FILE - Cherry blossom, and other flowering trees add to the ambiance at the Crystal Hermitage Gardens at Ananda Village, in Nevada City, Calif., on April 8, 2022. (Elias Funez/The Union via AP, File)
FILE - Assemblyman Anthony Rendon walks with his daughter Vienna before being sworn in as Speaker of the Assembly during the opening session of the California Legislature in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Rendon created the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes to study how state policy can make Californians happier. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, Pool,File)
FILE -Former California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, left, and Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher talk during the Assembly session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Rendon created the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes to study how state policy can make Californians happier. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)
FILE - People visit the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier. It is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and lawmakers held its first hearing this week. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
FILE - Visitors to the pier watch surfers ride the waves in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier. It is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and lawmakers held its first hearing this week. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP, File)