Elections-related bills signed into law will allow disabled voters to vote curbside, permit mail-in ballots to be processed like in-person votes and treat double-voting as a misdemeanor, among other changes. 

Housing developments will now be more streamlined with less red tape, density laws can be overruled in the interest of housing, and institutions like colleges or religious organizations can now use portions of their property to build housing.

States across the United States are banning the practice of billing kids for the cost of their foster care. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar effort in California, citing costs to the state.

Juror pay, cannabis cafes and psychedelics got the axe. Water rights, workers’ rights and renters’ rights were signed.

Proponents originally sought seven days of sick leave. The bill also extends protections against retaliation to workers who are in a union.

By late Sunday, the governor’s office confirmed that his appointment to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein would be free to run for a full term in 2024.

The death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein means that Gov. Newsom has to decide who will fill her seat. He has said he would appoint a caretaker, not one of the three Democrats who are already running.

More than half a million fast-food workers, mostly minorities and women, will earn higher minimum wage, but some say that’s not a living wage.

The California Democrat, the oldest member of Congress, had suffered a precipitous decline in health in recent months.

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a tax on firearms and ammunition, among other new gun control laws. California’s remaining gun manufacturers wonder if they have a future.

The bills require 5,300 companies that do business in California and have revenues exceeding $1 billion to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and financial risks from climate change

Unions won major victories in this year’s legislative session on pay for fast food and health care workers, benefits for strikers and bargaining rights. Business groups say labor has too much power at the Capitol. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas says unions are counting on lawmakers to deliver results.

The curriculum focuses on the history, culture, struggle and contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans and Latinx Americans. The model curriculum also includes lesson plans on other communities, including Filipino Americans, Jewish Americans, Arab Americans, Sikh Americans, Armenian Americans and others.

Ballot measure campaigns are already building their war chests for the costly fight to come, raising more than $60 million since January.

Three of the biggest housing bonds in state history are bound for the 2024 ballot. But with no shortage of crises facing the state, California can only borrow so much and voters may succumb to bond fatigue.

The California Attorney General's Office defended the department's position in a brief it filed in the case last week.