Newsom signs law that aims to improve conditions for California fast food workers
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation he says will empower more than half a million fast-food workers across the state.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation he says will empower more than half a million fast-food workers across the state.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation he says will empower more than half a million fast-food workers across the state.
The California Legislature this week passed about a dozen bills in what proponents call a "historic" legislative package to protect and expand abortion access in the state, as its Democratic leaders seek to make California a "reproductive freedom" state.
Critics say the bill would also give hundreds of millions of dollars to corporations they say don't need the incentives.
Cal Fire and Gov. Gavin Newsom's office have reached a tentative deal to help boost pay while cutting hours and striking a better work-life balance for the state's firefighting crews.
Thousands rallied around the United Farm Workers at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, marking the end of a 335-miled march that started in the Central Valley.
California should invest tens of billions of dollars in water recycling, storage and desalination over the next two decades to shore up its supply as the state gets drier and hotter, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a proposal released Thursday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has nominated current state Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Guerrero as the next chief justice.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to speed up the state's transition to non-carbon electricity sources and accelerate its timeline for lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak.
Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye's announcement will give Gov. Gavin Newsom his third opportunity to appoint a justice to the seven-member high court.
The scaled-back proposal released Wednesday would build one tunnel to take water from the Sacramento River to the California Aqueduct.
One of the bills signed on Friday allows citizens to sue gun manufacturers.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a set of gun safety bills into law on Thursday that require more regulations on gun sales and dealers within the state as well as increased information sharing between schools and law enforcement agencies.
The governor is expected to announce new actions on gun safety laws Friday in Los Angeles.
A new bill signed by Gov. Newsom is expected to target hit-and-run drivers.
The gut-wrenching video of the Uvalde school shooting is out on the same day California Gov. Gavin Newsom was back in the national spotlight, signing a gun control bill fast-tracked in response to that mass shooting.
Newsom's recent activities have stoked talk about his White House ambitions as President Joe Biden's popularity tumbles and some Democrats question the president's viability for 2024. Newsom, a former San Francisco mayor, has dismissed any interest in the presidency, and Biden has said he's planning to run for reelection.
Gun makers and dealers in California will be required to block firearms sales to anyone they have "reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk" of using a gun illegally or of harming themselves or others, under a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he had signed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced that the state is fighting back against sky-rocketing drug prices and will start making its own insulin.
While Gov. Newsom remains tight-lipped about any White House ambitions, the chatter is growing with many wondering if Newsom's actions speak louder than his words.
Brian Dahle, the Republican Party's longshot hope to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in California, knows that to win in his progressive home state he can't allow Democrats to label him as an election denying, abortion-hating, gun-loving, bombastic right-winger.
Looking to avoid power blackouts, California may turn to the one energy source it's otherwise desperate to get rid of: fossil fuels.
California legislators on Monday approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State's law aimed at deterring abortions and obliquely linking the two most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last week.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders have reached an agreement on the framework for the 2022-2023 state budget.
