A state senate bill authored by Senator Dave Cortese (D-15) and backed by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin that would provide “Universal Basic Income for Transitional Age Foster Youth Act” is now being heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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A number of California legislators are teaming up to end an outdated distinction between spousal rape and other forms of sexual assault.
As someone who grew up immersed in Chinese culture and someone who loves dogs, it stung to read on social media in early January that “a young man was beaten, told to go back to China, called a communist and dog eater” during a protest in Los Gatos.
The state will give Santa Clara County more than $1 million to help increase COVID-19 vaccine equity efforts, but South Bay leaders say that doesn’t alleviate the source of the region’s vaccination bottleneck—a lack of supply.
Bay Area counties will receive nearly $8 million to help vaccinate their poorest residents against the coronavirus after local officials complained that the region was largely left out of state equity efforts.
Amid ongoing local frustrations over the state’s approach to an equitable vaccine rollout, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has pledged several million dollars to Bay Area health departments to help distribute doses in hard-hit areas.
Rape is rape, regardless who the perpetrator or the survivor is.
That’s the message Assemblymembers Evan Low, D-Campbell, Cristina Garcia, D-Downey, and state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, are hoping to send with two state bills that seek to remove spousal rape exceptions. The legislators joined Bay Area district attorneys and local advocates Monday to discuss the bills.