Newsom signs newborn DNA storage law, prompted by CBS News California investigation
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state's newborn genetic biobank.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state's newborn genetic biobank.
Lawmakers quietly amended a bill prompted by a decade-long CBS investigation into California's Newborn Genetic Biobank. They removed the part that requires the state to reveal who is using our DNA for research and why.
The California State Capitol doesn't generally work the way people think it does. We're following bills prompted by our reporting, to show you how things really work inside California's Capitol.
California law says genetic testing companies have to get your permission before they store, use or sell your DNA, but the state itself doesn't have to get your permission and has been storing DNA samples from every baby born there since the '80s. Lawmakers want to change that, but face an uphill battle.
Should you have the right to know that the state is storing your child's DNA and that they may sell it to researchers or give it to law enforcement without your consent? The sponsors of a new bill think you should.
In the wake of the controversy over allegations that San Francisco police used a victim's rape-kit DNA to later identify her as a suspect in a crime, there are renewed privacy concerns related to California's biobank, which stores DNA samples from nearly every child born in the state.
It's a little known fact: California stores newborn blood spots collected from every child born in the state. Parents don't have to consent, so many don't even know. So what is the state doing with them and why didn't they ask permission? CBS13 is getting answers.
Many people don't realize that California keeps a DNA sample from nearly every baby born in the state. But CBS 13 has confirmed that DNA from those stored Newborn Bloodspots helped crack this 2007 cold case.
If you were born in California after 1983, your DNA may be stored by the government and may even be in the hands of outside researchers.
This might come as a surprise to California natives in their 20s and early 30s: The state owns your DNA.
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Shoppers at the Westfield Fashion Square shopping mall in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday night were forced to shelter in place due to a smash-and-grab robbery at the Macy's store, police said.
The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled that officers acted out of policy when they shot Weezer bassist's ex-wife Jillian Lauren last year.
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Shoppers at the Westfield Fashion Square shopping mall in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday night were forced to shelter in place due to a smash-and-grab robbery at the Macy's store, police said.
The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled that officers acted out of policy when they shot Weezer bassist's ex-wife Jillian Lauren last year.
Mayor Karen Bass announced an initiative to install 60,000 solar-powered streetlights after the city accrued a decade-long backlog of repair requests.
Though Dodger Stadium's name remains unchanged, the field will be called "UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium" following the partnership announced on Wednesday.
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