Striking workers would have been eligible to collect California unemployment benefits under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed. He said the state can’t afford it.
Corporate reports would reveal top polluters and climate-related financial risks. But companies warn about faulty data and a “gold-plated exercise” if the two bills become law.
The bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author, Rep. Ash Kalra of San Jose, couldn’t round up enough support before a Jan. 31 deadline.
Evan Low has been able to cultivate an image as a phenom of the liberal left. But over the last couple years, the 32-year-old assemblyman has taken a more moderate stance on certain issues, to the chagrin of some of his earliest supporters.