Lawmakers passed hundreds of bills in 2024, addressing issues including shoplifting, marijuana and artificial intelligence.

B Originally published Dec. 26, 2024 Cannabis cafes and expanded outdoor drinking? An end to a banking fee? More protections ...

Scores of new California laws are going into effect in 2025 after Gov. Gavin Newsom took action on hundreds of bills that crossed his desk last year.

During California's latest two-year legislative session, nearly 5,000 bills were introduced, with almost half failing without ...

The California Legislature passed hundreds of bills in 2024, many of which went into effect on Jan. 1 and touch nearly every ...

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) highlighted 12 new laws passed during the most recent legislative session that he says will ease the financial burdens facing many Californians ...

California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) highlighted 12 new laws passed during the most recent legislative session that he says will ease the financial burdens facing many Californians and ...

These are among the roughly 1,000 new laws hitting California ... recent legislative session ending this fall, a two-year period that saw nearly half die without a single vote. In all, lawmakers ...

A new year brings new state laws, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing hundreds of bills addressing many of California's pressing ...

Experts say the laws passed in 2024 represent a slight shift away from a more recent focus on decreasing incarceration but won’t push California back to its tougher policies of the 1980s.