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SACRAMENTO—Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a bill requiring county social workers and probation officers to immediately notify appropriate adults when foster children and youth are missing. It was one of seven tribal-related bills approved on California...

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 2348, a bill that would revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert – a notification alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts—by requiring law enforcement agencies to respond within 24...

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom today approved AB 1863, a bill to revise and strengthen California’s Feather Alert, an alert system similar to the AMBER and Silver alerts – used to notify the public when Indigenous people go missing. Assemblymember James C...

SACRAMENTO—California students will learn about the impact on California Native Americans during the Spanish Colonization and Gold Rush Eras in California public schools after Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1821, a measure authored by the first and...

SACRAMENTO—Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1284, to encourage the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to enter into cogovernance and comanagement agreements with federally recognized tribes to manage state lands and waters. It was one of seven...

SACRAMENTO—A bill safeguarding existing state statutes protecting Indian children, families and the rights of tribes in child welfare cases is now law after the governor signed the measure today on California Native American Day. Assemblymember James C...

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the California Victims of Crime Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) that will increase financial penaltie

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed Assembly Bill 2795 authored by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno).

(Sacramento, CA) September 27, 2024 – Accessing emergency addiction recovery services will now be easier thanks to a new law authored by Dr. Jasmeet Bains (D-Delano) signed by Governor Gavin Newsom today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - Assemblymember Matt Haney’s (D-San Francisco) AB 2115 has been signed by Governor Newsom. The bill will radically change California's strategy on the treatment of opioid addiction by transforming California from a state with the most...