California Assembly unanimously approves bill to end child marriage
AB 1267 passed 59-0 on Aug. 26 and would set 18 as the minimum marriage age in California.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Yuba County library renovation costs climb past $4.01 million as supervisors weigh $751,396 in change orders
The Board of Supervisors agenda would ratify 14 change orders on the Marysville library project, raising its projected cost above $4 million.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Sutter County supervisors tee up sheriff homeless liaison post with $225,000 budget shift
An Aug. 25 agenda item would create a new sheriff cost center, add a one-year limited-term deputy sheriff and move money from Elections if supervisors approve it.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly sends Sacramento homelessness JPA bill to governor on unanimous vote after floor debate over spending and strategy
SB 802 passed the Assembly 63-0, moving a Sacramento County homelessness joint powers authority bill to the governor after a debate over housing-first policy and homelessness spending.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Yuba County board poised to release demolition RFP for old Tri-County Juvenile Hall
The county’s agenda would authorize a solicitation for demolition and site preparation at the former juvenile hall campus in Marysville.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly Judiciary advances SB 957 on private detention oversight
The bill would direct the attorney general to develop an oversight plan for privately operated civil detention facilities and now moves to the Assembly Health Committee.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly Judiciary advances AB 1267 to set California marriage age at 18
Survivors, students and advocates backed the bill in committee as lawmakers moved it forward on Senate amendments.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly Elections Committee advances SB 259 on vote-by-mail interference concerns
The committee sent Sen. Wahab’s bill to Appropriations after a 6-2 vote on Aug. 25.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Sutter County board set to appoint Nicolas Oliver as interim agricultural commissioner
An Aug. 25 agenda item calls for naming Oliver interim agricultural commissioner effective Sept. 5, 2026.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly Public Safety advances SB 259 to criminalize interference with vote-by-mail ballots
The committee sent the election-security bill to the Elections Committee on a 7-1 vote after hearing testimony in support.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly committee hears opposition to SB 342 over contractor licensure concerns
At an Aug. 25 hearing, a speaker argued the bill would reward contractors with lapsed licenses and said such lapses can signal deeper misconduct.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly approves health insurance rate-review bill in 45-12 vote
SB 1037 would require state regulators to consult the Office of Healthcare Affordability when reviewing certain health insurance rate increases and add new reporting requirements for insurers.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
YCUSD board set to vote on district office demolition for Phase 1 project
The Aug. 25 agenda includes an action item for demolition work tied to the new district office Phase 1 project, though cost, contractor and timeline details are not yet spelled out in the available summary.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly sends Safe at Home expansion for immigration service workers to governor
AB 2624 cleared the Assembly 49-13 after a sharp floor debate over privacy, doxing and First Amendment concerns.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly advances SB 1418 on ballot evidence chain of custody, with vote changes noted
The Assembly took up SB 1418, an urgency bill on election evidence chain of custody and ballot preservation, and the floor record notes later vote changes.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
California lawmakers press frontier AI companies on cyber risks, SB 53 compliance
At an Aug. 10 Assembly hearing, lawmakers and witnesses weighed whether frontier AI systems could speed up cyberattacks and whether California’s reporting rules have real teeth.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly approves bill exempting AI systems from Brown Act, Bagley-Keene definitions
SB 1159 passed the Assembly 59-0 on Aug. 13 and would exclude autonomous AI systems from key public-meeting and public-comment-law terms.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly passes bill to protect mobile-home residents displaced by disasters
SB 1093 cleared the Assembly after a floor session summary linked the measure to lessons from the Palisades fire.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
California lawmakers open new hearing on boys' online harms, possible policy fixes
Assembly members and witnesses aired ideas ranging from ad taxes to chatbot rules at the first hearing of a new select committee on young men’s purpose.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Live Oak council advances nuisance-code rewrite after property-entry and garbage-can debate
Councilmembers voted 3-1 to move ahead with a broad rewrite of nuisance rules, including an amendment to the garbage-can language.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly advances bill to boot vehicles tied to repeated illegal dumping citations
SB 1218 cleared the Assembly 56-0 on Aug. 24, with lawmakers citing Oakland enforcement data to argue for stronger tools against repeat illegal dumpers.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Sutter County agenda would create new sheriff homeless-liaison post and shift $225,000 from Elections
A Sept. 25 Board of Supervisors agenda item would establish a Sheriff Homeless Liaison cost center, add a limited-term deputy sheriff position for one year and move $225,000 from Elections to the sheriff budget.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Assembly votes 42-15 to extend floor amendment deadline as session pressures mount
The chamber kept amendments open until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 after a recorded 42-15 procedural vote, with 163 Senate bills still lacking floor managers.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter
Yuba County workshop surfaces $5.6 million in HHS grants and $8.37 million in pending sheriff awards
County departments outlined grant funding and budget priorities during a two-day FY 2026-27 workshop in Marysville.
The Sidekickabout 2 months ago
Yuba-Sutter