Shubho supports SB 895. Biotechnology education is credible only when it reflects an active research economy, and California's laboratories are the concrete reference point our curriculum depends upon. By stabilizing that infrastructure against federal volatility, SB 895 preserves both the integrity of what we teach and the pathways our students intend to enter. We urge its passage to the ballot and its approval by voters.
California sustains the densest concentration of biomedical research capacity in the nation, yet contractions in federal funding across the NIH, NSF, and CDC have left critical programs in oncology, neurodegeneration, and pandemic preparedness exposed. SB 895 authorizes a 23 billion dollar general obligation bond for the November 2026 ballot and establishes a state foundation empowered to fund research that has lost federal support.
Shubho supports AB 887. Modern biotechnology is computational, and students who finish high school without computer science start any life sciences pathway at a disadvantage. This bill targets that inequality through a concrete grant mechanism. We want it to reach the Governor's desk.
Nearly half of California high schools offer no computer science course, and the gap falls hardest on low income students and groups underrepresented in the field. AB 887 creates a demonstration grant program to expand high school computer science access and directs the state to build a statewide implementation guide.
Shubho supports AB 2071. The bill embeds digital wellness within existing health instruction, addressing a gap students themselves have pointed to, and it does so by building knowledge rather than imposing restriction. That approach matches our conviction that informed students make sounder decisions than supervised ones. We urge its adoption as a statewide baseline.
AB 2071 requires digital wellness content to be embedded within existing health education courses in California schools. Rather than creating a standalone mandate, the bill works through the curriculum already in place. Students helped document the need for this content, and the bill treats them as informed participants rather than subjects of prohibition.