The 2024 legislative session is just underway and in addition to agenda items like closing a massive $68 billion budget deficit, the governor and lawmakers face many big issues on the docket. Scott Shafer and Guy Marzorati check in with CalMatters reporter Sameea Kamal, who is in Sacramento as the Legislature kicks off with a Gaza protest.
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No Business-as-Usual as Protesters Disrupt Day 1 of New Legislative Session
After the lights had been turned off, protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza use the lights from cell phones to demonstrate during the first day of the California legislative session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. The Assembly session was just getting started when protesters wearing matching black t-shirts stood up in the gallery and started singing "Cease-fire now" and "Let Gaza Live." The Assembly adjourned the session. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)
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