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mc32yesterday at 11:26 PM1 replyview on HN

They have passed decent laws like the privacy law although my preference would be a nation-wide law for this to benefit all Americans.

That said these politicians have pushed:

The ban on disinfectant soaps

Stop Shirley bill (charge you for public records in order to suppress access to public information)

Effort to sideline charter schools by teachers unions

Reduced sentences for murderers (this isn't unarmed robbery, etc., rather murderers)

Per mile traveled tax (for a state with the highest gas prices in the lower 48)

Sanction unsafe needle litter (as if there weren’t enough in playgrounds already)

Strangers can assume custody of children without parental consent

Allow politicians to dip into taxpayer money to fund campaigns.

Leniency towards solicitation of minors(!) this was unbelievably passed.


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arjieyesterday at 11:37 PM

It seems overall that they're pretty much just on the frontier of laws that would be considered progressive - increase taxes, consumer protection, control corporations, prison reduction. I think those positions are overall popular. It just seems like you disagree with them. I also prefer many of these rules not be in place but where you like CCPA and hate the road tax, I like the road tax. Overall, the positions seem pretty coherently in-line with the politics viewpoints.

So, I suppose the answer to your original question is: they're slowly grinding forward on a progressive-politics agenda in a public and straightforward manner that's generally popular among the electorate.