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SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego) announced that his bill, Assembly Bill 253 – the California Residential Private Permitting Review Act – has passed the Legislature and is now on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk.

Sacramento — This year, I introduced AB 446 to stop companies from charging higher prices based on personal information collected through surveillance technology. Unfortunately, misinformation from the opposition and amendments imposed by the Senate Appropriations Committee have weakened the bill to the point where I am not comfortable advancing it this year.