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

2024 was the year California cracked down on homeless encampments. Fed up with tents taking up sidewalks, parks and vacant ...

For the first time since Proposition 36 passed overwhelmingly — 68% to 32% — in November, Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly addressed the matter. At a press conference in crime-racked Oakland, the governor ...