefits could increase California’s outstanding federal UI debt projected to be nearly $20 billion by the end of the year and could jeopardize California’s Benefit Cost Ratio add-on waiver application, significantly increasing taxes on employers,” he wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have extended OSHA protections for domestic workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> An estimated 350,000 domestic workers in California, including nannies, housecleaners and home care aides\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 requires that employers comply with standards that ensure healthy and safe working conditions. However, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB686\">domestic workers are not included in the act’s definition of employment\u003c/a>. Senate Bill 686 is the third attempt by Los Angeles Democrat Sen. María Elena Durazo to change that — and this is the second time Newsom has vetoed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his most recent veto, Newsom said while his administration approved an education grant and advisory committee for domestic workers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SB-686-Veto-Message.pdf\">current OSHA regulations were meant for businesses (PDF),\u003c/a> not private individuals. If this bill were to pass, private households employers would need to follow certain obligations, like an eyewash station if workers were using bleach, the governor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The households that employ domestic workers include middle- and low-income families and older Californians who require daily assistance, ranging from personal care to home cleaning to childcare,” Newsom wrote. “I am particularly concerned given that approximately 44% of the households that employ domestic workers are low-income themselves, that this bill creates severe cost burdens and penalties for many people who cannot afford them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a texted statement, Durazo told KQED she was “deeply disappointed that the Governor does not recognize the inherent worth and dignity of the women who care for our homes and families by vetoing SB 686.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Alvarenga, who directs the California Domestic Workers Coalition, said that without the inclusion of domestic workers in health and safety protections, this workforce will continue to face the risk of injury and illness at their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have worked tirelessly over the last four years to create a framework to bring California forward, and the Governor’s office has been unwilling to recognize the women who make up this workforce as equal to other workers,” she wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not back down from this fight,” wrote Alvarenga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A big rig tractor trailer semi truck on a freeway.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A semitruck on a freeway. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have banned driverless testing of autonomous trucks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> The Teamsters Union, which represents workers like freight drivers and warehouse employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> This bill, introduced by Winters Democratic Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, aimed to require a human driver on board of a self-driving truck. The Teamsters heavily supported this bill, saying the bill is not a ban on self-driving trucks themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather,\u003ca href=\"https://teamster.org/2023/08/teamsters-call-on-gov-newsom-to-put-safety-before-big-tech-by-supporting-autonomous-vehicle-bill-ab-316/\"> it protects good jobs and keeps roads safe by requiring a trained human operator behind the wheel\u003c/a> of autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds,” a Teamsters’ news release from last month reads, pleading with Newsom to end his opposition to the bill and his support of “Big Tech.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, in his veto \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AB-316-Veto-Message.pdf\">Newsom wrote that Assembly Bill 316 was “unnecessary,” (PDF)\u003c/a> and that existing law provides sufficient regulations for self-driving vehicles. Newsom highlights the Department of Motor Vehicles as the body to monitor the testing and operations of automated vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have included a parental recognition of a child’s gender identity in custody disputes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Parents in custody battles, transgender children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Assembly Bill 957 — introduced by Suisun City Democratic Assemblymember Lori Wilson — would require that as the court determined the best interest of a child in a custody proceeding, it should determine a parent’s affirmation of their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill attracted misinformation online, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-slams-california-bill-aimed-at-protecting-trans-kids\">critics like Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk claiming it would take away custody\u003c/a> from parents who chose not to affirm their child’s gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-lgbtq-transgender-california-custody-3cc6d2b5282d6b0e8ba9d1ffc55edeb7\">the bill does not actually suggest this, according to The Associated Press\u003c/a> — and California prioritizes legal joint custody when parents can cooperate with decision-making. When it comes to parent affirmation,\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB957\"> the “bill does not compel the court to come to a particular outcome,”\u003c/a> a state Senate analysis reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his veto, Newsom wrote that he appreciated the passion behind the bill, and shared the commitment to advancing the rights of transgender Californians. However, he said the existing law already takes a child’s health into consideration, and that would include a child’s gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AB-957-Veto-Message.pdf\">That said, I urge caution (PDF)\u003c/a> when the Executive and Legislative branches of state government attempt to dictate — in prescriptive terms that single out one characteristic — legal standards for the Judicial branch to apply,” Newsom wrote. “Other-minded elected officials, in California and other states, could very well use this strategy to diminish the civil rights of vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have prevented state prisons from releasing information to ICE in some cases\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Incarcerated non-citizens who are set to be released under recent criminal justice reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Assembly Bill 1306 — by Los Angeles Democratic Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo — aimed to prohibit the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) from providing any information facilitating transfers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), of non-citizens who win release under recent laws aimed at reducing mass incarceration.[aside postID=news_11960794 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-450371241-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe current law strikes the right balance on limiting interaction to support community trust and cooperation between law enforcement and local communities,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AB-1306-Veto-Message.pdf\">Newsom wrote in his veto (PDF)\u003c/a>. “For this reason, I cannot sign this bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also wrote that “as an Administration, we recognize that improvements in this process are important,” and as part of this, CDCR would “limit how it communicates with ICE as a federal law enforcement agency, so information is only provided to ICE when a non-citizen individual enters prison and is approaching their release date.” At that point, ICE would then “determine how it will proceed with its enforcement of federal law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://a52.asmdc.org/press-releases/20230922-assemblywoman-wendy-carrillos-statement-governor-newsom-vetoing-ab-1306#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20am%20disappointed%20in%20Governor,immigrants%20who%20have%20earned%20parole.