California’s agricultural sector plays a key role in fighting our climate crisis. On the one hand, agriculture emits approximately 8% of the state’s total greenhouse gases. That percentage would be much higher if it accounted for emissions throughout the entire food and farming supply chain. On the other hand, climate change—drought, flooding, wildfires, and extreme temperatures—also disrupts farms and food systems.

Today the names of Black women are synonymous with California politics. Women such as future Congress members Barbara Lee; Diane Watson; Maxine Waters, who went viral reclaiming her time in 2017; and Karen Bass, who recently was elected Los Angeles’ first female and second Black mayor. Women like Holly Mitchell, who created legislation that solidified African Americans’ “natural” right to wear their hair however they want in the workplace.

On Friday, California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) Chair Lori Wilson (D-Suisun) announced that she is receiving treatment for Breast Cancer.

The lawmaker, who was elected last year, thanked supporters for all the love and support she has received and assured constituents that she will still be fighting for their interests.

Most of the the people incarcerated by the state of California are required to work while serving their prison sentences. The labor they do includes construction work, hospice care, computer coding and firefighting (joining fire crews is volunteer-based).

A bill to create an infant formula stockpile for the state of California prepared for Committee discussion this week following Committee placement last week.