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His plan, included in a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/09/gavin-newsom-mental-health-2024-election/\">$6.4 billion mental health bond\u003c/a> he’s sending to voters in the March primary election, would set aside funding specifically for veterans with serious behavioral health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a shift from California’s last two major efforts to fund housing for veterans, which created units for a general population of former military service members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first effort began in the late 1990s when the state built seven new veterans’ homes over 17 years. Today, those veterans’ homes are underused. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/Documents/Master%20Plan%202020.pdf\">were built to house about 2,400 people\u003c/a>, but only 1,575 veterans live there. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article242868816.html\">The 300-unit veterans home in Barstow\u003c/a> was so underutilized in 2020 that Newsom moved to close it as he braced for a pandemic recession, although \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/save-veterans-home-barstow-veterans-state-cuts-threaten-to-close-shut-down/6249524/\">lawmakers blocked him from shutting the site\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second push centered on a pair of ballot measures voters approved in \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_41,_Veterans_Housing_and_Homeless_Prevention_Bond_(June_2014)\">2014\u003c/a> and in \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Housing_Programs_and_Veterans%27_Loans_Bond_(2018)\">2018\u003c/a> that allocated $4.6 billion to build housing specifically for former military service members. The money created the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-and-funding/programs-active/veterans-housing-and-homelessness-prevention\">Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program\u003c/a>, which has supported the construction of about 3,250 housing units for veterans to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veterans advocates and state officials view the programs — along with federal efforts led by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/vash\">Department of Veterans Affairs\u003c/a> — as successful in reducing homelessness among former military service members. In the last 12 years, veteran homelessness in California has decreased by more than 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the trend in California mostly accounts for gains made during the Obama administration, when veteran homelessness peaked nationwide, and the Department of Veterans Affairs moved aggressively to place former troops in housing. Since 2014, the number of homeless veterans in California has mostly plateaued around 10,000 to 12,000 people, according to annual counts released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The number of homeless veterans in California has fallen by more than 4,000 people since data collection began\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-Z2Fqo\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Z2Fqo/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"400\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, said the high numbers of veteran homelessness result from the challenges veterans face on returning home in California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/06/california-homeless-growth-report/\">competitive housing market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When housing markets are unaffordable and incredibly competitive, those with the greatest needs are going to be more likely to fall out,” he said. 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The California Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that half of the state’s unhoused veterans suffer from some behavioral health issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money in the bond would go to the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, which would work with CalVet “to focus specifically on housing veterans experiencing behavioral health challenges,” said Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, the Thousand Oaks Democrat who wrote the bill that ultimately put the bond on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have shown veterans are \u003ca href=\"https://www.research.va.gov/topics/homelessness.cfm\">overrepresented in the nation’s homeless population\u003c/a>. They may experience personal challenges, such as post-traumatic stress disorders or other mental health issues, as well as disabilities related to their military service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transitioning from that very specific culture and society to civilian life is a lifelong process,” said Amy Fairweather, director of policy at the veterans advocacy group Swords to Plowshares. “If you do have any physical or mental disabilities, dealing with those and trying to re-enter civilian life can be very difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California’s veterans’ homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s long history of providing housing to former military service members dates to 1884 when it opened an estate in \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetHomes/Pages/Yountville.aspx\">Napa County as the state’s first veterans home\u003c/a>. That site is still in operation, housing around 600 veterans on a picturesque property in wine country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, the state now has eight veterans homes. The two largest homes are in fairly remote communities — one is in Napa County’s Yountville, and the second is in Barstow in the Mojave Deserts. Moving to them can mean living far from a veteran’s family. That geography somewhat limits interest in the homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The homes account for the lion’s share of CalVet’s $650 million annual budget. Some advocates have called on the state to put money into programs that would benefit people who don’t necessarily want to live in a veterans’ home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California's veterans homes\" aria-label=\"Locator maps\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-wYJ4R\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/wYJ4R/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"599\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Map: Liliana MichelenaSource: \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/calvet-programs/veteran-homes\">California Department of Veteran Affairs\u003c/a> Created with \u003ca href=\"https://www.datawrapper.de/_/wYJ4R/\">Datawrapper\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state should keep its promises to the current home residents, but as things change, the program needs to be less structured on just providing room and board for a minimal number of people and more structured on providing skilled nursing facility care for those who need it,” said Ethan Rarick, executive director at Little Hoover Commission, which published \u003ca href=\"https://lhc.ca.gov/sites/lhc.ca.gov/files/Reports/237/Report237.pdf\">a report on the veterans’ homes in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the veterans homes, California approved a series of bonds meant to help military service members find housing beginning in 2008. 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The data also shows that Black veterans are more likely to be homeless than veterans belonging to other races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say veterans can be reluctant to ask for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When veterans ultimately fall down that hole into homelessness, what is happening along with that is that they’re losing connection with friends and family because they’re ashamed that their life is falling apart and it’s hard for them to ask for help,” said Stephen Peck, \u003ca href=\"https://usvets.org/\">president of the veterans support organization U.S. Vets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11966540\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/CM02.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands in front of an apartment building. 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She has found it difficult to afford rent even though she was able to keep decent jobs at a grocery store, the San Francisco airport and now as a city bus driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was unfamiliar with the resources the VA offered to veterans, like housing vouchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always had benefits through my job. I don’t think that then the VA had as many resources as they have now. I did go to the VA and they’re so limited on what they could help me with. So, you know, I just went and got a job and I just was really self-sufficient,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After sleeping in her car and couch surfing for several years, White reached out for help from the advocacy group Swords to Plowshares. That led her to transitional housing, and then to an apartment in San Francisco this June through the HUD-VASH program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of us didn’t even know anything about the HUD-VASH program,” White, 34, said. “A lot of veterans don’t even know that there is assistance out there for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does Newsom want to do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Putting the money into the mental health bond comes with a tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In advancing Newsom’s mental health plan, lawmakers amended an early version of Assemblymember Irwin’s veterans’ housing bill that would have issued more bonds for\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVersionsCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB531&cversion=20230AB53199INT\"> the existing veterans’ housing program\u003c/a>. Without new funding, the program that supports the construction of multi-unit veterans’ housing is expected to run out of money in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still,\u003ca href=\"https://treatmentnottents.