\">Assemblymember Carrillo expressed her disappointment\u003c/a> at the veto, saying it was never the intention of the Legislature to exclude immigrants from restorative justice reform policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her statement, Carrillo referred to public records obtained by the ACLU that give a window into CDCR practices. In two months, the agency transferred over 200 people from CDCR facilities to ICE, according to the ACLU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/news/california-prisons-systematically-profile-and-report-suspected-immigrants-ice-new-report\">Emails between CDCR and ICE reveal that prison staff ignore their own records \u003c/a>to flag people for ICE based on racist assumptions about their names, the languages they speak, and where they were born,” the ACLU report reads. “When marked with a ‘potential ICE hold’ — a category invented by CDCR — people are denied rehabilitation, training, education, and credit-earning opportunities, and have little to no recourse to challenge their treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In one exchange, an official at Avenal State Prison joked ‘should we just put US citizen on a piece of paper fold it up and put it in a hat, and then write on another piece of paper Mexican, fold it up and also throw that in the hat and pick one,’” the ACLU release reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/30/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-30-23/\">Read more of Newsom’s veto messages on the Office of the Governor’s website\u003c/a>. We’ll be updating this story with more notable vetoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero, Tyche Hendricks, Lakshmi Sarah and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:41 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the time of year when Californians learn which bills their governor has decided to take forward to become state law — and which will be rejected in the process known as vetoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963061/newsom-rejects-bill-to-give-unemployment-checks-to-striking-workers\">Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed several bills in September\u003c/a>, with two specifically about labor concerns that have been in heated discussion in California. And \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/politics/gov-newsom-vetoed-three-bills-including-wide-supported-proposal-against-ice-transfers-of-non-citizen-prisoners\">Newsom has hundreds of more bills to look over by October 14\u003c/a>, either to sign them in or veto them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More bills were vetoed by the governor on\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/07/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-10-7-23/\"> October 7\u003c/a>, including a bill that would have banned discrimination on grounds of caste, and one that would have decriminalized the possession and use of psychedelic substances for those over the age of 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.senate.ca.gov/legislativeprocess#:~:text=If%20the%20Governor%20vetoes%20the,needed%20to%20override%20the%20veto.\">If a bill is vetoed by a governor, it goes back to the state Legislature\u003c/a> where it needs a two-thirds vote in both chambers to override the veto. However,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963061/newsom-rejects-bill-to-give-unemployment-checks-to-striking-workers\"> it has been decades since that has happened in California.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for an overview of some of the most notable vetoes Newsom has made so far, starting with his latest. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/\">You can follow a complete list of Newsom’s vetoes on the state’s website\u003c/a> under “Governor Newsom Legislative Updates,” which includes a variety of topics such as hazing in schools, providing broadband access and a cap on campaign finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have required more mental health training for school staff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 13\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> School staff, students, parents\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive? \u003c/strong>State Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) \u003ca href=\"https://sd25.senate.ca.gov/news/2023-02-14/senator-portantino-introduces-bill-implement-mental-health-education-and-training\">introduced this bill\u003c/a> to address \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/61186/what-parents-need-to-know-about-their-teens-mental-health\">the growing mental health crisis among young Californians\u003c/a>. SB 509 would have mandated youth behavioral health training for all certified staff and for 40 percent of classified employees who interact with students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-509-Veto-Message.pdf\">his veto message\u003c/a>, Newsom said he had concerns with aspects of the bill, including the scope of the training and the “the lack of an appropriate mechanism to fund the bill via the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund.” He referred to the Department of Finance to propose new language – meaning there is a chance for the bill in January’s state budget proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have prevented counties from taking foster kids’ money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Foster children or people once in the foster care system\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> After \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/988806806/state-foster-care-agencies-take-millions-of-dollars-owed-to-children-in-their-ca\">an investigation by criminal justice outlet The Marshall Project and NPR\u003c/a>, states like Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon have been cracking down on agencies who have been taking benefits from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/10/california-foster-kids-money/\">foster children’s Social Security checks\u003c/a>. California’s AB 1512 would have prevented counties from using those benefits to pay for the cost of foster care, instead of going to the children directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, however, said changing this reimbursement practice would cost the state too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“…This bill creates implementation challenges that should be considered as part of the annual budget process,” he \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1512-VETO.pdf\">wrote in his veto message\u003c/a>. “Both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and foster care benefits are intended to provide for the daily care and supervision of youth, including costs for housing and food. If counties are not permitted to use SSI to cover the cost of providing care to foster youth, the General Fund will need to offset those costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have allowed cannabis cafes in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Businesses, people who use cannabis recreationally\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> This bill would have allowed\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963827/newsom-vetoes-more-bills-including-bill-that-would-have-legalized-cannabis-cafes\"> “Amsterdam-style” cannabis cafes in California\u003c/a>, with food and live music. In his message vetoing the bill, Newsom said he was concerned about its conflict with California’s smoke-free workplace protections. The governor said he nonetheless “appreciates the author’s intent to provide cannabis retailers with increased business opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have expanded benefits to Californians, regardless of immigration status\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Undocumented Californians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1536\">AB 1536 would have extended a state-funded, monthly cash assistance to lower-income aged, blind, or disabled immigrants in California\u003c/a> – regardless of whether they are undocumented or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed the bill, saying that despite supporting the goal of the bill, he couldn’t approve the policy without funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have paid lower-income jurors $100 for their service\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Lower-income California residents\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Expanding on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/financialjustice/files/2022-11/Be%20the%20Jury%20Report_Final.pdf\">a San Francisco pilot program called Be the Jury\u003c/a>, this bill would have paid lower-to-moderate income jurors $100 for each day of service, in hopes of making jury duty more accessible and diverse. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/sf-be-the-jury-ca-duty-pay-la-county-alameda/13434126/\">Californians are currently given $15 a day to serve on a jury.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed called the concept “groundbreaking” in a report about the pilot program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our country’s history, laws barred certain communities from serving on juries,” said Breed, according to the release. “…Even when those discriminatory laws changed, low-income jurors — many being Black, Asian, Latino — struggled to be able to serve because they couldn’t give up their wages.” Breed called the SF pilot program “the kind of smart, innovative change that will create a more equitable and fair criminal justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-881-VETO.pdf\">Newsom vetoed this for a statewide measure\u003c/a>, citing budget concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have enforced a nurse-to-patient ratio\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Healthcare workers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Encino Democrat Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel introduced a bill that would ask the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to annually review its enforcement of hospital nurse-to-patient ratio and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1063-VETO.pdf\">submit a public report to the state legislature in January\u003c/a>. Every two years, the CDPH would also have to hold a public hearing to receive input from nurses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsroom vetoed the bill – amidst\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963568/kaiser-strike-to-end-saturday-but-negotiations-will-continue\"> labor discussions among healthcare workers\u003c/a> at one of California’s largest private insurers, Kaiser Permanente – writing in his message that since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-1063-VETO.pdf\">CDPH already “prioritizes open engagement with stakeholders,”\u003c/a> a biennial public hearing would be unnecessary for the state to make changes, and that the information the bill seeks is publicly available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have prevented public agencies from selling firearms\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Proponents of gun control\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> AB 733 aimed to prohibit public agencies – like police departments – from selling firearms, ammunition and body armor. Newsom wrote in his veto message that while \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AB-733-VETO.pdf\">he applauded the author’s efforts to curb gun violence\u003c/a>, he was “concerned about the cost implications of this legislation” writing that “law enforcement agencies, both local and state, oftentimes sell their firearms to a dealer when they upgrade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am concerned that this bill, which limits these sales to a dealer who contractually agrees to resell only to a law enforcement agency, will restrict the ability to trade in these firearms and will cost law enforcement agencies across the state millions of dollars,” wrote Newsom – saying that this bill was being proposed “at a time when resources are limited, and staffing is low.