Editorial: The new California laws that will affect you in 2020

SB419, from state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, prohibits California public and charter schools from suspending K-8 students for “willful defiance.” Studies have shown that such suspensions drive students out of school and are used disproportionately against students of color. …

The biggest housing bill the state Legislature managed to pass was Skinner’s SB330, which bars local governments from creating new rules likely to reduce housing production and slashes the time it takes to obtain building permits.

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