California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom approved new laws impacting pet owners, landlords, school bathrooms and more.

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Voters said no to expanded rent control, but tenants facing evictions will have more time to fight to keep their homes under a new California law. To read about other new laws, go here. Stay ...

Many states have laws that ensure the basic habitability of rental properties. California has recently passed a law that ...

A slate of new California laws going into effect in 2026 runs the gamut from cat declawing to mask bans for law enforcement ...

California lawmakers and the governor have approved more than 900 new laws that will begin to take effect starting next year.

Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom today. The new law comes ...

The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an eviction notice from five business days to ten. Lawyers who work with renters say that what may seem like a minor procedural change ...

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