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw15eqBhBZEiwAbDomEmjiLODon4xwymj3drkdEFkEUL9z2Ico7Vj0NhjH04C0RWZuaj8v4RoCphcQAvD_BwE\"> representatives for Newsom’s ballot measure\u003c/a> in a written statement said the bond would create more capacity to help former troops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Proposition 1 adds new money for California’s most vulnerable veterans without any redirection or reprioritization from the current program. Without Proposition 1, there would be zero funding for homeless veteran housing moving forward, which is why the measure is so critically needed,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, the ballot measure going to voters includes $6.4 billion to fund projects for behavioral health issues and those at risk of homelessness. It also includes a proposal to adjust how the state spends money it collects for mental health services from a tax on personal income over $1 million, aiming to direct more of the funds to housing. [aside label='More Stories on the Unhoused Community' tag='homeless']The $1 billion for veterans housing will be distributed through loans and grants by the Department of Housing and Community Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from veterans’ groups say the program’s success could hinge on getting the word out and providing services that provide a path out of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At U.S. Vets, Peck said the nonprofit strives to create a community where veterans help veterans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Building that community is really important,” he said. “A federal veteran who’s been through the process already is probably more effective than we are as social workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson, who currently lives in transitional housing provided by Swords to Plowshares, has started to find that community through the nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I talked to them about how I’m struggling with some issues and they are pretty open and supportive about it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibson hopes that federal and state services fund more community-oriented programs like hers, so more veterans can feel at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first effort began in the late 1990s when the state built seven new veterans’ homes over 17 years. Today, those veterans’ homes are underused. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/Documents/Master%20Plan%202020.pdf\">were built to house about 2,400 people\u003c/a>, but only 1,575 veterans live there. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article242868816.html\">The 300-unit veterans home in Barstow\u003c/a> was so underutilized in 2020 that Newsom moved to close it as he braced for a pandemic recession, although \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/save-veterans-home-barstow-veterans-state-cuts-threaten-to-close-shut-down/6249524/\">lawmakers blocked him from shutting the site\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second push centered on a pair of ballot measures voters approved in \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_41,_Veterans_Housing_and_Homeless_Prevention_Bond_(June_2014)\">2014\u003c/a> and in \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Housing_Programs_and_Veterans%27_Loans_Bond_(2018)\">2018\u003c/a> that allocated $4.6 billion to build housing specifically for former military service members. The money created the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-and-funding/programs-active/veterans-housing-and-homelessness-prevention\">Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program\u003c/a>, which has supported the construction of about 3,250 housing units for veterans to date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veterans advocates and state officials view the programs — along with federal efforts led by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/public_indian_housing/programs/hcv/vash\">Department of Veterans Affairs\u003c/a> — as successful in reducing homelessness among former military service members. In the last 12 years, veteran homelessness in California has decreased by more than 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the trend in California mostly accounts for gains made during the Obama administration, when veteran homelessness peaked nationwide, and the Department of Veterans Affairs moved aggressively to place former troops in housing. Since 2014, the number of homeless veterans in California has mostly plateaued around 10,000 to 12,000 people, according to annual counts released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The number of homeless veterans in California has fallen by more than 4,000 people since data collection began\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-Z2Fqo\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Z2Fqo/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"400\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, said the high numbers of veteran homelessness result from the challenges veterans face on returning home in California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/06/california-homeless-growth-report/\">competitive housing market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When housing markets are unaffordable and incredibly competitive, those with the greatest needs are going to be more likely to fall out,” he said. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Newsom’s new strategy in the mental health bond, advocates say, should help those most in need. The California Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that half of the state’s unhoused veterans suffer from some behavioral health issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money in the bond would go to the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, which would work with CalVet “to focus specifically on housing veterans experiencing behavioral health challenges,” said Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, the Thousand Oaks Democrat who wrote the bill that ultimately put the bond on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have shown veterans are \u003ca href=\"https://www.research.va.gov/topics/homelessness.cfm\">overrepresented in the nation’s homeless population\u003c/a>. They may experience personal challenges, such as post-traumatic stress disorders or other mental health issues, as well as disabilities related to their military service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transitioning from that very specific culture and society to civilian life is a lifelong process,” said Amy Fairweather, director of policy at the veterans advocacy group Swords to Plowshares. “If you do have any physical or mental disabilities, dealing with those and trying to re-enter civilian life can be very difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California’s veterans’ homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s long history of providing housing to former military service members dates to 1884 when it opened an estate in \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/VetHomes/Pages/Yountville.aspx\">Napa County as the state’s first veterans home\u003c/a>. That site is still in operation, housing around 600 veterans on a picturesque property in wine country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, the state now has eight veterans homes. The two largest homes are in fairly remote communities — one is in Napa County’s Yountville, and the second is in Barstow in the Mojave Deserts. Moving to them can mean living far from a veteran’s family. That geography somewhat limits interest in the homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The homes account for the lion’s share of CalVet’s $650 million annual budget. Some advocates have called on the state to put money into programs that would benefit people who don’t necessarily want to live in a veterans’ home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California's veterans homes\" aria-label=\"Locator maps\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-wYJ4R\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/wYJ4R/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"599\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Map: Liliana MichelenaSource: \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvet.ca.gov/calvet-programs/veteran-homes\">California Department of Veteran Affairs\u003c/a> Created with \u003ca href=\"https://www.datawrapper.de/_/wYJ4R/\">Datawrapper\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state should keep its promises to the current home residents, but as things change, the program needs to be less structured on just providing room and board for a minimal number of people and more structured on providing skilled nursing facility care for those who need it,” said Ethan Rarick, executive director at Little Hoover Commission, which published \u003ca href=\"https://lhc.ca.gov/sites/lhc.ca.gov/files/Reports/237/Report237.pdf\">a report on the veterans’ homes in 2017\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the veterans homes, California approved a series of bonds meant to help military service members find housing beginning in 2008. The Veterans Bond Act, passed that year, provided $900 million to veterans through the CalVet Home Loans Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, California passed an initiative creating the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Program, which put $600 million toward building multi-family homes for veterans. A second ballot initiative in 2018 gave another $4 billion to the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal Department of Veterans Affairs, meanwhile, has kept up steady funding for housing vouchers that can provide a place to live for former troops. The Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.va.gov/homeless/hud-vash.asp\">commonly known as HUD-VASH\u003c/a>, was a centerpiece of the Bush and Obama administration’s efforts to curb veterans’ homelessness. 