Charlotte Scott, who served as county counsel, replaces retired judge Cindee Mayfield.
Tag: Gavin Newsom
Posted inEducation
Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches
California health officials will now decide which ingredients, additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias.
Posted inPolitics & Government
Newsom vetoes bill for sober homeless housing
The bill by a San Francisco Democrat would have allowed some state-funded homeless housing projects to require sobriety.
Posted inPolice & Courts
California crime victims to get paid first under new restitution law
The Restitution First Act shifts payment priorities, directing funds to victims before fines or fees tied to convictions.
Posted inPolice & Courts
Newsom just vetoed a bill to regulate license plate readers — even as fresh evidence of misuse emerges
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how automated plate readers are used. He said the regulations would have impeded criminal investigations.