ProRep doesn't have any fancy animated videos, yet. But this video by FairVote Canada ( @fairvote.ca ) nicely illustrates how an open-list proportional representation system would work for elections to the California legislature.
Just imagine "districts" for "ridings," "Bear" for "Moose," "Quail" for "Puffin" and, uh, "Beaver" for "Beaver." Voila.
Ugh. I may have to get on bluesky, at least for some stuff. I was trying to follow the action on #SB79 and some other housing bills today. Lots of people live posting the hearing over there today, legislators, advocates, etc. But it seems like just very few people here are tuned into #caleg or other stuff I want to follow. (Which makes sense, of course, given the different overall numbers of users.) I really like the everyday anarchism of the fediverse, but it can be hard sometimes.
This Political Science research paper shows that Rent Hikes and Evictions by Landlords are the main cause of Homelessness in California and that it CAN be controlled. #Homelessness #CALeg #GavinNewsom #LA https://preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/article-details/66cfbebd20ac769e5f27a777
The state Senate Insurance Committee doesn't have a chair as the huge fires in LA escalate the state's insurance crisis because of questions around a federal corruption investigation reports Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-democrat-senate-bribery-investigation/
California’s whip-lash were-rich-were-broke-were-less-broke budget cycles are wild, to experience and cover.
To catch up before Gov Newsoms $322 billion budget presentation read this mornings piece by two of my colleagues
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/gavin-newsom-2025-california-budget/
California legislators introduced about 100 bills at their brief December meeting, rest to come in 2025. Housing highlights:
AB1: Wildfire Insurance
AB6: Building code for 3-10 unit apartments
AB11: Social Housing
AB36: Housing elements
AB57: Homebuying assistance for descendants of slaves
AB62: Compensation for racially motivated eminent domain
SB9: Accessory dwelling unit owner occupancy requirements
SB16: Reducing homelessness
SB23: Disabled veteran property tax exemption
#CALeg
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billSearchClient.xhtml?author=All&lawCode=All&session_year=20252026&house=Both
Sonoma County judge refuses #subpoena power to Sonoma County's #sheriff #oversight agency, despite a state law #AB1185 specifically granting subpoena power. @KevinMcCartyCA #caleg https://www.kqed.org/news/12013532/sonoma-countys-sheriff-oversight-agency-appeals-decision-limiting-its-authority
Read Senator Niello’s complete statement in the Sacramento Bee here. #DitchTheSwitch #CALeg #DaylightSavingTime https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article294891724.html
California State Senator Roger Niello (R) is working with other West Coast senators to #DitchDST for health and safety (thank you!). Please tell your #CALeg state senator and assemblymember to join him!
Private #fostercare agencies in CA want us to believe if lack of insurance drives them out of business there will be an insurance-induced rapture, all their foster parents will vanish and the kids will be out on the streets. But it’s all BS because they want immunity from lawsuits by #childabuse victims. https://witnessla.com/dont-shield-private-foster-care-agencies-from-accountability-for-abuse/ #childwelfare #FFAs #CALeg, #capolitics
Plastic grocery bags "aren’t being reused in any meaningful way, and they can’t be recycled,” writes the LA Times. “We need a do-over — a second plastic bag ban that fulfills the promise that lawmakers made in 2014.”
Governor Newsom: Sign SB1053 into law!
Californians are being hammered by deadly heatwaves and destructive fires while Big Oil continues to profit.#SB1497 by Senator Menjivar to protect communities and #MakePollutersPay for climate damage. Time for #CALeg to act! https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/07/extreme-heat-report-insurance/
California Senate approves the amended SB-1413. Originally filed by Senator Niello to #DitchDST, #DitchTheSwitch, and restore permanent Standard Time, it was amended by committee only to study energy effects of such action. It next goes to #CALeg Assembly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZjjkyLq2QE
Was just thinking about how disappointing it's been that no Democrats have really pushed back on the arbitrary new return to office policy Gov. Newsom laid down. I don't know if Hoover, a Republican, actually gives a shit about CO2 emissions from commuting, or if he sees an opportunity to pick up some suburban state worker votes, or if he's just trolling. But I'll take it.
#Sacramento #ReturnToOffice #CALeg #climate
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article288529442.html?tbref=hp
California (#CALeg) Senate’s Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee have rewritten SB-1413.
Originally filed to #DitchDST, #DitchTheSwitch, and restore permanent Standard Time, in 2024, at no cost—it would now only *study* Daylight Saving Time, in 2027, for $600,000.
California’s rewritten SB-1413 would only study energy effects of DST—while ignoring health, safety, education, and productivity.
DST has already been studied hundreds of times. It does not save energy. Even if it did, it would not justify its many greater harms to public well-being.
Please contact California Senate leadership, ask them to restore SB-1413’s original wording. 👉 https://www.senate.ca.gov/senators/senate-leadership
Also contact your own state senator, tell him/her to support permanent Standard Time. 👉 https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
California SB-1413 needs to pass its second committee this week to ditch Daylight Saving Time this year. Please remind your state legislators to support! https://www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campaigns/112508/Respond #DitchDST #CALeg
Californians, click 👉 https://www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campaigns/112508/Respond 👈 to tell #CALeg YES on SB-1413 to ditch Daylight Saving Time! #DitchDST
Californians, click 👉 https://www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Campaigns/112508/Respond 👈 to tell #CALeg YES on SB-1413 to ditch Daylight Saving Time! #DitchDST
Latest update of 2024 California housing legislation summary! Most bills are still active, with many of them now at the Appropriations Committee, which they must pass through in the next couple of weeks.
California State Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh sponsors SB-1413 to #DitchTheSwitch and #DitchDST—thank you!
Please tell your #CALeg members to sponsor SB-1413 for permanent Standard Time, find them here: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