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have allowed condoms to be sold to high schoolers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Proponents of sex-ed, high school age Californians\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Senate Bill 541 would require all public high schools to make free condoms available – and prohibit retailers from refusing to sell to teenagers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said while evidence showed that increasing access to contraceptives improve adolescent sexual health, the bill would cause economic uncertainty for the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue uncertainty,\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-541-Veto-Message.pdf\"> it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications\u003c/a>, such as this measure,” he wrote in his veto message.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have capped insulin costs at $35\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Diabetes patients\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Insulin – \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-prices-diabetes-congress-a2f9986b7bf3500b81d1ec80a01e5abb\">an important medication for most people with diabetes that helps control glucose levels\u003c/a> – is uniquely expensive in America, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2019/4/3/18293950/why-is-insulin-so-expensive\">insulin costs tripling in the past decade\u003c/a>. SB90 aimed to cap these costs at $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-90-Veto.pdf\">Newsom said bringing down costs of prescription drugs is a priority\u003c/a> in his veto message. However, he said the state is creating its own line of CalRX biosimilar insulins, which will cost around $30.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a fraction of the current price for most insulins, and CalRx biosimilar insulins will be available to insured and uninsured patients nationwide,” he wrote. “With CalRx, we are getting at the underlying cost, which is the true sustainable solution to high-cost pharmaceuticals. With copay caps however, the long-term costs are still passed down to consumers through higher premiums from health plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A bill that would have decriminalized the possession and use of psychedelics for people over 21\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Those over age 21 who use, or are interested in using, psychedelic treatments for therapeutic purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Senate Bill 58, which was introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would’ve decriminalized the possession and ingesting of certain quantities of mescaline; ibogaine; dimethyltryptamine (DMT); and the psychoactive ingredients — psilocybin and psilocin — in hallucinogenic mushrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-58-Veto-1.pdf\">statement (PDF) \u003c/a>Saturday, Gov. Newsom said “peer-reviewed science and powerful personal anecdotes” have led him to believe psychedelics can relieve people suffering from conditions such as depression, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and other addictive personality traits and that this was “an exciting frontier and California will be on the front-end of leading it.” But Newsom refused to sign the bill, saying that it doesn’t have guidelines for the drugs’ therapeutic use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an Assembly Health Committee hearing in July, Sen. Wiener argued that a “huge number” of people have already been using psychedelics despite the ban, and that decriminalizing these substances would promote responsible use. Numerous clinical trials have also shown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959628/california-advocates-push-to-decriminalize-psychedelics-with-therapeutic-benefits\">promising results\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Newsom left the door open for compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I urge the legislature to send me legislation next year that includes therapeutic guidelines,” read Newsom’s statement. “I am, additionally, committed to working with the legislature and sponsors of this bill to craft legislation that would authorize permissible uses and consider a framework for potential broader decriminalization in the future, once the impacts, dosing, best practice, and safety guardrails are thoroughly contemplated and put in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.psychiatry.org/getattachment/d5c13619-ca1f-491f-a7a8-b7141c800904/Position-Use-of-Psychedelic-Empathogenic-Agents.pdf\">position statement from July 2022 (PDF)\u003c/a>, the American Psychiatric Association stated “There is currently inadequate scientific evidence for endorsing the use of psychedelics to treat any psychiatric disorder except within the context of approved investigational studies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A bill that would’ve banned discrimination based on caste\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> October 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Members of South Asian communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive? \u003c/strong>Gov. Newsom vetoed SB 403 from state Sen. Aisha Wahab, which would have made California the first state in the nation to ban discrimination on the basis of caste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-403-Veto-1.pdf\">veto message (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom said the bill is “unnecessary” because caste discrimination is already prohibited under existing civil rights protections that “shall be liberally construed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But supporters of the bill argue that further legislation is needed in light of the emergence of several high profile discrimination claims in Silicon Valley’s South Asian community that were brought by Dalits, who belong to the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent, and who say they faced blatant prejudice from coworkers and were punished when they tried to speak out. The issue has led to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EqualityLabs/status/1710340631682564401?s=20\">protests and a hunger strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A South Asian woman in a gray suit speaks into a mic.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. 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Our laws need to go further and deeper to protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seattle was the first city to pass a caste discrimination ordinance earlier this year, and last month Fresno in the Central Valley also passed a city ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the bill question the prevalence of caste discrimination in the United States and say the legal focus fuels negative stereotypes of South Asians and Hindus.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have offered unemployment to striking workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Workers who are on strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Inspired by the widespread strikes in Hollywood and the hotel industry, Senate Bill 799 — sponsored by Burbank Democratic Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any expansion of eligibility for (Unemployment Insurance) benefits could increase California’s outstanding federal UI debt projected to be nearly $20 billion by the end of the year and could jeopardize California’s Benefit Cost Ratio add-on waiver application, significantly increasing taxes on employers,” he wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have extended OSHA protections for domestic workers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> An estimated 350,000 domestic workers in California, including nannies, housecleaners and home care aides\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 requires that employers comply with standards that ensure healthy and safe working conditions. However, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB686\">domestic workers are not included in the act’s definition of employment\u003c/a>. Senate Bill 686 is the third attempt by Los Angeles Democrat Sen. María Elena Durazo to change that — and this is the second time Newsom has vetoed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his most recent veto, Newsom said while his administration approved an education grant and advisory committee for domestic workers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SB-686-Veto-Message.pdf\">current OSHA regulations were meant for businesses (PDF),\u003c/a> not private individuals. If this bill were to pass, private households employers would need to follow certain obligations, like an eyewash station if workers were using bleach, the governor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The households that employ domestic workers include middle- and low-income families and older Californians who require daily assistance, ranging from personal care to home cleaning to childcare,” Newsom wrote. “I am particularly concerned given that approximately 44% of the households that employ domestic workers are low-income themselves, that this bill creates severe cost burdens and penalties for many people who cannot afford them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a texted statement, Durazo told KQED she was “deeply disappointed that the Governor does not recognize the inherent worth and dignity of the women who care for our homes and families by vetoing SB 686.