secretary of state shirley weber, thank you so much for that insight. and some perspective as to the work that's being done in your office right now. and yes, we all will be watching and waiting to see what the supreme court has to say about this. again, thank you for your time. >> well, thank you for the opportunity. appreciate it. >> up next, many california homeowners will have to pay even more for home insurance. guess who it impacts? and by how much? we'll get policies will soon see a drastic rate increase. on average 20. the company just received approval from state regulators. state farm is the largest home insurer in california. joining us live now is joel lautier, consumer advocate from united policyholders. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> first, can you tell us who this will impact specific early? >> yeah, i couldn't say who specifically. when you get a rate increase of this magnitude approved by the department of insurance, it plays out differently for every homeowner, perhaps in the state based on the territory they liv

and another political news today on getting answers, i asked california secretary of state shirley weber about the decision to keep donald trump on the primary ballot. >> we're covered by our election code and our election code, basically, uh, it tells us what who's qualified to be on the ballot and who's not. but it also doesn't give us the authority to remove people from the ballot unless it's written in the codes. and so we then have to go to court. and that's why you often hear a lot of court cases in california that is there now we've had people to file complaints with us, with the courts and unfortunate or fortunately, depending on what side you're on, the courts have tossed out every, um, every one of the cases that have come forward. weber added, this is why it's important for the supreme court to take up the issue. >> colorado and maine disqualify trump from their ballots and the main decision was appealed yesterday, and trump's legal team appealed. the colorado ruling to the supreme court today, building a better bay area means ending ramps at drug dealing and drug use in san f

abc seven news spoke with california secretary of state shirley weber on the decision to keep him onmaine had this requirement that if a 3 or 4 people basically complain and said someone should not be on the ballot, then they would form this, then they required the secretary of state to call a meeting in five days to do this, to do that, and then to make those decisions. >> we don't have that provision in california. we're we're we're covered by our election code and our election code, basically. uh tells us what who's qualified to be on the ballot and who's not. but it also doesn't give us the authority to, to remove people from the ballot unless it's written in the codes. and so we then have to go to court. >> weber added that she and her office spent hundreds of hours working on their decision. hundreds of protests shot down a legislative session at the state capitol. these demonstrators were calling for a ceasefire in the israel and hamas war. lawmakers were not discussing israel resolutions at the time. the session had just started when the activists started chanting ceasefire n

today, abc seven spoke with california secretary of state shirley weber on the decision to keep donalde primary ballot here. >> and so maine had this requirement that if a 3 or 4 people basically complained and said someone should not be on the ballot, then they would form this uh- then they required the secretary of state to call a meeting in five days to do this, to do that, and then to make those decisions. we don't have that provision in california. we're we're we're covered by our election code and our election code, basically. uh it tells us what who's qualified to be on the ballot and who's not. but it also doesn't give us the authority to remove people from the ballot unless it's written in the codes. and so we then have to go to court. >> she added that she and her office spent hundreds of hours working on their decision. in a group of house republicans is turning up the pressure on the biden administration to stem the flow of migrants across the southern border. but the president blames republicans for rejecting his border security proposals meant to alleviate the issue. abc

this incident comes just days after kounalakis urged california secretary of state shirley weber to removeld trump from the state's primary ballot. a spokesperson for the lieutenant governor said she believes the swatting was related to her push to try and do that. >> a new bill is being introduced to allow amsterdam style cannabis cafes in california. last year, governor newsom vetoed that measure. it would have let local governments license cannabis shops to offer food and drinks, and to sell tickets to live performances. san francisco assembly member matt haney is behind that legislation. he says it would help both struggling cannabis businesses and empty downtown districts. >> a new housing report finds landlords in marin and two other counties are discriminating against latino renters and families with children. fair housing advocates of northern california investigated 60 rental property landlords in at random in marin solano and sonoma counties and they found some level of discrimination at 58% of the properties, 52% of test calls to landlords revealed evidence of discrimination aga

abc seven spoke with california's secretary of state, shirley weber, on the decision to keep him on the primary ballot here. >> and so maine had this requirement that if a 3 or 4 people basically complained and said someone should not be on the ballot, then they would form this, then they required the secretary of state to call a meeting in five days. to do this , to do that, and then to make those decisions. we don't have that provision in california. we're, we're we're covered by our election code and our election code, basically, uh- tells us what who's qualified to be on the ballot and who's not. but it also doesn't give us the authority to remove people from the ballot unless it's written in the codes. and so we then have to go to court. >> weber added that she and her office spent hundreds of hours working on their decision. >> hundreds of protesters shut down a legislative session calling for a cease fire in the israeli hamas war at the state capitol yesterday, the state assembly had to adjourn just moments after convening. they just said the pledge of allegiance when the activis