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The data also shows that Black veterans are more likely to be homeless than veterans belonging to other races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say veterans can be reluctant to ask for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When veterans ultimately fall down that hole into homelessness, what is happening along with that is that they’re losing connection with friends and family because they’re ashamed that their life is falling apart and it’s hard for them to ask for help,” said Stephen Peck, \u003ca href=\"https://usvets.org/\">president of the veterans support organization U.S. Vets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11966540\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/CM02.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands in front of an apartment building. 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She has found it difficult to afford rent even though she was able to keep decent jobs at a grocery store, the San Francisco airport and now as a city bus driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was unfamiliar with the resources the VA offered to veterans, like housing vouchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always had benefits through my job. I don’t think that then the VA had as many resources as they have now. I did go to the VA and they’re so limited on what they could help me with. So, you know, I just went and got a job and I just was really self-sufficient,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After sleeping in her car and couch surfing for several years, White reached out for help from the advocacy group Swords to Plowshares. That led her to transitional housing, and then to an apartment in San Francisco this June through the HUD-VASH program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of us didn’t even know anything about the HUD-VASH program,” White, 34, said. “A lot of veterans don’t even know that there is assistance out there for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does Newsom want to do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Putting the money into the mental health bond comes with a tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In advancing Newsom’s mental health plan, lawmakers amended an early version of Assemblymember Irwin’s veterans’ housing bill that would have issued more bonds for\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVersionsCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB531&cversion=20230AB53199INT\"> the existing veterans’ housing program\u003c/a>. 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Why does that matter?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965301\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11965301\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks-800x1100.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling woman with long brown hair and a hot pink sweatshirt is seen standing on a playground on a sunny afternoon.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks-800x1100.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks-1020x1402.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Laura-Medina-Quintanar-Playworks.jpg 1455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Medina Quintanar is the executive director at the nonprofit Playworks, Northern California. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Playworks Northern California)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Laura Medina Quintanar: First and foremost, this legislation puts a very needed spotlight on the importance of recess time. A lot of times, we think of recess almost as a throwaway in between that really valuable academic time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we learned, especially during the pandemic, that recess, and the way that it complements the school day, is incredibly valuable for all kinds of cognitive, social, emotional, and, of course, physical activity opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you believe that outside playtime is equally important as the classroom learning the children are gaining?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh yes, absolutely. Playworks has over 25 years of experience working directly with schools, with programs helping them build a sustainable capacity for safe and healthy play. What we’ve seen time and time again, is that when there are structures for high-quality recess in place, there are positive benefits that spill over from the recess time into the classroom. 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Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 291 into law last week, making a half-hour of recess mandatory for all elementary school students from kindergarten through eighth grade in the state. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Playworks Northern California)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That makes it really hard to all of a sudden be expected to go back into the classroom. In addition to isolation, the trauma that was brought on by the pandemic, that was impacted by the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a lot to be expected to suddenly perform in this academic setting. Recess is more important than ever to help continue to ease that transition and fill all those gaps that became even larger during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is it true that under SB 291, schools will no longer be allowed to deny recess as a form of punishment?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s very good news. We love to hear that. Any time that a student is denied the opportunity to participate in recess, they miss out on all that good stuff: All those social-emotional skill-building opportunities, the physical, the relational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would also highlight that, disproportionately, it’s students who come from underrepresented communities and low-income backgrounds who most often are held back and get their resources taken away from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the lens of equity, it’s also very promising and great news to hear that schools will no longer be able to take away recess as a form of punishment. Instead, I really want to emphasize this: This is an opportunity for schools to really adopt the value of recess, to have the adults step up and make sure that they’re implementing quality recess, so that they can use that time to improve the experience of every student. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to make a surprise visit to Israel this week, ahead of his previously scheduled trip to China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom “adjusted his planned international trip and will briefly visit Israel,” spokesperson Erin Mellon said in a statement Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He intends to arrive on Friday and depart later that day for Hong Kong, Mellon said, without specifying where in Israel the governor plans to visit, or exactly who he will meet with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m on my way to Israel,” Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1715056811936739778?s=20\">said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday\u003c/a>. “I’ll be meeting with those impacted by the horrific terrorist attacks and offering California’s support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also sending medical supplies to the region, including provisions intended for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, his office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s impromptu detour to the embattled Middle East nation follows President Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-israel-hamas-gaza-palestinians-a85cb682fdc61b80285cf4ab354354ce\">brief visit there on Wednesday\u003c/a>, during which he reaffirmed his administration’s support for Israel in its war on Hamas. But Biden also cautioned Israel against being “consumed” by rage in its quest for justice and helped broker a deal to allow some food and medical aid into Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, which is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/nyregion/israel-kathy-hochul-visit.html\">also separately visited the country on Wednesday\u003c/a> to meet with Jewish families impacted by the recent attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"israel\"]\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-gaza-hamas-what-we-know.html\">Intense fighting between Israel and Hamas\u003c/a> erupted nearly two weeks ago after the militant group that controls Gaza waged a surprise attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people in communities near the border and taking some 200 hostages. Israel responded by cutting off food, water and power to the more than 2 million people who live in Gaza, and has hammered the territory with a barrage of air strikes that have killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-health-ministry-3785-palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-since-oct7-2023-10-19/\">nearly 3,800 Palestinians\u003c/a> since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s high-profile visit to Israel, which was announced on the fly, is likely to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/10/gavin-newsom-campaign-president/\">further fuel speculation\u003c/a> about his presidential ambitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Newsom announced more security funding for mosques, synagogues and other places of worship in California, including $10 million to immediately increase the police presence at vulnerable locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how and where one prays, every Californian deserves to be safe,” Newsom said in a statement announcing the funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is home to \u003ca href=\"https://www.arabamerica.com/california/#:~:text=Arab%20American%20Population&text=66%20percent%20of%20Arab%20Americans,York%2C%20Chicago%20and%20Washington%2C%20D.C.