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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law limiting the use of so-called Perkins operations against young people. The undercover stings are under scrutiny at the California Supreme Court.
California's approach to keeping communities safe is showing... Assemblymember Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento, said college students can be...
The bill, authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney, D-San Francisco, and... California law already prescribes criminal penalties for misuse of...
The Berkeley City Council voted to keep a ban on police use of... Mayor Adena Ishii made the reason for her opposition clear, saying “now...
... Calif., on Thursday, June 25, 2015. A bill being introduced by state Assemblymember Matt Haney seeks to create criminal penalties for law...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission...
What gaps do you see in the law today?" Stephanie Sierra asked Orange County state Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County). Umberg authored legislation this...
"This is not the police department of the day that I really experienced as a community activist," Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee told reporters at a...
Barbara Lee, the Oakland mayor, said in a statement that a court in California found that the department had "achieved substantial compliance...
Among the measures is Assembly Bill 1845 by Assemblymember Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento, which requires California colleges and universities to adopt...
Senate Bill 948 expands California's firearm safety certificate... Noe Padilla is a Northern California Reporter for USA Today. Contact...
UPDATED with CA AG statement, Block The Merger response: A... Twelve AGs led by Rob Bonta of California had been moving the antitrust...
... Stephanie Nguyen, a Democratic Assemblymember from Elk Grove. Some civil rights and prisoner advocacy groups raised concerns about the proposals...
California bans 'shock' gloves. Law enforcement barred from using... Democratic California Assemblymember Lashae Sharp-collins said she...
September 30, 2026 - OAKLAND — On Tuesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), released a report on...
The local ACLU said the automated license plate readers violate constitutional privacy rights.
A federal judge approved last week's settlement of an antitrust lawsuit filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and other state attorneys...
A request for comment from San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's office was not immediately returned. Along with privacy concerns from what the lawsuit...
Other public officials such as California Senator Alex Padilla voiced his opposition to this new technology. Newsom signed this bill in addition...
San Francisco officials identified Yuan Jun Zhu, 80, as the... In a statement, Mayor Daniel Lurie said he was “deeply saddened by the death.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing back against claims that he and 11 other state AGs caved on their settlement resolving antitrust...
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D- Calif.) joined Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in reintroducing the Police Training and Independent Review Act,...
Over the weekend Gov. Gavin Newsom signed ten new gun safety bills into law, many aimed at strengthening gun safety protections.
