Saturday, January 1, 2011

Californians Get 725 New Laws in 2011

There Oughta Be a Law: Californians Getting 725 New Ones in 2011
By Hoa Quách | Email the author | December 31, 2010
La Mesa Patch


A few of interest-
  • SB 782 prevents landlords from evicting tenants who are victims of domestic or sexual abuse or stalking.
     
  • AB 1844—informally known as Chelsea's Law and authored by local Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher—will increase penalties, parole provisions and oversight of sex offenders, including a "one-strike, life-without-parole penalty" for some.
     
  • AB 537 will make food stamps an acceptable form of payment at farmers markets through an EBT process.
     
  • SB 1411 makes it a misdemeanor to maliciously impersonate someone via a social media outlet or through e-mails.
     
  • SB 1317 allows the state to slap parents with a $2,000 fine if their K-8 child misses more than 10 percent of the school year without a valid excuse. It also allows the state to punish parents with up to a year in prison for the misdemeanor
     
  • AB 12 allows foster youth to acquire state services until the age of 21.  FULL STORY

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