The California Legislature is passing hundreds of bills during its last week in session for the year
FILE - Los Angeles area Assembly member Mike Fong, a Democratic, speaks on a bill at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Fong, authored bills this year to combat gender discrimination and sexual harassment on college campuses.
The Democratic governor then has until Sept. 30 to sign the proposals, veto them or let them become law without his signature. In recent years, he has often cited theEach California State University and University of California campus would be required to have an office designated to handling sexual harassment complaints under Title IX, a federal law barring sex discrimination in education.
One would ban pregnant women and women up to 12 weeks postpartum from being placed in solitary confinement. It would also require pregnant women to receive clean bottled water and meals daily that meet nutrition guidelines under the state's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.
There are roughly 15,000 prison beds sitting empty across the state, and they cost millions annually to maintain, supporters of the bills said. The proposal would gradually reduce that number to 2,500 empty beds in the next six years, potentially making way for the state to close five state prisons in the future.
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