SCR & SISQ PATRIOTS MEETINGS OCTOBER 12TH, 2023

Only in CA

The Ojai City Council voted 4-1 on Wednesday to recognize the legal rights of

elephants, becoming the first city in the United States to give legal rights to a

non-human animal.

CA Legislative Report for 2023 by Louise Gliatto
February 17, 2023 was the deadline for introducing new bills this
Session, there were 1,751 Assembly Bills and 881 Senate Bills, for a
total of 2,632!!
Here is a very short list of some the most egregious of the bills.
AB 665… passed and signed into law… allows a minor to consent to mental
health treatment or counseling on an outpatient basis, or to residential shelter services, only
if the minor presents a danger of serious physical or mental harm to themselves or to others,
or is the alleged victim of incest or child abuse.

Requires the mental health professional treating or counseling the minor to consult with the
minor before determining whether involvement of the minor’s parent or guardian would be
inappropriate. The bill specifies that a registered psychologist, a registered psychological
assistant, a psychological trainee, an associate clinical social worker, a social work intern, a
clinical counselor trainee working under the supervision of a licensed professional, and a
board-certified psychiatrist is included within the definition of professional person for
purposes of this bill.

AB 5…Passed and Signed into law. Requires the California Department of Education
(CDE) to complete the development of an online training curriculum and online delivery
platform by July 1, 2025, and requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide and
require at least one hour of training annually to all certificated staff, beginning with the
2025-26 school year through the 2029-30 school year, on cultural competency in supporting
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students. Requires
the LEA to maintain documentation on the completion of the training by each employee.
SB 407.Foster Care… Passed and Signed into law would ensure that unless all
potential foster parents are willing to “affirm” LGBTQ gender and sexuality in
foster youth, and any gender transitioning, they will be prohibited by the state
from being foster parents.

AB1078…Passed and signed into law requires instruction in social sciences to
include a study of the role and contributions of people of all genders, Latino
Americans, LGBTQ+ Americans, and members of other ethnic, cultural,
religious, and socioeconomic status groups. By imposing new obligations on local
educational agencies, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.

A B 1228 Passed and signed into law A bill to raise the fast-food minimum wage
to $20 an hour in California with the new wage change to take effect in January
2024.

Some Good News

SB 14, Passed and signed into law. It includes sex trafficking of minors in the
list of crimes that are defined as serious felonies, making the crime a strike under
California’s Three Strikes law. It has been more than a decade since the
California Legislature passed a bill to expand the state’s Three Strikes law.
AB 957 Passed but Vetoed by the Governor ..parent could lose custody for not
“affirming” or agreeing to a child’s claims about gender identity.

• Open Letter: Request for Recognition of Wild Horses’ Right to the Open Range
  Dear Siskiyou County Supervisors & Staff… This is a notice of service. Attached is a letter written on behalf of Wild Horse Fire Brigade requesting that wild horses be given grazing access to California’s open range and to utilize wild horse grazing as a fire management tool. If you have any questions regarding the contents, please direct… Read more: Open Letter: Request for Recognition of Wild Horses’ Right to the Open Range
• To Editor: Media Bias
  Recently a story emerged concerning NPR, National Public Radio, based on an article by Uri Berliner, a long-time editor at NPR, which was published on Bari Weiss’ online news site The Free Press. Link to The Free Press article: https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust?  Here’s a quote from an article by Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University… Read more: To Editor: Media Bias
• Operation Appreciation Event is coming up on Sunday, May 5th!
  Not only will there be fun games, cool gadgets, and K9’s, but some of our local vendors will be there too! Make sure to save the date in your calendar, and we hope to see you thereYreka High School Sunday May 5th from 10 am to 2pm
• Nearly Half Million Salmon Fry Released into Klamath River as Dam Removal Stirs Controversy
  On Tuesday, April 16, joined by leaders from the Karuk, Yurok, Shasta Indian Nation and the Quartz Valley Indian tribes, CDFW released about 90,000 yearling coho salmon. The following day, April 17, CDFW released more than 400,000 fall-run Chinook salmon fry from the same location below Iron Gate. A total of approximately 500,000 juvenile salmon… Read more: Nearly Half Million Salmon Fry Released into Klamath River as Dam Removal Stirs Controversy
• the Obituary of Paul Charles McCanna
  Paul Charles McCanna Obituary Lifelong Yreka resident Paul Charles McCanna passed away unexpectedly on April 22, 2024 at Fairchild Medical Center. He was 62 years old. Paul was born on March 9, 1962 to Jim and Carolyn McCanna in Yreka. He grew up locally, and was a graduating member of Yreka High School, class of… Read more: the Obituary of Paul Charles McCanna