Capitol Briefs
Capitol Briefs: Psychedelics are baaaack!
Around the Capitol, one big bill effort dies and another one comes back from the grave.
Around the Capitol, one big bill effort dies and another one comes back from the grave.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Stephen Manley refers to defendants in his courtroom as “clients” – an indication of the unusually informal and conversational tenor of the Behavioral Health Court he created more than two decades ago. “It tends to break through a barrier,” Manley said.
As California’s largest wildfire moved swiftly, the internet speed in the area slowed to a crawl: Verizon choked it down to the first responders battling the Mendocino Complex blaze. Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, says a new law is necessary to protect first responders’ access to high-speed internet, although Verizon acknowledged the move and quickly apologized.
Two recent studies have confirmed it: In California, poverty exists in the most unlikely places.