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberly Alvarenga, who directs the California Domestic Workers Coalition, said that without the inclusion of domestic workers in health and safety protections, this workforce will continue to face the risk of injury and illness at their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have worked tirelessly over the last four years to create a framework to bring California forward, and the Governor’s office has been unwilling to recognize the women who make up this workforce as equal to other workers,” she wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not back down from this fight,” wrote Alvarenga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963529\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A big rig tractor trailer semi truck on a freeway.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231005-TRUCK-GETTY-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A semitruck on a freeway. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have banned driverless testing of autonomous trucks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> The Teamsters Union, which represents workers like freight drivers and warehouse employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> This bill, introduced by Winters Democratic Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, aimed to require a human driver on board of a self-driving truck. The Teamsters heavily supported this bill, saying the bill is not a ban on self-driving trucks themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather,\u003ca href=\"https://teamster.org/2023/08/teamsters-call-on-gov-newsom-to-put-safety-before-big-tech-by-supporting-autonomous-vehicle-bill-ab-316/\"> it protects good jobs and keeps roads safe by requiring a trained human operator behind the wheel\u003c/a> of autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds,” a Teamsters’ news release from last month reads, pleading with Newsom to end his opposition to the bill and his support of “Big Tech.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, in his veto \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AB-316-Veto-Message.pdf\">Newsom wrote that Assembly Bill 316 was “unnecessary,” (PDF)\u003c/a> and that existing law provides sufficient regulations for self-driving vehicles. Newsom highlights the Department of Motor Vehicles as the body to monitor the testing and operations of automated vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A bill that would have included a parental recognition of a child’s gender identity in custody disputes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When did this veto happen?\u003c/strong> September 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who does this affect?\u003c/strong> Parents in custody battles, transgender children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What’s the deeper dive?\u003c/strong> Assembly Bill 957 — introduced by Suisun City Democratic Assemblymember Lori Wilson — would require that as the court determined the best interest of a child in a custody proceeding, it should determine a parent’s affirmation of their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill attracted misinformation online, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-slams-california-bill-aimed-at-protecting-trans-kids\">critics like Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk claiming it would take away custody\u003c/a> from parents who chose not to affirm their child’s gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/misinformation-lgbtq-transgender-california-custody-3cc6d2b5282d6b0e8ba9d1ffc55edeb7\">the bill does not actually suggest this, according to The Associated Press\u003c/a> — and California prioritizes legal joint custody when parents can cooperate with decision-making. When it comes to parent affirmation,\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB957\"> the “bill does not compel the court to come to a particular outcome,”\u003c/a> a state Senate analysis reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his veto, Newsom wrote that he appreciated the passion behind the bill, and shared the commitment to advancing the rights of transgender Californians. However, he said the existing law already takes a child’s health into consideration, and that would include a child’s gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AB-957-Veto-Message.pdf\">That said, I urge caution (PDF)\u003c/a> when the Executive and Legislative branches of state government attempt to dictate — in prescriptive terms that single out one characteristic — legal standards for the Judicial branch to apply,” Newsom wrote. “Other-minded elected officials, in California and other states, could very well use this strategy to diminish the civil rights of vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:25 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laphonza Butler, a former labor leader and Democratic strategist, was sworn in as California’s new U.S. Senator on Tuesday, days after she was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963066/gov-newsom-names-laphonza-butler-to-dianne-feinsteins-senate-seat\">appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to serve the remainder of a term\u003c/a> left open by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S. Capitol, Butler took her oath from Vice President Kamala Harris, whose presidential campaign she helped lead in 2019. Butler, who is the first Black, openly lesbian member of the U.S. Senate, takes office amid mounting speculation over whether she will run for a full term next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanked by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and California Senator Alex Padilla, Butler recited her oath to applause in the Senate chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t help but think of how proud Senator Feinstein would be, seeing someone as brilliant, as accomplished, as history-making as Laphonza Butler take her place,” Schumer said. “I know that our old colleague is looking down at this moment with pride, now that her seat is in good hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked Monday if it would be good for the state if Butler decided to run, Newsom said “she’ll make that decision,” and reiterated that he placed “no constraints, no expectations” on Butler’s future plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Former State Sen. 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She just kept focused that we needed to get this done because it would impact so many millions of California workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leno, who is an openly gay politician, said Butler will “dazzle” the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have a Black queer woman in the U.S. Senate, just doing her job, it’s a very strong statement that our country is better than the hateful actions, unfortunately, of what I believe to be a very loud-mouth minority in this country,” Leno said. “And every day in the U.S. Senate, Laphonza Butler will be a reminder that we are better and bigger than that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criticism of Butler focused in part on her residency in Maryland. She moved to the East Coast in 2021 to lead EMILYs List but still owns a house in California. 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They also can file if an adult needs services and support to prevent relapse or deterioration that would likely result in “grave disability or serious harm” to themselves or others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11959302,news_11955211,news_11958561\" label=\"Related Stories\"]To be eligible, the person needs a diagnosis on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/CARE-Act-Eligibility-Criteria.pdf\">schizophrenia spectrum or other qualifying disorders (PDF)\u003c/a>. People with severe depression or bipolar disorder do not qualify. A person does not have to be homeless to be eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A special civil court in each county will review each petition with the county behavioral health agency evaluating eligibility. 