Under Prop. 36, California will once again imprison people with drug problems. It’s a return to the failed War on Drugs.
Under Prop. 36, California will once again imprison people with drug problems. It’s a return to the failed War on Drugs.
Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters, said that the legislation “will protect Californians from surging gas prices.” Aguiar-Curry and state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, co-authored the bill and claimed that it has consumer and worker protections included.
State Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat representing Berkeley, said the proposal is about saving money for consumers. “While global crude prices are not something we can control, a shortage of refined gasoline is something that we can prepare for,” she said.
“ABX2-1 does not ask oil refineries to do anything they haven’t done before,” said state Senator Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat who carried the bill, which would sunset on Jan. 1, 2033, in her chamber.
"Gasoline shortages over the last couple of years caused prices, at times, to spike between 40 to 75 cents per gallon... there were 63 days when California refineries maintained less than 15 days of gas supply," Skinner said during the Senate's Friday hearing.
"This is an important consumer protection measure," said State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley.
“I’m really happy this got out” said Senator Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat who co-authored the measure, “it was a great day.”
On Wednesday, Skinner and Bradford released a letter, along with bill co-sponsors Ramogi Huma of the National College Players Association and antitrust economist Andy Schwarz, to California colleges and universities urging them to take advantage of the law by entering into direct NIL agreements with their players.