As of July 1, new laws related to the use of weapons, a new gasoline tax and student loans went into effect in California.
Now Californians will face an increase of 0.6 cents per gallon for gasoline, an increase that will generate higher expenses.
“If we are talking about filling your car, it will be 5 to 8 cents in total for that tax. This is the most expensive cost that we have seen for this long weekend in 7 years, since 2014, “said Sergio Ávila, spokesman for the AAA agency in Northern California.
Another measure includes the change with juvenile prisons, which will stop receiving new inmates and will close completely in 2023.
“This will allow young people to serve their sentences close to their communities,” said Vamsey Palagummi, spokesperson for the CURYJ organization.
Counties will now house youth who commit crimes and offer local rehabilitation programs.
Likewise, other laws that will be in force are those that will offer more protections for students with student loans, the law that will not allow the purchase of more than one semiautomatic rifle and one pistol in a period of 30 days and a new mental health regulation called the Laura Law, which has generated debate among homeless advocates.
The latter will allow judges to compel people with serious mental illness to undergo intensive treatment, provided there is a history of hospitalization, incarceration or aggressive behavior.
“There are not enough beds, doctors, professionals to help them, and if right now without the law they don’t have enough place for people, how are they going to do later,” explained Robert Aguirre, spokesman for Homeless Union Santa Clara.
Additionally, people who text or call while driving will receive a point on their license if the officer stops them a second time in a 3-year period, and if they are under 18, they will automatically receive a point on their license for the first offense.
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