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Affordable Housing, Healthcare for All Among Atkins Bills Advancing in Legislature (eastcountymagazine.org)

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed nine bills authored by Sen. Toni Atkins, including SB 2 the Building Homes and Jobs Act – which would create a permanent source of funding for affordable housing.

Also advancing out of the Appropriations Committee were SB 179the Gender Recognition Act – which would make it easier for transgender, nonbinary and intersex Californians to obtain state-issued identity documents that reflect who they truly are, and SB 562the Healthy California Act – which would create a statewide single-payer healthcare system that covers all residents.

The following additional bills cleared the Appropriations Committee and now move on to the Senate floor:

  • SB 223 requires all health plans in California to meet the highest current federal standards in nondiscrimination measures, consumer protections and language-assistance services – no matter what changes might occur to the Affordable Care Act
  • SB 310 – the Name and Dignity Act – establishes the right of people incarcerated in state prisons and county jails to access the courts to obtain a name or gender change
  • SB 625 reestablishes an “honorable discharge” program for juvenile offenders who meet certain criteria, paving an easier path for them to access higher education or vocational training or get a job after their release from incarceration

To read more, visit; Website of Senator Toni G. Atkins: www.senate.ca.gov/Atkins

To read the entire article in the East County Magazine, please click here.

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