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​With the end of California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency on Feb. 28, state health officials announced the end of the statewide mask mandate in high-risk settings, effective April 3.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Biden administration announced a federal measure proposal that would deny asylum to undocumented migrants. The new policy has garnered wide criticism from immigration advocates, especially in "sanctuary state" of California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared Feb. 19, 2023 as “A Day of Remembrance” for Japanese American evacuation during World War II.

The Justice for Survivors Act, or AB 452, seeks to abolish the statute of limitations in California permanently to open the doors to justice for childhood survivors of sexual abuse. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order today to protect the state's water supply from climate-driven weather extremes.

In conjunction with the Jan. 1 California Senate Bill 367, which aims to end opioid overdoses at public colleges and universities in the state by requiring them to keep opioid reversal drugs on campus, the CDPH, has attempted to increase access to Naloxone.

After a series of mass shootings that killed 19 Californians in January, state Gov. Gavin Newsom, with Attorney General Rob Bonta and state Senator Anthony Portantino, announced new gun-safety legislation, SB 2, in hopes to decrease gun violence in the state of California.

Due to intense winter storms that led to 20 deaths and the forced evacuation of tens of thousands of California residents, Biden approved a Presidential California Emergency Declaration on Jan. 8, according to a press release from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom released his January budget proposal for the 2023-24 fiscal year Tuesday.

California legislators met with Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday to begin the implementation of the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act, or the CARE Act.