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‘Willie Mays Highway’ bill approved by California Legislature

The California Legislature approved a resolution from State Senator Bill Dodd, D-Napa, Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and colleagues statewide to name a portion of Interstate 80 in San Francisco after…
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California can right a historic wrong by recognizing tribal authority for cultural burns

With Senate Bill 310, California has a chance to begin the long process of reconciliation — with both tribes and fire. SB 310, introduced by state Sen. Bill Dodd, acknowledges…
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THE BUZZ: POWER SHUFFLE

At the Capitol, they worked together to advocate for the North Bay region and its powerful wine industry, founding the Senate’s select committee on wine. Read More: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/02/06/waiting-in-the-wings-00139787
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St. Helena grad receives If Given a Chance Dodd award

A 2021 graduate of St. Helena High School, is the first student to receive an If Given a Chance award named in honor of Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa. Read More:…
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Three Dodd bills, including water shutoff protections, signed into law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed three more bills authored by Sen. Bill Dodd into law. Read More: https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/three-dodd-bills-including-water-shutoff-protections-signed-into-law/article_d6e53208-6c52-11ee-a9da-ab650d4f00a3.html
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Newsom signs off on update to California’s bottle recycling law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed off on changes to California’s bottle recycling law in a bid to bolster the state’s beverage container recycling program, reducing the amount of plastic and…
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What you see is what you’ll pay: New law bans ‘junk’ fees on hotel bills, concert tickets, etc.

Californians can soon say goodbye to so-called junk fees, those startling charges that appear in a transaction only when a customer is about to hit “purchase.” Read More: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-10-09/newsom-bill-bans-junk-fees
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CA lawmaker uses AI to draft resolution in nationwide first

That makes it the first legislative resolution in the nation to be generated by an AI. Dodd said he used AI to highlight both its benefits and risks of the…
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Chaaban assumes trustee seat

For the past 10 months Kunde has been searching for someone to run in his place. That’s where Chaaban comes into the picture. ”I think he’s everything that the JC…