California leaders pledge $30M for young immigrants
The announcement comes in response to President
The Assembly and
Both chambers will reconvene Wednesday for a full day of voting.
Of the
More than 200,000 of the 800,000 DACA participants live in
The Trump administration plans to phase out the program over the next six months if
"We will not let one man with xenophobic tendencies undercut years of progress we have made in
Other action taken by
—Rejecting a proposed constitutional amendment to lower
Supporters in the Assembly said it would instill a greater sense of civic duty among teenagers, but detractors questioned whether 17 year olds are ready for the responsibility of voting. It failed 46 to 23.
—Voting to bar employers, including state and local governments, from asking job applicants to disclose their salary history. The legislation passed the
It also bans employers from relying on an applicant's past salaries when deciding whether to hire them and what to pay them. That prohibition doesn't hold if an applicant willingly discloses his or her past salaries.
—Passing bills to ease criminal penalties on some offenders. The Assembly gave final approval to a bill that would eliminate allowing judges to impose an additional three-year sentence on repeat drug offenders.
Democratic Sen.
The chamber also approved a bill allowing juvenile offenders to ask a judge to seal records of crimes committed before turning 17, sending it to the
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