Testimony on the California Community Schools Partnership Program backed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to continue $1 billion a year, while education groups and county officials urged clearer accountability and protections for support grants.
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee moved four cannabis bills forward on April 14, covering enforcement priorities, child-appealing packaging, beverage labeling and due-process documentation for embargoes and recalls.
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee sent four separate non-cannabis bills forward on April 14, covering licensing timelines, pharmacy delivery, compounded GLP-1 safeguards and health studio fees.
The Assembly approved the bill 41-17 after supporters said it would clarify proportional water rates and opponents warned it could weaken ratepayer protections.
The Planning Commission voted 4-2 to reject a proposed special event facility that would have allowed up to 16 gatherings a year and as many as 850 guests per event.
County planning staff recommended a General Plan Amendment and rezone for a 4.21-acre Walnut Avenue parcel, a step that could allow future commercial or industrial use if supervisors later approve it.
The City Council is set to weigh a grant application for the Live Oak System Preservation Project and a separate $141,547.59 road rehabilitation agreement that would use an existing Sutter County contract.
Supervisors are set to consider a Citibot lease agreement that would add chatbot and automated phone services to the Clerk-Recorder’s website and phone system, along with a related budget adjustment.
AB 2761 cleared the Assembly Transportation Committee on a reported 16-0 vote and heads to Appropriations.
The Assembly budget subcommittee heard testimony on a proposed three-year account shift for DOJ tribal public-safety work, along with funding for firearms IT modernization and SB 704 implementation, while the LAO recommended narrowing part of the plan.
The April 15 agenda asks council to sort parcels for possible sale, lease, retention or further study, including land tied to parks, utilities and public facilities.
The council is set to hear a proposal May 1 that would raise many non-planning and non-parks fees and then tie future increases to inflation.
