Tuesday, victims鈥� families filed for fentanyl dealers as legislative Republicans hit a Democratic roadblock for a similar constitutional amendment.
Former Fox News host Steve Hilton plans to file a ballot measure on another top-of-mind issue that legislators are wrestling with 鈥� the housing crisis. The seeks to defang the state鈥檚 landmark environmental law, which Gov. Gavin Newsom and YIMBY advocates also want to do.
But as , the initiative would go further by only allowing the state attorney general and local district attorneys to sue under the California Environmental Quality Act to block housing projects. And it includes a second part that may not be as popular with Democrats: It calls for capping many of the impact fees paid by developers and used by cities and counties to help cover their costs of providing services to new residents.
Also, Next Gen Personal Finance filed a measure on Tuesday that would to graduate. It鈥檚 similar to a bill that was introduced by Assemblymember , but weakened in the face of opposition from California School Boards Association, which said it interfered with local school districts. The Sacramento Democrat , as did state schools chief Tony Thurmond.
One big caveat: Even if it qualifies for the ballot and voters approve it, the initiative wouldn鈥檛 take effect until the 2029-30 school year.
After a relatively paltry , next November is a collision of competing measures with campaigns that will .
At the same time, the Legislature , and on Wednesday two proposed constitutional amendments with substantial implications for California elections cleared a major hurdle.
After lengthy floor debates, the Assembly advanced both , which would and infrastructure bonds to 55% from two-thirds, and , which would require initiatives raising the threshold for new taxes to pass by that same margin. If approved by the Senate before the end of session next week, they would go to voters in March. ACA 13 is particularly contentious because it is an effort to knee-cap an for the November ballot, which would set a higher benchmark for local voters to pass special taxes.
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