\">the largest population of Arab Americans in the U.S. \u003c/a>and the \u003ca href=\"https://ajpp.brandeis.edu/us_jewish_population_2020\">second-largest population of Jews\u003c/a>, according to the Arab American Institute and Brandeis University’s American Jewish Population Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/18/governor-newsom-goes-to-china-next-week/\">head to China on Monday\u003c/a> for a weeklong trip, where he’s scheduled to meet with business and government leaders and aims to push for more climate action. While there, Newsom also intends to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/18/governor-newsom-goes-to-china-next-week/\">address economic development, tourism and efforts to combat hate crimes\u003c/a> against Asian Americans, his office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/article/israel-gaza-hamas-what-we-know.html\">Intense fighting between Israel and Hamas\u003c/a> erupted nearly two weeks ago after the militant group that controls Gaza waged a surprise attack on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people in communities near the border and taking some 200 hostages. Israel responded by cutting off food, water and power to the more than 2 million people who live in Gaza, and has hammered the territory with a barrage of air strikes that have killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-health-ministry-3785-palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-since-oct7-2023-10-19/\">nearly 3,800 Palestinians\u003c/a> since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s high-profile visit to Israel, which was announced on the fly, is likely to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/10/gavin-newsom-campaign-president/\">further fuel speculation\u003c/a> about his presidential ambitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Newsom announced more security funding for mosques, synagogues and other places of worship in California, including $10 million to immediately increase the police presence at vulnerable locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter how and where one prays, every Californian deserves to be safe,” Newsom said in a statement announcing the funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is home to \u003ca href=\"https://www.arabamerica.com/california/#:~:text=Arab%20American%20Population&text=66%20percent%20of%20Arab%20Americans,York%2C%20Chicago%20and%20Washington%2C%20D.C.\">the largest population of Arab Americans in the U.S. \u003c/a>and the \u003ca href=\"https://ajpp.brandeis.edu/us_jewish_population_2020\">second-largest population of Jews\u003c/a>, according to the Arab American Institute and Brandeis University’s American Jewish Population Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/18/governor-newsom-goes-to-china-next-week/\">head to China on Monday\u003c/a> for a weeklong trip, where he’s scheduled to meet with business and government leaders and aims to push for more climate action. While there, Newsom also intends to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/18/governor-newsom-goes-to-china-next-week/\">address economic development, tourism and efforts to combat hate crimes\u003c/a> against Asian Americans, his office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two of Johanna Wonderly’s four children depend on hearing aids, and the other two will probably need them in the future. At roughly $6,000 per child, the cost adds up quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Roseville family can only afford them when Wonderly’s husband, Paul, is called to active duty for the California Army National Guard, because that’s when federal coverage kicks in. The family’s standard insurance does not cover hearing aids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her second oldest daughter, Cara, was born while Paul was working at his then-private-sector job as a bartender. His insurance denied their claim for a hearing aid. A state-run program for children with disabilities or chronic medical conditions said the family made too much money to qualify for help. The Wonderlys applied for assistance through a national non-profit and crossed their fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Dylan Chan, director, Children’s Communication Center at UC San Francisco\"]‘It would be like being able to diagnose a child with asthma but not giving them an inhaler.’[/pullquote]“We were living paycheck-to-paycheck back then. We didn’t have savings if my husband lost his job, let alone pay for an unexpected $6,000 expense,” Johanna Wonderly said. “We were going to have to say ‘Sorry, Cara. You don’t get hearing aids.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature this year unanimously passed a measure that would have helped families like hers by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB635\">requiring health insurers to cover hearing aids\u003c/a> for anyone under 21. Most private health insurance in California designates children’s hearing aids as cosmetic or elective devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But over the weekend \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SB-635-Veto.pdf\">Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the bill\u003c/a>, citing improvements made to an existing state program established in 2021 to help families afford hearing aids. It’s the second time Newsom has effectively blocked this legislation and pointed to the state’s Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program as an alternative. Advocates and some legislators say that program has failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11963514,news_11964331,news_11963061\" label=\"Related Stories\"]In his veto message, Newsom cites concern about creating a costly precedent by adding benefits to the state’s Affordable Care Act insurance exchange, known as Covered California. A legislative analysis estimates the added cost at about $11 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also said improving access to children’s hearing aids remained a priority for his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can, and we must, do better for these children and their families as we implement” the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program, the message said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children’s advocates say the program will never work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been two years of oversight hearings on this program. It’s not working, so to double down on a failing program it’s not only harmful to children, it’s wasting, you know, millions of taxpayers dollars,” said Michelle Marciniak, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://letcakidshear.com/\">Let California Kids Hear\u003c/a>, a parent advocacy group that sponsored the legislation. Marciniak’s daughter lost partial hearing after a viral infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lifelong impact of hearing loss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Research shows infants and children who cannot hear can develop permanent speech, language, and cognitive deficits. They quickly fall behind in school, suffering delayed reading comprehension and social and emotional problems. Those who get an assistive device like a \u003ca href=\"https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/4/e20200557/79717/Kindergarten-Readiness-in-Children-Who-Are-Deaf-or?autologincheck=redirected\">hearing aid within the first six months\u003c/a> of life have much better outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a child that’s born with hearing loss and doesn’t get hearing aids until the age of 3 or 4, this kid is going to be delayed for the rest of their life,” said Dr. Daniela Carvalho, director of Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s hearing program, who testified in support of the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11964611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11964611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young white girl with a hearing aid and red shirt leans over a desk holding a pencil to a piece of paper.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassie, 9, works on her homework on Oct. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jyotsana Bhamidipati/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dr. Dylan Chan, director of the Children’s Communication Center at UC San Francisco, said the impact on a child’s life is so profound that hospitals are required by state and federal law to test every newborn for hearing problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But identifying kids with hearing loss does no good if we don’t have the ability to provide the appropriate interventions,” Chan said. “It would be like being able to diagnose a child with asthma but not giving them an inhaler.