Civil Rights and Liberties

... Ash Kalra's office to rally for an end to child marriage in the state... No lawmakers in the California Senate and State Assembly voted against the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1709; a bipartisan measure authored by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal; that strips platforms of autoplay and...

Native American Day is now a paid holiday for California state workers. “ California... Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1841 by Assemblymember James C.

Mayor Karen Bass is worried federal authorities could remove unhoused people from the streets of Los Angeles around venues ahead of the 2028 Summer...

C.); Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride, and U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D- Calif.), who chairs the Congressional Equality Caucus, are among the 65...

Companies with more than $100 million in annual worldwide gross receipts will be required to search their records and submit sworn disclosures about slavery-related transactions.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 626 into law on... Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas framed the bill as a human rights and racial...

Rep. Valerie Foushee wants to put civil rights and liberties at the center of the debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence. Reps. Ted Lieu...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed SB 1387, a bill that expands California's legal definition of ethnicity “to include Jewish identity”...

Assembly bill 1267, which governor Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday, prohibits minors from being issued a marriage license or establishing a domestic...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said his state's response is “hell no,” adding, “We have been a safe haven for reproductive rights, and we...

The governor’s historic apology was undercut by his veto of two bills that would have given tribes more say over land and water issues, critics say.

Both bills were authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino), who chairs the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. Jewish California also...

30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Bill AB 1267, setting 18 as the minimum age for marriage in the state, with no exceptions. The bill...

Courtney Stodden is celebrating after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning child marriage in California... and she's giving him a very...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning child marriage. The state now requires people be at least 18 years old before they can...

California Governor Gavin Newsom Credit: (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images). Governor Gavin...

The governor of California has signed into law a ban on child marriage. What is the status of other efforts to ban the practice? And do bans prove effective?

Thursday's event is sponsored by Mayor Victor Gordo and District 3... Pasadena Convention Center – Visit Pasadena. San Gabriel Valley...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom completed his final round of bill signings as governor, addressing nearly 1200 bills sent to him by lawmakers this...