California state legislature to decide on six bills ‘critically important’ to Jews
As the High Holidays loom, the fates of six bills that are “critically important” to California Jews will be decided before the state legislature on Thursday, David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, told JNS. “In…
Assessment
California is approaching a legislative inflection point for six bills deemed vital to the Jewish community, with floor votes expected before a single committee. The bills will be weighed during the High Holiday period, lending a religiously resonant urgency to secular political decisions. David Bocarsly of Jewish California frames the outcome as a matter of communal life or death. The immediate watch point is whether all six bills survive their committee hearing and advance to final legislative votes.