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The agreement would be in effect for up to a year with the possibility of extending it for another year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If all parties cannot agree to a voluntary plan, the statute says the court will order they work on a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if the person does not want to participate?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Civil rights advocates have raised fears that the new process will result in vulnerable people being forced into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A person who does not successfully complete a plan could be subject to conservatorship and involuntary treatment, said Tal Klement, a deputy public defender in San Francisco who is among critics of the new process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the statute also allows the court to dismiss the proceedings if the individual declines to participate or to follow the agreement. Judge Begert, in San Francisco, said he cannot compel someone to engage; the best he can do is start building a relationship with the person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veronica Kelley, Orange County behavioral health director, said the county’s judges understand building rapport with eligible candidates takes time and have agreed to grant her team extra time to reach voluntary agreements, despite the statute’s deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there enough homes, treatment beds and support?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state has allocated money for emergency shelters — but critics say there is a constant shortage of case managers, appropriate in-patient treatment facilities and supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco officials said in a statement that about 10% of more than 2,500 beds are open for new people. 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"content": "\u003cp>Longtime Democratic adviser and labor leader Laphonza Butler will be California’s next U.S. Senator, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed late Sunday. She will become the second openly lesbian person to serve in the Senate and only the third Black woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler, currently president of the pro-choice women’s fundraising group EMILY’S List, will fill the seat left empty by Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">Dianne Feinstein’s death\u003c/a> Thursday at the age of 90. She has advised Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and has close ties to Newsom’s inner circle.[aside postID=news_11739580 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/Butler.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An advocate for women and girls, a second-generation fighter for working people, and a trusted adviser to Vice President Harris, Laphonza Butler represents the best of California, and she’ll represent us proudly in the United States Senate,” Newsom said in a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we mourn the enormous loss of Senator Feinstein, the very freedoms she fought for — reproductive freedom, equal protection, and safety from gun violence — have never been under greater assault. Laphonza will carry the baton left by Senator Feinstein, continue to break glass ceilings, and fight for all Californians in Washington D.C.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s choice of Butler just two days after the news of Feinstein’s death was made public lets him fulfill a promise he made to appoint a Black woman to the seat. It also could scramble the race already underway to fill the seat Feinstein had planned to vacate at the end of her term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allies of one of those candidates, Oakland Congresswoman Barbara Lee, had lobbied hard for her to nab the appointment. But Newsom said he didn’t want to put his thumb on the scale in a race between Lee, Orange County Congresswoman Katie Porter and Los Angeles Congressman Adam Schiff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was assumed that Newsom would ask an appointee not to run – but advisers to the governors said that he did not ask Butler to promise not to run. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a statement Sunday night, Lee wished Butler well and said she remains “singularly focused on winning her campaign for Senate.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BarbaraLeeForCA/status/1708708221870014894\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler is a Democratic powerhouse with progressive credentials who worked for years at the labor union SEIU. She also advised Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and for a time was a partner at Bearstar Strategies, Newsom’s top political consulting firm. Still, it could be tough to mount a senate campaign with just five months left before the primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trauma in Childhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Butler was born in Magnolia, Miss., the youngest of three children. Her father battled heart disease and died when she was a teenager. Butler told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11739580/laphonza-butler-on-her-move-from-labor-leadership-to-the-harris-campaign\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that her mother worked multiple jobs to keep the family afloat, in addition to caring for her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My life was really lived through the eyes of a caregiver,” Butler said. “My mother was my father’s caregiver in the last years of his life, and having to understand what families everyday go through when it comes to issues like health care…really was the precursor to my professional career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That career took off in California. She arrived in the state in 2009, working as an organizer for long-term care workers with SEIU.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Labor Leadership\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Butler quickly rose to leadership of the caregivers union and in 2013 was elected head of SEIU California, the state’s largest union, representing more than 700,000 workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that position Butler led SEIU’s push to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, the result of high-stakes negotiations between Butler and Gov. Jerry Brown’s chief of staff Nancy McFadden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were both working for the people of California,” Butler remembered in the Political Breakdown interview. “She represented way more than I did. But we all came into rooms of tension and disagreement and negotiation with Californians in mind and the best for Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s choice of Butler earned the praise of Aimee Allison, who is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#newsom-faces-renewed-pressure-to-appoint-black-woman-to-senate-seat\">vocal ally\u003c/a> of Congresswoman Lee. Allison, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.shethepeople.org/about\">She the People\u003c/a> – which helps elect women of color to office – had lobbied the governor to appoint Lee, and said Newsom kept his promise by tapping Butler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know Laphonza Butler, and her long history of commitments to working people, women, and the gay community, and her work behind the scenes to elect the Vice President. She is a well-respected leader here in California and understands our diverse, growing electorate and will do admirably in the Senate,” Allison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler, who moved her family from Los Angeles to work in Washington, D.C., when she took over as EMILY’s List president in 2021, is currently registered in Maryland. Newsom’s office said she will re-register in California, where she still owns a home, before she is sworn in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Alex Padilla said he’s “honored to welcome” Butler to the Senate, noting her longtime work for “working families, LGBTQ rights, and a champion for increasing women’s representation in politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom’s swift action ensures that Californians maintain full representation in the Senate as we navigate a narrow Democratic majority. I look forward to working together to deliver for the people of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What this means for California voters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With Newsom’s decision now out of the way, the next decider of that Senate seat will be California voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2024, voters will have two choices to make: who will compete to fill out the remainder of Feinstein’s term and who will compete to fill the full term beginning in January 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, California voters will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#heres-why-youre-likely-to-vote-4-times-on-feinsteins-replacement\">simultaneously vote in two primaries\u003c/a> on the March ballot and then in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#heres-why-youre-likely-to-vote-4-times-on-feinsteins-replacement\">two general elections\u003c/a> on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidate that wins the November election to fulfill the remainder of Feinstein’s term will only serve for about two months. The candidate that wins the full term will be sworn in Jan. 3, 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this feels somewhat familiar, it’s because a less complicated version of it happened in 2022. Sen. Alex Padilla was appointed by Newsom in December 2020 after then-Sen. Kamala Harris won Vice President, four years into her six-year senate term. Last November, Padilla ran to complete the last two months of that term and run for the next term that began in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, said the election process might be confusing to voters, but it prevents a gubernatorial appointment from serving for multiple years without a vote from the people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It protects voters’ ability to have a say in who represents them in the Senate, whether it’s for two months or for four or five years,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether Butler will run in any of these elections remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Longtime Democratic adviser and labor leader Laphonza Butler will be California’s next U.S. Senator, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office confirmed late Sunday. She will become the second openly lesbian person to serve in the Senate and only the third Black woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler, currently president of the pro-choice women’s fundraising group EMILY’S List, will fill the seat left empty by Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">Dianne Feinstein’s death\u003c/a> Thursday at the age of 90. She has advised Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and has close ties to Newsom’s inner circle.