California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
DON THOMPSON and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the...
California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO — California will become the first U.S. state to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against other people.
Gov....
California extends window to file work harassment complaints
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation extending the window of time for workers to file harassment, discrimination or retaliation complaints...
California outlines ways to comply with upcoming privacy law
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
Companies must notify California residents of their data privacy rights in plain language and must verify people's identities before releasing...
California voters may be asked to steer homeless to services
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California voters could decide next year whether to create new county courts to steer homeless people to mental...
California bans hotels from using tiny plastic bottles
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Hotels in the nation's most populous state will have to stop giving guests small plastic shampoo bottles under a new law...
California won’t ban ‘misleading’ political party names
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required a staunchly conservative political party to change its name.
Newsom...
New California laws aim to speed housing construction
SACRAMENTO (AP) — A new California law aims to stop communities from delaying construction of new housing projects.
It's one of 18 housing bills signed...
California bans pesticide linked to brain damage in children
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California environmental officials say a popular agricultural pesticide they say has been linked to brain damage in...
New California law expands same-day voter registration
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California will allow voters to register on Election Day at all polling places in 2020.
Legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom...