View the full story at this link: California Bill to Provide Guaranteed Income for Homeless High School Seniors Advances with Bipartisan Support
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Assemblymember Ash Kalra has introduced a bill to designate Diwali as an official state holiday. “Designating Diwali as an official state holiday not only recognizes the festival’s religious and historical importance but will better enable those throughout the Indian diaspora and beyond to take part in one of the world’s oldest religious holidays,” said Assemblymember Kalra.
Morgan Hill City Council member Yvonne Martinez Beltran was named Woman of the Year for the California Senate’s 15th District, according to State Sen. Dave Cortese’s office.
San Jose said no to letting its firefighters participate in a state-funded cancer prevention and research program — until pressure forced the city to reverse course.
An influential state senator in the South Bay wants an auditor to dig into the finances of a Bay Area commission that’s facing scrutiny for its manner of spending billions of dollars in tolls across seven bridges.
When students at Homestead High School launched Project Preserve through their school’s Future Business Leaders of America club last August, they never expected to be in conversations with state representatives or to help pass federal legislation.
Students who experienced homelessness in high school would get additional financial assistance to attend three California State University campuses under a pilot program proposed in the California Legislature this week.
San Jose state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced a bill to prevent state agencies selling decommissioned diesel trains for reuse after Caltrain authorized the sale of part of its diesel-powered fleet to Lima, Peru, last month.