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carvalho said several of her patients’ families were waiting for the legislation to pass to be able to afford hearing aids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have their hands tied. I mean it literally is a choice that the family needs to make. It’s a huge financial decision,” Carvalho said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Support for hearing aid bill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Marciniak, the advocate who has helped lead the fight for coverage since 2019, said lawmakers brought the bill back this year because the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program has been ineffective since it launched in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is definitely a broken promise,” Marciniak said. “And it’s disappointing because they haven’t been willing to come to the table to solve this with us in a meaningful way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most states already include hearing aid coverage in their insurance exchanges. Thirty-two states require private insurance to offer some level of coverage for kids’ hearing aids, including 27 that mandate it as a benefit under the Affordable Care Act. California only offers coverage to very low-income families through public insurance like Medi-Cal or the program for kids with disabilities, setting the income cap for a family of four around $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s coverage gap leaves 20,000 kids and young adults whose families don’t qualify for low-income assistance, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.chbrp.org/sites/default/files/bill-documents/SB0/Abbreviated%20Analysis%20of%20SB%20635%20Hearing%20Aids%20FINAL%20060923.pdf\">California Health Benefits Review Program analysis for the Legislature\u003c/a>. That represents nearly half of all hearing aid users between the ages of 0 and 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019 a similar bill passed unanimously and was sent to Newsom. At the time, former Santa Monica Democratic Assemblymember Richard Bloom, the bill author, told \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/08/childrens-hearing-aids/\">CalMatters\u003c/a> that Newsom asked him to rescind the bill with a promise to create a budget fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That “fix” came in the form of the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program. The program, which received $16 million its first year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/08/childrens-hearing-aids/\">distributed hearing aids to 39 children\u003c/a> and has been harshly criticized by legislators demanding accountability. Last year another budget allocation \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/children-hearing-aids/\">expanded eligibility to about 7,000 kids\u003c/a> and doubled the budget. Currently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/HACCP/Pages/Partners/Program-Data.aspx\">255 children\u003c/a> — roughly half of all applicants — have gotten hearing aids, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents say they can’t find providers who participate, the application process is lengthy and confusing, and resources are unavailable for people who don’t speak English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11964612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11964612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three young white girls sit against a wall with an illustration while the middle child holds a baby.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left Caitlyn, Cassie, Carter and Cara in Roseville on Oct. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jyotsana Bhamidipati/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kasey Cain, a mom from Lincoln and board president of California Hands and Voices, said she spent nine months fighting red tape. She sent required paperwork to the program in a pre-addressed envelope from the state. It was returned as undeliverable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a nightmare. I started to receive calls that they were going to close my account because they never received the documents,” Cain said. “I don’t know why your self-addressed envelope doesn’t work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she and her husband gave up and put the $2,500 charge on a credit card. They couldn’t wait any longer to update their 7-year-old son’s hearing aid. Later, when one of his hearing aids was replaced by a cochlear implant, insurance considered it a necessary medical device and covered it. The family was responsible for a $15 copay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s veto message said the Department of Health Care Services, which manages the hearing aid program, has developed an improvement plan that will be implemented over the next six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative from the Department of Health Care Services in a written statement said the department has moved its application process online and translated materials into 19 languages. Information about the program is also mailed to all parents’ whose children are identified with hearing loss at birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California Democrats want to try again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat from Burbank, co-authored this year’s measure with Democratic Sen. Anthony Portantino from Glendale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not sure why we haven’t been able to pass it,” Menjivar said during the bill’s final floor vote. “We are behind close to 30 states that have already implemented this. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In his veto message, Newsom cites concern about creating a costly precedent by adding benefits to the state’s Affordable Care Act insurance exchange, known as Covered California. A legislative analysis estimates the added cost at about $11 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also said improving access to children’s hearing aids remained a priority for his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can, and we must, do better for these children and their families as we implement” the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program, the message said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children’s advocates say the program will never work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been two years of oversight hearings on this program. It’s not working, so to double down on a failing program it’s not only harmful to children, it’s wasting, you know, millions of taxpayers dollars,” said Michelle Marciniak, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://letcakidshear.com/\">Let California Kids Hear\u003c/a>, a parent advocacy group that sponsored the legislation. Marciniak’s daughter lost partial hearing after a viral infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lifelong impact of hearing loss\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Research shows infants and children who cannot hear can develop permanent speech, language, and cognitive deficits. They quickly fall behind in school, suffering delayed reading comprehension and social and emotional problems. Those who get an assistive device like a \u003ca href=\"https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/4/e20200557/79717/Kindergarten-Readiness-in-Children-Who-Are-Deaf-or?autologincheck=redirected\">hearing aid within the first six months\u003c/a> of life have much better outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a child that’s born with hearing loss and doesn’t get hearing aids until the age of 3 or 4, this kid is going to be delayed for the rest of their life,” said Dr. Daniela Carvalho, director of Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s hearing program, who testified in support of the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11964611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11964611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young white girl with a hearing aid and red shirt leans over a desk holding a pencil to a piece of paper.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-15-scaled-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassie, 9, works on her homework on Oct. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jyotsana Bhamidipati/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dr. Dylan Chan, director of the Children’s Communication Center at UC San Francisco, said the impact on a child’s life is so profound that hospitals are required by state and federal law to test every newborn for hearing problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But identifying kids with hearing loss does no good if we don’t have the ability to provide the appropriate interventions,” Chan said. “It would be like being able to diagnose a child with asthma but not giving them an inhaler.