The Latest: Lawmakers punt on remaining budget bills

While the Assembly, Senate and governor have agreed to the bulk of the spending plan for the next fiscal year, a handful of minor provisions remain sticking points.

The move came just after legislators approved a massive investment in the nation's largest population of mentally ill homeless people with a $2 billion bond to build permanent, supportive housing.

Democratic lawmakers say homelessness is a public health crisis affecting tens of thousands more people than those who will be helped with the bond.

The California Legislature is considering up to a dozen gun control bills as Democrats try a last-ditch effort to convince Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to drop his proposed ballot initiative.

The Senate voted Thursday to allow co-workers, mental health workers or others with concerns to seek a restraining order preventing someone from buying or possessing a gun.