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The state’s multibillion-dollar shortfall shapes which spending bills survived the ‘suspense file’ hearings by the Assembly and Senate appropriations committees.
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The California Assembly has approved legislation that would require new gas stoves to carry a label warning users about pollutants that have been linked to respiratory illnesses.
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The Contraceptive Equity Act was originally signed into law in September 2022 but went into effect on Jan. 1.
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Fentanyl is driving California’s deadly overdose crisis. A new law taking effect Jan. 1 targets dealers by increasing criminal penalties for trafficking the drug.
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CapRadio reporters take a look at a few new California laws that may make a difference to you in the coming year, from new rules for building affordable housing to how you interact with police officers and new emission standards for certain small engines (think leaf blowers).
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In 2023, the most diverse California Legislature ever refereed the perennial battle between labor and business and faced public worries on crime and homelessness.
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With few strict rules on what California lawmakers must do, politics, policy priorities and personal preferences determine how much they follow the wishes of voters who put them into office.
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Why Newsom and California lawmakers want the state Supreme Court to remove a 2024 ballot propositionA ballot measure being pushed by business groups could place strict new limits on the ability of state and local governments to raise taxes. But California Democrats — from Governor Gavin Newsom to mayors from around the state — are asking the state Supreme Court to invalidate the proposition and remove it from the 2024 ballot.
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A new law requires K-12 schools to add media literacy to curriculum for English language arts, science, math and history-social studies. Among the lessons will be recognizing fake news.
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A 2020 California law expanded the number of mental health conditions that insurers must cover. Now, lawmakers are reviewing whether the law is working as intended.
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More than 400,000 Californians are expected to get a pay increase under the new law, which gradually raises the minimum wage to $25 an hour for health care employees.
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Up against an Oct. 14 deadline and with more than 700 bills on his desk heading into the weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom decided the fate of bills — a lot of bills.
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Newsom signed two bills requiring large companies to report their financial risks posed by climate change as well as their annual greenhouse gases. But he will work with the Legislature to relax the 2026 deadlines.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided the fate of two more high-profile bills — one on criminal justice and the other on public schools.