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Butler is a Democratic powerhouse with progressive credentials who worked for years at the labor union SEIU. She also advised Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and for a time was a partner at Bearstar Strategies, Newsom’s top political consulting firm. Still, it could be tough to mount a senate campaign with just five months left before the primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trauma in Childhood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Butler was born in Magnolia, Miss., the youngest of three children. Her father battled heart disease and died when she was a teenager. Butler told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11739580/laphonza-butler-on-her-move-from-labor-leadership-to-the-harris-campaign\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> that her mother worked multiple jobs to keep the family afloat, in addition to caring for her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My life was really lived through the eyes of a caregiver,” Butler said. “My mother was my father’s caregiver in the last years of his life, and having to understand what families everyday go through when it comes to issues like health care…really was the precursor to my professional career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That career took off in California. She arrived in the state in 2009, working as an organizer for long-term care workers with SEIU.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Labor Leadership\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Butler quickly rose to leadership of the caregivers union and in 2013 was elected head of SEIU California, the state’s largest union, representing more than 700,000 workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that position Butler led SEIU’s push to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, the result of high-stakes negotiations between Butler and Gov. Jerry Brown’s chief of staff Nancy McFadden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were both working for the people of California,” Butler remembered in the Political Breakdown interview. “She represented way more than I did. But we all came into rooms of tension and disagreement and negotiation with Californians in mind and the best for Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s choice of Butler earned the praise of Aimee Allison, who is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#newsom-faces-renewed-pressure-to-appoint-black-woman-to-senate-seat\">vocal ally\u003c/a> of Congresswoman Lee. Allison, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.shethepeople.org/about\">She the People\u003c/a> – which helps elect women of color to office – had lobbied the governor to appoint Lee, and said Newsom kept his promise by tapping Butler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know Laphonza Butler, and her long history of commitments to working people, women, and the gay community, and her work behind the scenes to elect the Vice President. She is a well-respected leader here in California and understands our diverse, growing electorate and will do admirably in the Senate,” Allison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler, who moved her family from Los Angeles to work in Washington, D.C., when she took over as EMILY’s List president in 2021, is currently registered in Maryland. Newsom’s office said she will re-register in California, where she still owns a home, before she is sworn in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Alex Padilla said he’s “honored to welcome” Butler to the Senate, noting her longtime work for “working families, LGBTQ rights, and a champion for increasing women’s representation in politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gov. Newsom’s swift action ensures that Californians maintain full representation in the Senate as we navigate a narrow Democratic majority. I look forward to working together to deliver for the people of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What this means for California voters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With Newsom’s decision now out of the way, the next decider of that Senate seat will be California voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2024, voters will have two choices to make: who will compete to fill out the remainder of Feinstein’s term and who will compete to fill the full term beginning in January 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, California voters will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#heres-why-youre-likely-to-vote-4-times-on-feinsteins-replacement\">simultaneously vote in two primaries\u003c/a> on the March ballot and then in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/dianne-feinstein-dies#heres-why-youre-likely-to-vote-4-times-on-feinsteins-replacement\">two general elections\u003c/a> on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidate that wins the November election to fulfill the remainder of Feinstein’s term will only serve for about two months. The candidate that wins the full term will be sworn in Jan. 3, 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this feels somewhat familiar, it’s because a less complicated version of it happened in 2022. Sen. Alex Padilla was appointed by Newsom in December 2020 after then-Sen. Kamala Harris won Vice President, four years into her six-year senate term. Last November, Padilla ran to complete the last two months of that term and run for the next term that began in January 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, said the election process might be confusing to voters, but it prevents a gubernatorial appointment from serving for multiple years without a vote from the people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It protects voters’ ability to have a say in who represents them in the Senate, whether it’s for two months or for four or five years,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In exchange for higher pay, labor unions have dropped their attempt to make fast-food corporations liable for any workplace law violations committed by their franchise operators in California, an action that industry leaders said could have upended the business model on which the industry is based. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the law was staunchly opposed by the Save Local Restaurants Coalition, a group supported by fast-food corporations and franchisees, that threatened to put it before voters as a referendum next year, in what was widely expected to be an extremely costly campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The replacement law that Newsom signed Thursday settles — for now, at least — the longtime fight between labor and business groups over how to regulate the industry. In exchange for higher pay, labor unions have dropped their attempt to make fast-food corporations liable for any workplace law violations committed by their franchise operators in California, an action that industry leaders said could have upended the business model on which the industry is based. Opponents of the law, meanwhile, agreed to drop their referendum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most fast-food restaurants in California are franchises, run by small business owners who buy the right to use the branding of specific fast-food companies, and sell their products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry groups called the deal a “common sense” outcome that would, most importantly, preserve the state’s franchise business model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Signature of AB 1228 preserves the franchise business model in the state and solidifies the best possible outcome for workers, local restaurant owners, and brands,” Matthew Haller, president at the International Franchise Association, which represents franchise owners, said in a statement. “Common sense has prevailed, as franchising is responsible for creating opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people to become small business owners, and this agreement eliminates the existential threats our members faced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Thursday’s signing, Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, which helped negotiate the new deal, said the effort capped 10 years of work — including 450 strikes across the state in the past two years. The law, she said, will give some of the lowest paid workers in the state “a seat at the table” to push multibillion dollar corporations to improve job conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a true David and Goliath story and the Davids — and Davidas — won,” she said at Thursday’s signing event. “Once again, California is showing us what true international leadership looks like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the labor focus will shift to low-wage health care workers in hospitals, dialysis clinics and other health care facilities. Lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://californiahealthline.org/news/article/california-lawmakers-approve-nation-leading-25-minimum-wage-for-health-workers/\">passed a separate bill\u003c/a> earlier this month that would gradually raise that group’s minimum wage to $25 per hour over the next decade. Newsom, who did not help negotiate that bill, has yet to say if he intends to sign it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When California’s top education official, Tony Thurmond, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959851/tony-thurmond-on-culture-wars-in-california-schools\">showed up at a local school board meeting in Chino\u003c/a> this summer, he was ready for a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this conservative school board was ready, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like dozens of local school board candidates across the state, their president and other members were backed by both local religious leaders and national far-right groups. Frustrated by the domination of California Democrats in Sacramento and around the state, those groups have focused not on electing state lawmakers or even local city leaders, but instead on \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-29/despite-statewide-losses-california-conservatives-say-school-board-wars-arent-over\">putting conservative majorities\u003c/a> on local school boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Chino, that resulted in a ban on the pride flag and then, this summer, a policy to require teachers and school staff to alert parents if a student requests to be “identified or treated” as a gender other than the one listed on their birth certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some supporters argue the policy is necessary to keep parents abreast of what their kids are doing at school, while others have gone further to suggest that teachers are pushing students to change their gender identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Thurmond, who this week \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11962489/california-education-chief-tony-thurmond-announces-run-for-governor-in-2026-race\">announced his bid for governor\u003c/a> in the 2026 race, showed up to the board meeting in San Bernardino County to voice his opposition to the notification proposal, he was berated by board president Sonja Shaw. That evening, Chino Valley Unified School District passed the transgender reporting policy, which has now been adopted by a half-dozen districts across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Democrats are grappling with how to respond. While party leaders like Thurmond have spoken out strongly against the transgender notification policies — and the state attorney general is suing the district over its policy — the state Legislature recently ended its annual session without any concrete action on the parental notification issue. Lawmakers have also acknowledged the challenge of crafting responses on a fast-moving issue largely playing out on the local level. When recently asked if he thinks Democrats were caught off guard by the push, Thurmond was blunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962595\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"California Superintendent Tony Thurmond is pictured speaking from a wooden podium. He has a business suit and black face mask on. It's daytime.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/022_ElSobrante_BettyReidSoskinMiddleSchool_09222021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Superintendent Tony Thurmond told KQED that Democrats and progressives need to come up with ways to counter what some are calling anti-trans policies throughout California that focus on LGBTQ students. Thurmond recently showed up to a school board meeting in San Bernardino County to voice his opposition to a transgender reporting policy, which has now been adopted by a half-dozen districts across California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the short answer is yes,” he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959851/tony-thurmond-on-culture-wars-in-california-schools\">said on KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a>. “This is a scripted playbook. It is a nationally driven playbook by groups that have been losing at the ballot box in congressional races, and [for] the White House and in state legislatures. And they’ve made a decision that they’re going to wage war at the local level, at the school district level and the school board. And so, Democrats and progressives and others need to come back with ways to counter this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But countering what backers frame not as anti-trans policies, but simply “parental rights” is proving to be a more politically fraught conversation for Democrats than other conservative culture crusades, such as banning books or restricting abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond\"]‘It is a nationally driven playbook by groups that have been losing at the ballot box. … They’re going to wage war at the local level, at the school district level and the school board. And so, Democrats and progressives and others need to come back with ways to counter this.’[/pullquote]And Gov. Gavin Newsom — who normally relishes his role publicly baiting Republicans for issues he sees as politically expedient for the left — has acknowledged the political minefield that issues involving transgender students present for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While broadly defending transgender kids, the governor has also, at times, acknowledged the nuance of an issue that intersects with not one, but two, thorny political questions: One, the public’s general uneasiness with transgender issues, which were not even part of the broader political debate a few years ago. And two, the public support for including parents in conversations about their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last week, Newsom signed a bill requiring all public schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom, but vetoed legislation requiring courts to consider a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in custody and visitation decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent onstage interview with Politico, Newsom mocked Republican leaders for focusing on transgender kids over issues like academics and for obsessively talking about a group that makes up just a tiny fraction of the population. But he also said, that after talking to parents, he gets why they’re angry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I totally understand why you were out there. If I were told those things, I would’ve been out there too,” he said. “People are being ginned up. And so, I’m not here to criticize them, but there’s a lot of misunderstanding, misrepresentation out there because people are weaponizing these grievances against vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured speaking from a podium inside a conference room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 760 on Saturday, Sept. 23, that requires all public schools to have at least 1 gender-neutral bathroom. Newsom later vetoed legislation requiring courts to consider a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in custody and visitation decisions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the state Capitol, Democrats lambasted the transgender reporting policies as an affront to student privacy that will potentially endanger kids and thrust teachers into the middle of delicate family conversations. A direct legislative response, however, was constrained by both the Capitol calendar and the power local governments have over decision-making in California schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Temecula Valley Unified School District in Riverside County voted earlier this year to ban curriculum materials that referenced gay rights leader Harvey Milk, the state Legislature fired back, passing a bill to prevent book banning in the state. Newsom signed that bill Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom\"]‘People are being ginned up. And so, I’m not here to criticize them, but there’s a lot of misunderstanding, misrepresentation out there because people are weaponizing these grievances against vulnerable communities.’