The evolution and future of marijuana in the US
This is the State of California: Doug Sovern and Patti Reising are away today. The Justice Department has proposed reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule 3 drug, which would ease federal restrictions on cannabis if approved. This move, deemed "monumental" by President Biden, follows his moves to …
Berkeley becomes the first CA city to let residents sell ADU's as condos
This is the State of California, Doug Sovern is off today. Berkeley is making history by being the first city in California to allow residents to sell their accessory dwelling units, otherwise known as ADU's, as condominiums within the next year. These days, owning a home is becoming more out of …
Starting soon, CA restaurants will have to inform customers of all fees
The debate over restaurants items being categorized as goods and services is heating up. Starting July 1st, businesses in California will have to inform customers of any fees before they get the bill, and many restaurants are not happy with it. As that date approaches, the California Restaurant As…
Alliance for Safer Use of Psychedelics launches amid magic mushroom bill talks
This is “The State, Of California,” Doug Sovern is away, today KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising are joined by Jared Moffat, Campaign Director for the Alliance for the Safer Use of Psychedelics As a bill to legalize magic mushrooms and other hallucinogens goes before an Assembly appropr…
Newsom unveils revised budget plan
Governor Newsom announced a revised budget plan this morning, acknowledging a $28 billion deficit. However, the true deficit could be closer to $45 billion. This proposal includes significant cuts to both one-time and ongoing spending, with a reduction in state operations and the elimination of 10…
Inside look at the anti-semitism hearing at Capitol Hill for K-12 superintendents
The issue of anti-semitism in the schools took center stage this week as a Congressional subcommittee, controlled by Republicans, summoned the superintendents of several K thru 12 school districts to Capitol Hill for a hearing, including the leader of the Berkeley Unified School District, Enikia Fo…
SF decreases it's homeless population: The progress and what more can be done
Two new reports say the city of San Francisco and the state of California are making significant progress in the homelessness crisis, but are things really getting better, or are unhoused people just being shuffled somewhere else, with a shortage of shelter beds still a very real problem? San Fran…
RFK Jr. continues to be a wild card in presidential race
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his aggressive campaign to shake up the presidential race. He has qualified for the ballot in at least ten states now, including California. And in a sign that the Biden and Trump campaigns are no longer dismissing Kennedy as a fringe third pa…
Hamas accepts outside ceasefire terms, Israel to study details before response
There was dancing in the streets in Gaza today, after Hamas announced that it had accepted a ceasefire proposal in its war with Israel But it turns out that Hamas has proposed new terms for a deal, that Israel is still studying before it decides whether to say yes Talks had been at an impasse bef…
Biden Administration to allow thousands of DACA immigrants access to ACA
The Biden Administration announced today it's allowing thousands of DACA immigrants to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance for next year's coverage. This move will give roughly 100-thousand immigrants, who were brought to the US as children, the opportunity to access federal heal…