Government Watch

The new park, located near J. Hart Clinton Drive, will officially open to the public with a party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 4. For more information visit the city's Web site at www.cityofsanmateo.org or call 522-7547.

· The Millbrae City Council is expected to consider an offer from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office at 7 p.m., June 28 in the City Council chambers. The meeting date had been confused with Sept. 14 and Sept. 17, which is when the public is invited to Millbrae NOW meetings to discuss the city's five-year plan. For more information call 259-2334.

· Burlingame and Millbrae's parks and recreation departments are expected to continue merger talks at a public meeting from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., June 7 at the Burlingame Recreation Center, 850 Burlingame Ave. For more information call 558-7300.

State Capitol

·California would be required to set goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7 percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020 under a bill by Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, that was approved by the Assembly 44-29.

Many scientists believe that greenhouse gases, which include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, contribute to global warming.

The bill's supporters said California needs to set its own goals for reducing greenhouse gases because of the federal government's failure to adopt the Kyoto Protocols, an internal agreement accepted by most industrialized nations.

Bill opponents questioned the scientific evidence and warned that the bill could result in policies that would cost California jobs.

Ruskin said the bill could lead to California becoming a center for companies developing nonpolluting technologies.

·California's drivers' license applications will be linked to an online organ and tissue donor registry through a bill authored by state Sen. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, that passed the state Senate 39-0 Tuesday.

More than 60,000 Californians have gone online to register with www.donateLIFEcalifornia.com since the registry was launched in April 2005.

·A bill authored by state Sen. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, that would require high school coaches to complete an educational course on the dangers of steroids and other performance-enhancing dietary supplements passed the state Senate 31-6 Tuesday.

The California Interscholastic Federation, the governing body of high school sports, already passed a similar requirement in early May. Speier's bill also calls for the creation of a list of banned supplements for interscholastic sports and prohibits supplement manufacturers from sponsoring school events.