Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law banning excessively loud advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime that could become a de facto national standard.
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law two measures aimed at limiting the influence of wealthy donors in California elections and guarding against efforts designed to manipulate voter participation, including “election sweepstakes.”
Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills into law aimed at protecting the state's elections from interference from what he calls "sweepstakes from billionaires seeking to buy elections."
Governor Newsom signed two new laws to strengthen California’s democracy — giving local communities the power to create publicly financed elections and cracking down on schemes that try to buy or manipulate voter participation.
Only a few hundred petitions have been filed for California care courts, compared to the thousands the state initially projected. In response, Sen. Tom Umberg has introduced legislation to expand the number of applicants.
One day before the Trump administration deployed U.S. Marines to confront protesters in Los Angeles, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to direct the military to detain or arrest “lawbreakers,” a move one expert called “a grave escalation.”
One of California's most powerful lawyers, Tom Girardi, was sentenced Tuesday to 87 months in federal prison -- a stunning downfall for the disbarred attorney who built his name fighting for the injured but spent the twilight of his career stealing from them.
State Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) is looking to help fund drug treatment courts and make them available for residents across California under two bills as local law enforcement agencies and courts start to arrest and convict people under a new state law.