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California Renters' Caucus Announces Bill Priorities for this Legislative Session

New Bill Stops Colleges from Punishing Students Who Call 911 During an Overdose

Assemblymember Matt Haney introduces AB 602 to empower California college students to call 911 during an overdose without fear of punishment.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker has introduced legislation that would bar colleges and universities from punishing students who call 911 for help during a drug overdose. Currently students who are found to be in the presence of drugs can be expelled or suspended which strongly discourages students from calling 911.

New Bill Allows Struggling Downtowns to Establish “Hospitality Zones” to Extend Last Call on Weekends and Holidays

Assemblymember Haney’s AB 342 will allow local governments to create Hospitality Zones where they can permit specific venues to extend last call up to 4 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays to attract visitors and the businesses that serve them.

Sacramento, CA - The Chair of the Downtown Recovery Select Committee, Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) has introduced legislation that authorizes cities to create “Hospitality Zones” where they can opt-in to extend “last call” times for specific, permitted venues to 4 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and official state holidays.

New Bill Bans Unfair Junk Fees For Renters

Renters’ Caucus Chair Assemblymember Matt Haney and Attorney General Rob Bonita introduce AB 1248 that will protect 17 million Californians from predatory rental pricing.

Sacramento, CA - California tenants are being hit with unfair junk fees on rent that inflate housing costs making financial planning impossible for the nearly 17 million California renters.

New Bill Gives Tax Relief to Dying California Cannabis Industry

Assemblymember Haney’ s AB 564 will boost California’s legal cannabis economy, which is in sharp decline and losing ground to other states. The bill will combat the threat of the growing illicit market by preventing an unprecedented 25% tax increase.

Sacramento, CA - Today, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D - San Francisco) introduced legislation to protect the legal cannabis industry from the growing threat of the untaxed, illegal cannabis market.

CA Legislature Introduces Bill Requiring Insurance Companies to Cover All PrEP Medications that Stop the Spread of HIV

SACRAMENTO, CA - Today, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) and Senator Scott Weiner (D-San Francisco) announced the introduction of a landmark bill that ensures all insurance companies in the state are required to cover all forms of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)— medications that stop a person from contracting HIV — including the newly approved twice-a-year injectabl