Proposed bill to allow teens to get vaccine without parental consent gains momentum
If very young Californians want to get a COVID vaccination without their parents' approvals, should they be able to get them? The answer to that is likely to be yes and soon
Preteens may be vaxed without parents under California bill
State Sen. Wiener's legislation is permissive, not a mandate, but any vaccination legislation has been hugely controversial in California and elsewhere.
San Francisco could get a safe drug consumption site as early as next spring
The City of San Francisco is pursuing a policy to allow safe consumption sites to address the problem of drug overdoses and open use on city streets.
California enacts 2 laws to slice through local zoning rules
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved two measures to slice through local zoning ordinances as the most populous state struggles with an affordable housing shortage.
California advances decriminalizing psychedelic substances
California has moved another step closer to decriminalizing psychedelics amid a debate over whether their prohibition is an outdated remnant of the War on Drugs.
California Senate OKs supervised sites for drug users
The state Senate passed a bill on Thursday by just one vote that would allow the programs in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles County.
Inflection Point: Bay Area lawmakers, community condemn anti-Asian hate
A handful of Bay Area elected officials and community leaders gathered in Portsmouth Square to denounce the wave of attacks against Asian Americans.
Lawmakers urge California give more vaccine priority to Bay Area's most vulnerable
Only 10 ZIP codes in the Bay Area are prioritized through this formula, while 79 ZIP codes in Los Angeles County and 39 ZIP codes in San Bernardino County have been identified.
California bill would block inmate transfers to ICE custody
Sen. Scott Wiener has authored a bill that would block California inmate transfers to ICE custody.
Sen. Wiener introduces bill that would decriminalize psychedelics
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Thursday unveiled a bill to decriminalize the use and possession of some psychedelic drugs.
Parklets proliferate from dozens to more than 2,000 in San Francisco
The city has seen a massive proliferation from a few dozen parklets, to more than 2,000 with a thousand more in the pipeline.
California could decriminalize psychedelic drugs
A California lawmaker wants the state to decriminalize possession of magic mushrooms and other psychedelics as part of an agenda to ratchet down the war on drugs.
State Sen. Wiener targeted for bill to even out sanctions for sex offenses
California Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to changing how younger offenders, specifically those who identify as LGBTQ, are added to the state's sex offender registry.
Problems at California unemployment department
Assemblymember David Chiu and state Senator Scott Wiener, both Democrats from San Francisco, set their sights on the Employment Development Department on Thursday in a Zoom meeting where select residents shared their frustrations with accessing unemployment benefits.
FDA eases blood donation guidelines for gay men, LGBTQ+ community
The Food and Drug Administration has eased its blood donation guidelines for gay men, and others in the LGBTQ+ community to give.
Sen. Wiener introduce bill to streamline affordable housing production throughout California
Under Senate Bill 899, nonprofit hospitals and faith institutions like churches, synagogues and mosques, would be able to build up to 150 affordable housing units on their excess property, regardless if local zoning prohibits that type of housing.
Speaking with Scott Wiener during SF Democratic watch party
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California lawmaker proposes financial incentive for meth addicts who stop using drugs
California State Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would provide financial rewards to meth addicts who stop using drugs.
Bay Area housing numbers fall by 30 percent in 2019
Despite a narrative that housing construction in the Bay Area is going gangbusters, the number of units built last year was nearly 10,000 shy of the year before, according to preliminary data from the Construction Industry Research Board and assembled Friday by Bay City News Service.
State Sen. Scott Wiener to propose law to have state take over PG&E
State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced Monday he plans to propose a law to have the state take over PG&E and run it as a publicly owned utility.