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SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) announced today that he will not be advancing SB 51 this year, but emphasized his commitment to work together with sponsor Fiona Ma and the Governor’s Office to iron out necessary clarifications and implementation details.

“If we’re going to do this, we have to do it right,” said Hertzberg. “We owe it to the dozens of cities, counties, and cannabis industry officials who have been supporting this effort to see it through.”

SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) today applauded the decision of the Assembly Appropriations Committee to clear SB 51 for a vote on the Senate Floor.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is moving to eliminate what state legislators call an outdated Wild West law requiring that citizens help police upon demand.

Lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a measure eliminating the California Posse Comitatus Act of 1872.

The nearly 150-year-old law makes it a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000 for failing to help police make an arrest or catch a fleeing suspect.

When Julieanne Gerard first laid eyes on Cookie three years ago, the tabby belonged to someone else and was in the backseat of a car with a rope tied around her small neck.

The feline looked starved, weighing what seemed like one pound, even though she was about 3 years old, and her teeth were rotten. The sight horrified Gerard, who said her instinct was to immediately rescue the cat from her then owners, who she described as homeless and addicted to drugs.

Gerard scrounged in her purse and dug up all that she had to her name at the time, which was a $20 bill.