Doing what most businesses in California do when State Legislators introduce terrible legislation, Google announced Friday it will begin removing links to California News Sites from search in response to…
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was joined by community leaders, consumer advocates, fans and musicians on Monday at a Capitol press conference to detail first-in-the-nation legislation to provide competition…
SACRAMENTO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced his sponsorship of a bill authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) that would facilitate the construction of housing in cities and counties that…
On Tuesday, the Brentwood City Council blasted Assembly Bil 2011 after a housing project was able to move forward without any local input. The council received an informational report in…
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Senator Nancy Skinner, and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks today introduced the Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976), and the California Children’s Data Privacy…
BENICIA, CA – At his 10th annual Women of the Year event, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) honored 53 women from the 8th Congressional District of California who are leaders and…
A bill by Asm Buffy Wicks that would charge Big Tech a “journalism usage fee” to news media has been delayed and will return in 2024. Meta says if the…
Recently, Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks announced that Michelle Milam was selected as the Assembly District 14 Woman of the Year. Wicks called Milam a respected community leader who understands that for…
SACRAMENTO – The California State Assembly will consider a bill this session that requires digital advertising monopolies like Google and Facebook to pay for content they siphon from local news…
SACRAMENTO – The California Legislative Women’s Caucus and the California Future of Abortion Council today announced their 2023 bill package on reproductive justice and abortion rights. The package includes 17…
Today, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks announced AB 598 that would make California a reproductive freedom state for all and must include comprehensive education for our students about all pregnancy outcomes. According…
SACRAMENTO – California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (14th District) announced the introduction of two bills to make workplaces more family-friendly and make California’s Paid Family Leave program more equitable and accessible.…
SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 58, to decriminalize the possession and personal use of certain psychedelic drugs. SB 58 is backed by a broad coalition,…
On Wednesday, even after scaling back a zero-bail bill, it could not muster the votes needed to pass out of the State Assembly. The bill would have reformed the states…