KCRW Reports
Prioritizing happiness in state laws is focus of new committee
A committee wants to invest in the happiness of Californias with data-proven ideas. But a multi-billion dollar state budget deficit looms over their efforts.
By Chery Glaser • • 5m ListenAnthony Rendon wants state lawmakers to take happiness more seriously. He is chair of the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and a speaker emeritus of the California State Assembly.
The committee met for the first time this week to try to create policies that invest in data-proven ideas to boost Californians’ happiness. But that’s not the state’s first priority as it faces a projected $73 billion budget deficit.
