New Year’s Day — Thursday, Jan. 1 — marks the start of a new year and a new set of California laws. A wave of new California ...

AB 250 opens a window stretching from January 1, 2026, to December 21, 2027, lifting the statute of limitations for adult ...

After a busy year for the California Legislature, hundreds of new state laws are taking effect in the new year, affecting ...

A new law taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026 expands CARE Court, a mental health program launched by Gov. Gavin Newsom, to include people diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

The laws add immigration status to protected medical information, limit where officers can be at schools and informs workers ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a series of bills last week that address some of the most hot button topics in healthcare, including the practices of pharmacy benefit managers and private ...

Gavin Newsom signed 26 new California laws targeting housing, health and labor. Housing bills AB 130 and SB 131 took effect June 30 to streamline development. Labor and budget bills adjust pay, ...

Pasta and bread have to include folic acid, a vitamin that’s important for infant health. Now, California is requiring that ...

Starting Jan. 1, SB 40 limits health insurance co-pays and deductibles for all types of insulin to $35 a month. The law was ...

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News, covering California. Her investigations, Capitol accountability reports, and solutions-oriented journalism air weekly ...