[/pullquote]But that legislation was the product of months of compromise — which led to the removal of language placing tougher restrictions on districts, in the face of opposition from the group representing California school boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the transgender reporting policies began to proliferate this summer, Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San José) said his colleagues in the Legislative LGBTQ caucus had conversations with fellow Democrats and the Newsom administration about a legislative response, but decided that more time was needed to craft a bill that could pass legal muster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re really playing kind of a whack-a-mole approach to it — when they come up with new ways to hurt LGBTQ families and kids, we have to make sure we are approaching it with much more sensitivity and much more nuance,” Lee said. “So, there is more time and delay when we’re coming up with [a] new policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee vowed “quick, decisive action” on the issue when the Legislature reconvenes in January, though he acknowledged a political response on the local level will be critical as LGBTQ rights debates continue to serve as flashpoints in districts up and down the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More on LGBTQ Students’ Rights' tag='lgbtq-students']“I really hope that folks will take that to heart and really get involved in local school districts,” Lee added. “Local control does matter, so it really matters who actually runs for school board, who’s involved in that process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Chino, the board was swung toward a conservative majority in last year’s election \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922860/california-republicans-are-betting-big-on-local-school-board-races\">through the organizing work of the California Republican Party\u003c/a> and Real Impact, a political group run by local pastor Jack Hibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chino’s transgender reporting policy followed a ban on the display of certain flags, including the LGBTQ pride flag. The moves came after a series of tense meetings marked by personal attacks and heightened rhetoric. On both issues, the lone dissenting vote on the five-member board was cast by Donald Bridge, the former president of the local teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the policies pushed by the board majority worry this year’s raucous debates could stymie efforts to reverse the political balance of the board in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When potential candidates look at what he’s going through, are they going to jump in? I wouldn’t,” said Brenda Walker, current president of the Associated Chino Teachers union. “So, yes, it’s going to be difficult to find candidates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker said her members have already noticed a chilling effect on both students and teachers compared to last school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, the concerns are moot: A superior court judge in San Bernardino County has put Chino’s transgender notification policy on hold after California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit arguing the policy violates the privacy rights of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But supporters of similar policies are hoping to expand their campaign beyond this initial series of local skirmishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly two dozen conservative and religious groups, including Real Impact, have formed the Coalition for Parental Rights, to encourage more California school districts to adopt transgender reporting policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of that group are also attempting to qualify three statewide initiatives for the November ballot: a transgender notification law, a ban on transgender students from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, and a ban on puberty blockers and sexual reassignment surgery for minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erin Friday, who heads the group Our Duty, and who is sponsoring the notification ballot measure, said she’s turning to California voters after a similar policy was blocked by the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re ignoring [us] and saying that we’re right-wing bigots,” Friday said. “And that’s just not true. We’re parents who are safeguarding the bodily integrity of our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rob Stutzman, GOP consultant\"]‘If voters are presented with a specific question about, you know, ‘Should parents be notified if their minor child identifies as transgender?’ I think that’s likely to pass.’[/pullquote]If the transgender reporting law qualifies for the ballot, progressives would be wise to define the effort as an attack on LGBTQ children, said GOP consultant Rob Stutzman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the extent that it starts to become a backlash to LGBTQ citizens, that’s not going to fly in California,” Stutzman said. “But if voters are presented with a specific question about, you know, ‘Should parents be notified if their minor child identifies as transgender?’ I think that’s likely to pass. Now, the people running the campaign could be distasteful enough that it clouds out the actual policy question before them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who have been involved in education leadership say that while the details of the current dustup are new, the broad contours are not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11936552 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/122622-Eli-Erlick-TH-01-CM-1020x680.jpg']Camille Maben served on the Rocklin School Board for nearly 30 years, starting in the early 1990s. She recalled a debate 20 years ago over sex education curriculum at the board that also made national headlines. The conservative majority at the time, she said, voted to institute an “abstinence only” curriculum — and were promptly voted out of power in the next election. The new board repealed the abstinence-only class in lieu of a more “well-rounded” approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What it did really was kind of reset our community’s look at education … and work to have a board that was balanced, that put students first always,” she said. “When an issue takes off and becomes part of a bigger conversation or agenda … it’s easy to lose sight of … you’re locally elected to serve the people within your community and do your best for those people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maben said the current debate seems strikingly similar. Rocklin’s new conservative majority recently passed a policy nearly identical to the Chino Hills one, also requiring school staff to notify parents of a change to a kid’s gender status. Teachers and others are already planning to sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mabel said in any community, school board members would do well to listen to the entire community — not just their allies. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And Gov. Gavin Newsom — who normally relishes his role publicly baiting Republicans for issues he sees as politically expedient for the left — has acknowledged the political minefield that issues involving transgender students present for Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While broadly defending transgender kids, the governor has also, at times, acknowledged the nuance of an issue that intersects with not one, but two, thorny political questions: One, the public’s general uneasiness with transgender issues, which were not even part of the broader political debate a few years ago. And two, the public support for including parents in conversations about their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last week, Newsom signed a bill requiring all public schools to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom, but vetoed legislation requiring courts to consider a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in custody and visitation decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent onstage interview with Politico, Newsom mocked Republican leaders for focusing on transgender kids over issues like academics and for obsessively talking about a group that makes up just a tiny fraction of the population. But he also said, that after talking to parents, he gets why they’re angry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I totally understand why you were out there. If I were told those things, I would’ve been out there too,” he said. “People are being ginned up. And so, I’m not here to criticize them, but there’s a lot of misunderstanding, misrepresentation out there because people are weaponizing these grievances against vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962596\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured speaking from a podium inside a conference room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/003_SanFrancisco_NewsomRecallEvent_09142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Newsom signed Senate Bill 760 on Saturday, Sept. 23, that requires all public schools to have at least 1 gender-neutral bathroom. Newsom later vetoed legislation requiring courts to consider a parent’s affirmation of their child’s gender identity in custody and visitation decisions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the state Capitol, Democrats lambasted the transgender reporting policies as an affront to student privacy that will potentially endanger kids and thrust teachers into the middle of delicate family conversations. A direct legislative response, however, was constrained by both the Capitol calendar and the power local governments have over decision-making in California schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Temecula Valley Unified School District in Riverside County voted earlier this year to ban curriculum materials that referenced gay rights leader Harvey Milk, the state Legislature fired back, passing a bill to prevent book banning in the state. Newsom signed that bill Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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