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SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, today announced that his legislation to help financial institutions safely conduct transactions with licensed cannabis businesses has cleared its first hearing in the Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. SB 930 would allow banks to issue checks to accountholders to be used for the following purposes:

SACRAMENTO –Senator Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, announced today that SB 1001, a bill he authored with the support of Common Sense Kids Action to require social media companies to identify the presence of automated accounts on their sites, cleared its first hurdle by passing the Senate Committee on Business, Professions, and Economic Development on an 8-1 vote.

By Mike Mielke

While the rains of March and early April were a welcome relief, they will likely do little over the long-term to lift California out of its water crisis. That’s because the state’s single largest source of water storage – the Sierra Snowpack – has been reduced considerably in recent decades and is projected to shrink more in the future, as we enter a “new normal” with hotter and drier years to come due to man-made climate change.

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, announced today that his bill to ensure that a person’s custody status is not the sole reason for delaying a mental health evaluation is headed for a vote on the Senate Floor.

Under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act of 1967, public guardians or conservators can help individuals receive treatment from medical facilities and look after their welfare and financial matters. It is an indispensable resource that allows a court-approved adult to provide for the welfare and safety of a gravely mentally ill adult.