https://reason.com/2023/09/08/california-lawmakers-approve-bill-decriminalizing-magic-mushrooms/

"California might soon become the third state to decriminalize natural psychedelics. On Thursday, lawmakers in the state Senate approved S.B. 58, which removes criminal penalties for the personal possession and use of psilocybin-containing mushrooms, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and mescaline by people 21 years and older.

The state Assembly approved the bill on Wednesday."

""California's veterans, first responders, and others struggling with PTSD, depression, and addiction deserve access to these promising plant medicines," state Sen. Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco), the bill's author, said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. "It's time to stop criminalizing people who use psychedelics for healing or personal well-being.""

"California is paring back onerous environmental reviews of new housing projects."

"Under the old regime, localities would have to study the impact of new subsidized housing when issuing permits for the housing and when funding the new housing."