California Legislature Reviews Past Bills

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers in California are starting to roll out a new oversight review process to ensure bills passed in previous years are meeting residents' needs. So far, 14 bills passed since 2015 by lawmakers currently in office have been picked to undergo the process. All 14 bills were introduced by Democratic members of the state Assembly, according to a list released by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas' office. Assemblymember Gail Pellerin is the author of one of the bills, Assembly Bill 2496, which was passed in 2014 and aimed to help foster families. “Our hopes are that we have a solid path forward for our foster family homes to get the insurance they need to take care of our most vulnerable youth in California,” Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, told The Center Square on Friday. “We hit a barrier, a stopping point, where we basically put a Band-Aid on the problem, and now we’re looking for the long-term solution,” Pellerin said. Previous years’ bills passed in the Assembly and sig