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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers, union leaders and truck drivers are trying to steer Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom toward signing into law a proposal that could save jobs as self-driving trucks are tested for their safety on the roads. Businesses say self-driving trucks would help them transport transport products more efficiently in the future. In Phoenix, companies have tested self-driving trucks on highways and to deliver mail through a partnership with the U.S. There are about 200,000 commercial truck drivers in California, according to Teamsters officials.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Republican Assemblymember Tom Lackey, aren't, ” Lackey, ”, Newsom, Dee Dee Myers, Mike Di Bene, Brian Rice, ” Rice, Jerry Brown, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar, Curry, Steve Gordon, Gordon, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: Democratic Gov, Republican, administration’s Department of Finance, Business, Economic, state's Department of Motor Vehicles, U.S . Postal, Drivers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Oakland Teamsters, California Professional Firefighters, ” Labor, Hollywood, Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, “, San Francisco, Phoenix, Sacramento

The vote capped a legislative session in California that once again showed the strength of organized labor in the nation's most populous state. They could get unemployment benefits starting in January, which could benefit actors, writers and Southern California hotel workers who have been on strike for months. Organized labor's influence is easily explained by their prolific campaign donations, as they are some of the most reliable source of funds for the Democrats who control the state Legislature. In the spring, lawmakers agreed to Newsom's request to authorize state regulators to punish oil companies for price gouging. But California lawmakers passed bills this year to expand protections for young LGBTQ+ people.

Persons: Robert Rivas, ”, Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, “, Gavin Newsom’s, that's, He's, Newsom, Sen, Shannon, " Rivas, Newsom hasn't, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: California Hospital Association, Lawmakers, Democratic, Pro Tempore, Democrat, Democratic Gov, Republicans, Democrats, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Southern California, San Diego, Mexico, Shannon Grove, Hollister

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union after state lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that allows them to organize. But despite California lawmakers' pro-union stance, the people who work for them have never been allowed to form a union. An attempt to do so last year failed to get a vote in the state Assembly. INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDEThe state Assembly approved a proposal to change the state constitution to remove exemptions to involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime. The proposal would have to get a two-thirds vote in the state Senate, which doesn’t plan to vote on it until next year.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, ”, Tina McKinnor, “, —, Newsom, Assemblymember Carlos Villapudua, Villapudua, James Gallagher, doesn’t, Sen, Shannon Grove, Chris Ward, ” Ward, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: —, California Capitol, Legislature, Democratic Gov, Legislative, Democratic, Republican, Democrats, FOSTER, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Newsom’s

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states. California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ+ people in 2017, starting with Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Since then, the list has grown to include a total of 26 states, most of them Republican-led, following a surge of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation these past few years. California lawmakers in the state Assembly on Monday passed legislation to end the travel ban. Atkins, who is a lesbian, said the travel ban has helped raise awareness about many anti-LGBTQ+ issues, but it has also led to unintended consequences.

Persons: Toni Atkins, Atkins, ”, Rick Zbur, Gavin Newsom’s, Newsom, Eric Montoya Reyes, Sophie Austin, Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: Republican, Democratic, “, Senate, Gov, Comunidad, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Kansas , Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Utah, Mexico, Southern California

Lawmakers backing the bill say a large number of companies in the state already disclose some of their own emissions. California’s climate disclosure bill would be different because of all the indirect emissions companies would have to report. But the California bill would go beyond that, by mandating that both public and private companies report their direct and indirect emissions. Companies would have to report indirect emissions including those released by transporting products and disposing waste. Companies would have to begin publicly disclosing their direct emissions annually in 2026 and start annually reporting their indirect emissions starting in 2027.

Persons: Chris Ward, Christiana Figueres, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Sen, Scott Wiener, “, ”, Brady Van Engelen, Danny Cullenward, Cullenward, it’s, Mary Creasman, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: —, Democratic, Apple, United Nations, Democratic Gov, Lawmakers, administration’s Department of Finance, San, San Francisco Democrat, National Conference of State Legislatures, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, Companies, California Chamber of Commerce, Western States Petroleum Association, California Hospital Association, University of Pennsylvania’s, Center for Energy Policy, California Environmental Voters, California Air Resources Board, Wiener, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Patagonia, Christiana, Paris, San Francisco, Ceres, ”

The legislation would rezone land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions, such as churches, mosques, and synagogues, to allow for affordable housing. An affordable housing project in a San Jose church had to go through a rezoning process that took more than two years before it could break ground in 2021. It would only apply to affordable housing projects, and the law would sunset in 2036. Supporters of the bill said it could help add hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units to the state’s housing stock. Republican lawmakers and Democratic Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil voted against it.

Persons: Democratic Sen, Scott Wiener, Gavin Newsom, Democratic Assemblymember Sharon Quirk, Silva, ”, Newsom, Tony Thurmond, ” Thurmond, Harvey Milk, Susan Talamantes Eggman, Republican Sen, Rosilicie Ochoa, Marie Alvarado, Gil, Ochoa Bogh, Lena Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez, ___ Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: U.S, Democratic, Democratic Gov, University of California, Terner, Housing Innovation, Temecula Valley Unified, Gov, California Legislative, Caucus, Republican, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, ”, San Jose, Orange County, Berkeley, Southern California, Temecula Valley, San Francisco

The California bill would make gender affirmation one factor among many that courts already have to consider in custody proceedings, including whether a parent has been abusive and how much contact the child has with the parents. The bill would not require judges to prioritize whether a parent affirms their child's gender identity over other factors. The state Senate passed the resolution, and it now heads to the Assembly. State Sen. Shannon Grove, a Republican from Bakersfield, said she didn’t think other states would agree to that. The bipartisan California bill would not legalize the sale of the drugs.

Persons: Democratic Sen, Scott Wiener, they’ve, ” Wiener, ”, Sen, Kelly Seyarto, ” Seyarto, Gavin Newsom, Assemblymember Lori Wilson, Wilson, “, Alexis Sanchez, Sanchez, Newsom, Aisha Wahab, Wiener, State Sen, Shannon Grove, DECRIMINALIZING, it’s, Bill Essayli, Adam Beam, Nguyễn, ___ Sophie Austin, Austin @sophieadanna Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Democratic Gov, Sacramento LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, State, ., Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, San Francisco, Southern California, U.S, Bakersfield, DECRIMINALIZING PSYCHEDELICS California, . Oregon, Colorado

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