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carvalho said several of her patients’ families were waiting for the legislation to pass to be able to afford hearing aids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have their hands tied. I mean it literally is a choice that the family needs to make. It’s a huge financial decision,” Carvalho said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Support for hearing aid bill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Marciniak, the advocate who has helped lead the fight for coverage since 2019, said lawmakers brought the bill back this year because the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program has been ineffective since it launched in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is definitely a broken promise,” Marciniak said. “And it’s disappointing because they haven’t been willing to come to the table to solve this with us in a meaningful way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most states already include hearing aid coverage in their insurance exchanges. Thirty-two states require private insurance to offer some level of coverage for kids’ hearing aids, including 27 that mandate it as a benefit under the Affordable Care Act. California only offers coverage to very low-income families through public insurance like Medi-Cal or the program for kids with disabilities, setting the income cap for a family of four around $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s coverage gap leaves 20,000 kids and young adults whose families don’t qualify for low-income assistance, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.chbrp.org/sites/default/files/bill-documents/SB0/Abbreviated%20Analysis%20of%20SB%20635%20Hearing%20Aids%20FINAL%20060923.pdf\">California Health Benefits Review Program analysis for the Legislature\u003c/a>. That represents nearly half of all hearing aid users between the ages of 0 and 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019 a similar bill passed unanimously and was sent to Newsom. At the time, former Santa Monica Democratic Assemblymember Richard Bloom, the bill author, told \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/08/childrens-hearing-aids/\">CalMatters\u003c/a> that Newsom asked him to rescind the bill with a promise to create a budget fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That “fix” came in the form of the Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program. The program, which received $16 million its first year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/08/childrens-hearing-aids/\">distributed hearing aids to 39 children\u003c/a> and has been harshly criticized by legislators demanding accountability. Last year another budget allocation \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/09/children-hearing-aids/\">expanded eligibility to about 7,000 kids\u003c/a> and doubled the budget. Currently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/HACCP/Pages/Partners/Program-Data.aspx\">255 children\u003c/a> — roughly half of all applicants — have gotten hearing aids, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents say they can’t find providers who participate, the application process is lengthy and confusing, and resources are unavailable for people who don’t speak English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11964612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11964612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Three young white girls sit against a wall with an illustration while the middle child holds a baby.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/101223-Hearing-Aid-Veto-JYO-CM-19.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left Caitlyn, Cassie, Carter and Cara in Roseville on Oct. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jyotsana Bhamidipati/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kasey Cain, a mom from Lincoln and board president of California Hands and Voices, said she spent nine months fighting red tape. She sent required paperwork to the program in a pre-addressed envelope from the state. It was returned as undeliverable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a nightmare. I started to receive calls that they were going to close my account because they never received the documents,” Cain said. “I don’t know why your self-addressed envelope doesn’t work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, she and her husband gave up and put the $2,500 charge on a credit card. They couldn’t wait any longer to update their 7-year-old son’s hearing aid. Later, when one of his hearing aids was replaced by a cochlear implant, insurance considered it a necessary medical device and covered it. The family was responsible for a $15 copay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s veto message said the Department of Health Care Services, which manages the hearing aid program, has developed an improvement plan that will be implemented over the next six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A representative from the Department of Health Care Services in a written statement said the department has moved its application process online and translated materials into 19 languages. Information about the program is also mailed to all parents’ whose children are identified with hearing loss at birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California Democrats want to try again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sen. Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat from Burbank, co-authored this year’s measure with Democratic Sen. Anthony Portantino from Glendale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not sure why we haven’t been able to pass it,” Menjivar said during the bill’s final floor vote. “We are behind close to 30 states that have already implemented this. Let’s be the next one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement following the veto, Menjivar pledged to hold the administration accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wonderly, the mom of four, said it took 14 months for her eldest daughter Cassie’s hearing loss to get diagnosed. She worried that Cassie, who didn’t respond to sound and who had the limited eyesight normal for newborns, wouldn’t know who her parents were.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every night I fell asleep with my hand on my baby because I wanted her to know that she was secure, she was safe. That she knew that we were there for her,” Wonderly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wonderly said eventually the national grant program paid for her second daughter’s hearing aids. 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A simultaneous demonstration in Los Angeles drew about 125 people, organizers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters said they felt frustrated that the governor vetoed — for the second time — a measure to extend state occupational health and safety protections to an estimated 300,000 nannies, home-care aides and cleaners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need a safe workplace just like other workers,” said Elizabeth Montiel, 60, adding that she endured a severe muscle injury from lifting heavy furniture and moving a washing machine while cleaning homes in San Francisco. “I am a domestic worker and I deserve respect. We deserve our dignity to be recognized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s labor law explicitly exempts household domestic service from its definition of “employment,” which historians attribute to a legacy of slavery and sexist policies impacting a workforce made up heavily of women of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Elizabeth Montiel, domestic worker, Bay Area\"]‘We need a safe workplace just like other workers. I am a domestic worker and I deserve respect. 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She also has a son who has attempted suicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The stuff that we are doing today is going to help families to help themselves and help their loved ones,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration pushed hard to win support for the mental health changes in the state Legislature and the governor will actively pitch his plan to voters next year, said Dana Williamson, Newsom’s chief of staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he were here, he’d tell you this is his biggest priority,” Williamson told KQED’s Political Breakdown last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jolissa Hebard, outreach supervisor, National Alliance on Mental Illness\"]‘The stuff that we are doing today is going to help families to help themselves and help their loved ones.’[/pullquote]Since taking office, Newsom has pushed for changes to how state and local governments deal with people suffering from severe psychosis or substance abuse — many of whom end up living in encampments on sidewalks or riverbeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924117/governors-care-court-plan-passes-assembly-clearing-way-to-become-law\">governor signed into law the CARE Court program\u003c/a>, which authorizes judges to compel care and housing for Californians with severe mental illness. 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Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed the first of a series of bills that aims to transform California’s mental health system by loosening long-standing rules that dictate who can be forced into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB43\">Senate Bill 43\u003c/a>, which changes the state’s conservatorship laws for the first time in more than 50 years, broadens the standards for involuntary medical treatment to include people who are considered unable to keep themselves safe because of severe substance-use disorders or mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on who you ask, this transformation represents a long overdue humanitarian response — or a worrisome step backward on civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is undertaking a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/10/modernizing-conservatorship-law-sb43/\">major overhaul of our mental health system,\u003c/a>” Newsom said in a statement. “The mental health crisis affects us all, and people who need the most help have been too often overlooked. We are working to ensure no one falls through the cracks, and that people get the help they need and the respect they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is also expected to sign legislation that sends two key ballot measures to voters next March: a $6.4 billion bond to pay for 10,000\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>new treatment beds and expand supportive housing options, and an update to a 20-year-old law that provides funding for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/09/gavin-newsom-mental-health-2024-election/\">mental health services\u003c/a>. Both measures would need approval from a majority of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this comes just as CARE Court — Newsom’s signature mental health legislation from last year aimed at addressing treatment options for people suffering from severe mental illness — begins rolling out in an initial cohort of seven counties. Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties opened their \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/09/california-lawmakers-approved-care-court-what-comes-next/\">Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) courts\u003c/a> earlier this month; Los Angeles County will open its court in December. The rest of the state’s counties will follow suit next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing serious mental illness among the state’s growing unhoused population is a major focus of all of these initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"conservatorship\"]A recent survey of people experiencing homelessness by the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/06/california-homeless-growth-report/\">UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative\u003c/a>, found that the majority had experienced \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/CASPEH_Report_62023.pdf\">serious mental health conditions (PDF)\u003c/a> at some point in their lives, but also found that high housing costs and low incomes were the main reasons most actually entered homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CARE Court allows family, close friends, first responders and behavioral health workers to petition a court to compel a person with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders into a court-ordered treatment plan. The proposed ballot initiative to redesign the Mental Health Services Act would require that 30% of tax dollars brought in under the plan go toward housing programs, with half of that reserved for people who are chronically homeless or living in encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prospective changes mark a significant departure from the decades in which civil liberties protections for Californians with mental illness seemed virtually untouchable because of the landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors of that law sought to end the inappropriate and often indefinite institutionalization of people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. At the time, it had been relatively easy for family members to force people into mental health treatment, often locking them away for long stretches in state hospitals where conditions were often abhorrent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New standard for involuntary treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The law established strict criteria to determine who was eligible for involuntary treatment as well as specific timeframes that limited how long people could be held against their will. This included the 72-hour hold period, known as a 5150. But concurrent promises to build up community-based support programs did not materialize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Talamantes Eggman, a social worker turned Democratic state senator from Stockton, has become one of the Legislature’s main authors of mental health policies, and is among those who feel the state went too far back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For fear of doing something wrong we did something even worse,” said Eggman, who authored SB 43 and co-authored last year’s CARE Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told CalMatters she has tried five times in recent years to introduce legislation amending the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, but was stymied by stiff resistance from disability rights groups and some legislators concerned with the civil liberties implications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year’s attempt sailed through the Legislature with little opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called the current constellation of policy changes “the most significant thing we’ve done in the mental health, behavioral health workspace easily within the last 50 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-why-some-families-want-involuntary-treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why some families want involuntary treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many families of seriously mentally ill individuals say they are thrilled with Eggman’s bill and other recent policy shifts, after long feeling sidelined in their efforts to get treatment for loved ones who refuse it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think personally that the tide is finally turning, that we are on our way to really doing something to help these very sick people get the treatment that they need,” said Linda Mimms, vice chair of the national Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lauded \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCBATlzmvqA\">Newsom’s interview with 60 Minutes\u003c/a> last month, in which he called out critics of the changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change has its enemies. I get it,” Newsom said. “But one thing you cannot argue for — with all due respect to all the critics out there — is the status quo. You can’t. And in the absence of alternatives, what the hell are we going to do to address this crisis?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those critics say they aren’t defending the status quo at all. Rather, they point to other critical parts of the system — including affordable housing and an array of voluntary treatment services — that have suffered after decades of underinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re never having the right conversation,” said Kelechi Ubozoh, a mental health advocate and author of \u003cem>We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health\u003c/em>. “It is a conversation around poverty. We’re still saying, ‘Let’s blame it on mental health and the mental health system.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many who live with mental illness have had traumatic experiences with involuntary treatment, Ubozoh said, and are “really scared” by the current direction the state is headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For no one to oppose this huge erosion of civil rights is just a really concerning change in the state Legislature,” said Samuel Jain, senior attorney with Disability Rights California. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed the first of a series of bills that aims to transform California’s mental health system by loosening long-standing rules that dictate who can be forced into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB43\">Senate Bill 43\u003c/a>, which changes the state’s conservatorship laws for the first time in more than 50 years, broadens the standards for involuntary medical treatment to include people who are considered unable to keep themselves safe because of severe substance-use disorders or mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on who you ask, this transformation represents a long overdue humanitarian response — or a worrisome step backward on civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is undertaking a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/10/modernizing-conservatorship-law-sb43/\">major overhaul of our mental health system,\u003c/a>” Newsom said in a statement. “The mental health crisis affects us all, and people who need the most help have been too often overlooked. We are working to ensure no one falls through the cracks, and that people get the help they need and the respect they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is also expected to sign legislation that sends two key ballot measures to voters next March: a $6.4 billion bond to pay for 10,000\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>new treatment beds and expand supportive housing options, and an update to a 20-year-old law that provides funding for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/09/gavin-newsom-mental-health-2024-election/\">mental health services\u003c/a>. Both measures would need approval from a majority of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this comes just as CARE Court — Newsom’s signature mental health legislation from last year aimed at addressing treatment options for people suffering from severe mental illness — begins rolling out in an initial cohort of seven counties. Glenn, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stanislaus and Tuolumne counties opened their \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/09/california-lawmakers-approved-care-court-what-comes-next/\">Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) courts\u003c/a> earlier this month; Los Angeles County will open its court in December. The rest of the state’s counties will follow suit next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing serious mental illness among the state’s growing unhoused population is a major focus of all of these initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A recent survey of people experiencing homelessness by the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/06/california-homeless-growth-report/\">UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative\u003c/a>, found that the majority had experienced \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/2023-06/CASPEH_Report_62023.pdf\">serious mental health conditions (PDF)\u003c/a> at some point in their lives, but also found that high housing costs and low incomes were the main reasons most actually entered homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CARE Court allows family, close friends, first responders and behavioral health workers to petition a court to compel a person with untreated schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders into a court-ordered treatment plan. The proposed ballot initiative to redesign the Mental Health Services Act would require that 30% of tax dollars brought in under the plan go toward housing programs, with half of that reserved for people who are chronically homeless or living in encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prospective changes mark a significant departure from the decades in which civil liberties protections for Californians with mental illness seemed virtually untouchable because of the landmark 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors of that law sought to end the inappropriate and often indefinite institutionalization of people with mental illnesses and developmental disabilities. At the time, it had been relatively easy for family members to force people into mental health treatment, often locking them away for long stretches in state hospitals where conditions were often abhorrent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New standard for involuntary treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The law established strict criteria to determine who was eligible for involuntary treatment as well as specific timeframes that limited how long people could be held against their will. This included the 72-hour hold period, known as a 5150. But concurrent promises to build up community-based support programs did not materialize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Talamantes Eggman, a social worker turned Democratic state senator from Stockton, has become one of the Legislature’s main authors of mental health policies, and is among those who feel the state went too far back then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For fear of doing something wrong we did something even worse,” said Eggman, who authored SB 43 and co-authored last year’s CARE Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told CalMatters she has tried five times in recent years to introduce legislation amending the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, but was stymied by stiff resistance from disability rights groups and some legislators concerned with the civil liberties implications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year’s attempt sailed through the Legislature with little opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called the current constellation of policy changes “the most significant thing we’ve done in the mental health, behavioral health workspace easily within the last 50 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-why-some-families-want-involuntary-treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why some families want involuntary treatment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many families of seriously mentally ill individuals say they are thrilled with Eggman’s bill and other recent policy shifts, after long feeling sidelined in their efforts to get treatment for loved ones who refuse it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think personally that the tide is finally turning, that we are on our way to really doing something to help these very sick people get the treatment that they need,” said Linda Mimms, vice chair of the national Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lauded \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCBATlzmvqA\">Newsom’s interview with 60 Minutes\u003c/a> last month, in which he called out critics of the changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Change has its enemies. I get it,” Newsom said. “But one thing you cannot argue for — with all due respect to all the critics out there — is the status quo. You can’t. And in the absence of alternatives, what the hell are we going to do to address this crisis?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those critics say they aren’t defending the status quo at all. Rather, they point to other critical parts of the system — including affordable housing and an array of voluntary treatment services — that have suffered after decades of underinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re never having the right conversation,” said Kelechi Ubozoh, a mental health advocate and author of \u003cem>We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health\u003c/em>. “It is a conversation around poverty. We’re still saying, ‘Let’s blame it on mental health and the mental health system.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many who live with mental illness have had traumatic experiences with involuntary treatment, Ubozoh said, and are “really scared” by the current direction the state is headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For no one to oppose this huge erosion of civil rights is just a really concerning change in the state Legislature,” said Samuel Jain, senior attorney with Disability Rights California. He believes that state leaders, feeling pressure to address the state’s spiraling homelessness crisis, are conflating homelessness and mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t feel that this is going to change anything on the streets,” he said. “This strategy seems to be to take people with mental health disabilities and put them into institutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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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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. 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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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Many Lee supporters who pushed Newsom to fulfill his promise of appointing a Black woman by tapping the East Bay progressive icon were nonetheless pleased with the governor’s selection of Butler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gavin did take us seriously. … and now we’re in this position of having this really, really, really dope leader,” said Molly Watson, deputy director for the California Donor Table, a network of progressive donors which has endorsed Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entrance of another Black progressive candidate into the race, Watson said, could force some difficult strategic decisions by the donors she works with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully we’re able to figure something out here in California and not end up with Adam [Schiff] or Katie [Porter],” Watson said. “I’m not exactly sure what the dynamic is going to look like — this is absolutely going to have an effect on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11963066,news_11739580\" label=\"Related Stories\"]Lee told KQED she spoke with Butler on Monday and wished her well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But what I’m doing is being singularly focused like I have been on winning my campaign for the Senate,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor leaders cheered the appointment of Butler, who helmed SEIU 2015, a union of long-term caregivers, and later SEIU California, the state’s largest umbrella union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She understood the plight of low-wage workers,” said Carmen Roberts, executive vice president of SEIU 2015. “She listened and she had a voice and used that voice to carry those values — the things that were valuable to the care workers — to the governor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SEIU has yet to endorse a candidate for Senate, and Roberts did not want to speculate about Butler’s political future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I would be excited if she was one of the candidates,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other labor leaders said Butler’s entrance could lead to a reshuffling of endorsements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Senator Maria Elena Durazo, the former executive vice president of UNITE-HERE International, has already backed Schiff but didn’t rule out a future dual endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t discount doing it either,” Durazo said. “It’s possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler’s crowning achievement at SEIU was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912372/brown-unions-announce-deal-on-15-per-hour-minimum-wage\">her role in high-stakes negotiations to raise the minimum wage\u003c/a> to $15 an hour in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former State Sen. Mark Leno, who wrote the minimum wage bill, said Butler’s drive to succeed played a key role — as well as labor’s gamble. Under Butler’s direction, the campaign used the threat of a minimum wage ballot measure to catapult a similar bill to approval in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She kept her eye on the prize,” Leno said. “There were all the other voices and all of this noise going on with regard to some of the internal tensions at SEIU. 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. Butler is required to be a state resident, and Newsom said she would re-register to vote in California before taking office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher dubbed Butler “Maryland 3rd US Senator,” in a statement, adding “Out of 40 million California residents, Gavin Newsom seriously couldn’t find one to serve in the Senate?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Republicans acknowledged that Butler’s residency wasn’t the only reason for their displeasure at Newsom’s pick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course it gives me concern, but I think any appointment that he would have made, because I share a different perspective than he does politically, I would have had concern,” said Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From a legal perspective, to represent the state, Butler must establish that California is her residence — and being registered to vote here is a key part of that, said Loyola Law School Professor Jessica Levinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we look at the Constitution and we look at the qualifications, the Constitution talks about being an inhabitant when you are elected. 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