California Democrats have gutted a bipartisan bill that would have made it a felony to solicit sex from minors of any age, including 16- and 17-year-olds. Despite backing from Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom and Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic legislators on the Assembly Public Safety Committee stripped the felony provision from Assembly Bill 379, drawing national backlash.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to block California's plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, moving to repeal waivers permitted under the Biden administration that allowed the state to implement a phase-out plan against the vehicles.
California's state-run health insurance marketplace, Covered California, has come under scrutiny for transmitting users' sensitive health information to LinkedIn without their knowledge.
Democrats in California's State Assembly Public Safety Committee voted to block legislation that would have prohibited biologically male inmates, including convicted sex offenders, from being housed in women’s prisons.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced that the state has implemented three tools in a partnership with GenAI in an effort he described as "DOGE but better."
California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas has introduced Senate Bill 560, proposing to decriminalize certain instances of welfare fraud involving amounts under $25,000.
The Department of Education has opened an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, after it failed to disclose its foreign gifts and contracts.
