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Rap lyrics barred as evidence in California courts under new law meant to prevent jury bias

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Friday that bars prosecutors from using rap lyrics and other forms of creative art as evidence in court, a measure intended to prevent attorneys from creating bias against defendants.

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New law aims to make California haven for transgender youth

A new law aims to stop other states from punishing children who come to California for gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday

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California governor vetoes limits on solitary confinement

Bill vetoed by Gavin Newsom would have imposed variety of limits on a practice UN expert says can be a form of torture.

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California won't forgive parking tickets for homeless after Newsom veto

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have required cities to forgive parking tickets for homeless Californians.

Los Angeles Times

Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to end indefinite solitary confinement in California, citing safety concerns

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Thursday to limit solitary confinement in California's jails, prisons and private detention centers, rejecting advocates' hopes to restrict a practice that many experts have likened to torture.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom signs bill protecting transgender youths and families fleeing red-state policies

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Again heralding California as a refuge from discriminatory policies in conservative states, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law on Thursday that aims to protect transgender youths and their families from bans against gender-affirming care.

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Commentary: Why phone calls from prison should be free

Angel Rice’s second job is unpaid, and the hours stink. They start at 6 a.m. when she checks her phone for messages that have come in overnight from women who are struggling to support a family member locked up in a California state prison.

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Newsom breaks from fellow Democrats and aligns with the enemy on Lyft-backed Prop. 30

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This is very rare: a California governor on the opposite side of his state party on a major public policy issue.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Endorsement: The nation needs Alex Padilla in the US Senate

When Alex Padilla took over Kamala Harris’ seat in the U.S. Senate in 2021, he quickly proved that Gov. Gavin Newsom had made a wise appointment, stepping confidently onto the national stage at a moment of intense political turmoil. On Nov. 8, voters will be asked to give him his…

Los Angeles Times

New California law will require job postings to include salary ranges

Companies with 15 or more employees in California will be required to list salary ranges for all job postings under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week.

Los Angeles Times

Vacant stores will become homes more easily under new California laws

Local government officials say the laws undermine their authority and cut their tax base, but it's a long-sought win for affordable housing advocates, who say such sites are ready-made for apartments.

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Lyrics helped send these rappers to prison. Should California protect ‘creative expressions’?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Anerae Brown was on the rise as an up-and-coming rap artist when he joined a crime that turned deadly: the 1992 slaying of Meadowview community activist Patricia Harris.

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Gavin Newsom shoots down bill to offer unemployment help to undocumented Californians

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom late Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made undocumented immigrants eligible for California unemployment benefits.

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California governor approves farmworker unionization law

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved one of the most contentious bills before him this year

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President Joe Biden ‘hardwired for a different world,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has shifted his tough political talk to Democrats and President Joe Biden, saying the party has a “messaging problem” and the president is “hardwired for a different world.”

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Gavin Newsom hits out at Dem failure to make clear that GOP-run states have worse gun crime

California governor has criticised Democratic messaging consistently over last several months

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California governor signs laws to boost housing production

Two new laws in California will let developers bypass local governments to build housing on commercial land

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New California law requires employers to report pay data. What does it mean for businesses?

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed the state's pay transparency law that will require California businesses to disclose compensation and demographic data for their workers starting next year.

The Independent UK

California becomes first state to ban testing of harmful chemicals on dogs and cats for consumer products

The law goes into effect on 1 January

Los Angeles Times

Firearms groups challenge California gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

Firearms groups have filed a widely anticipated legal challenge against a California gun law modeled after Texas' vigilante antiabortion legislation.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Gavin Newsom for president? He’s impressing Democratic insiders with blasts at Republicans

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s public slugfests with the governors of Texas and Florida over immigration and abortion is generating important national attention. But perhaps even more importantly — assuming he has further political aspirations — his more aggressive demeanor is endearing him to influential Democratic insiders.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California

Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement in a case brought by plaintiffs who had been held in isolation for 10 years or longer in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, near Crescent City.

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RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan challenges his parole denial

Sirhan Sirhan, who assassinated presidential candidate Robert F

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