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On LQBTQ+ representation, advocacy group Equality California expects California will, at the minimum, maintain its numbers. In 2022, California became the first state to achieve parity — with 10% LGBTQ+ legislators, the same as estimates of the state’s population., spokesperson for Equality California, via email: “All incumbent LGBTQ+ legislators advanced out of their primaries and will likely be joined in November by out LGBTQ+ candidates running for open seats….
A change still requires a two-thirds majority of both the state Assembly and Senate and the governor’s signature. Permanently keeping daylight saving time also But California lawmakers can’t quite agree what standard we should stick with. In 2021, then-Assemblymember Steven Choi proposed a measure toNiello, however, says that last fall, lawmakers from Oregon and Washington reached out to him about making standard time permanent, saying that it would be a “good idea” for the West Coast to align their clocks. There are also similar bills in Idaho and Utah.