Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Healthy Meals for Kids into law, making California the first state in the nation to codify President Joe Biden’s new federal guidelines on school nutrition standards aimed at reducing sugar and salt in school meals.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that would require venture capital firms to report to the state the race, gender, sexual orientation and other demographic information of the founders they back.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Saturday signed into law a new bill that makes putting hidden charges on purchases illegal.
"California sent a clear message today: The days of bait-and-switch pricing practices are over," said Sen. Skinner in a statement. "With Gov. Newsom's signing of SB 478, Californians will know up front how much they're being asked to pay, and no longer be surprised by hidden junk fees when buying a concert or sports ticket or booking hotel rooms for their family vacation."
This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s Conference on Women’s Health which was held on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Panelists: Sen. Nancy Skinner; Liz Lawler, California Republican Party delegate; Amy Moy, Essential Access; Julia Spiegel, Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary, Governor’s Office.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that protects healthcare practitioners located in California who provide telehealth services and dispense medication for abortion, contraception and gender-affirming care to out-of-state patients. California joins five other states with similar telehealth provider shield laws.
“Dianne Feinstein was a true trailblazer for women in California and U.S. politics. Her remarkable breakthroughs included being elected California’s first woman U.S. Senator, San Francisco’s first female mayor, the first female major-party candidate for California governor, and last year, the longest-tenured woman senator in U.S. history.” — Nancy Skinner and Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, state legislators on behalf of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a raft of bills into law Wednesday aimed at further cementing abortion protections in the state. Newsom said in a statement that abortion is enshrined in the California Constitution, and that the state will continue to protect both seekers of reproductive health care and providers of the same, as “radical politicians continue their all out assault on women’s health care with dangerous and deadly consequences.”