In the chaotic final days of the legislative session, lawmakers jammed through major changes to California’s “Lemon Law ” that protects consumers from defective cars even as members complained that the complex legislation was rushed too quickly.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed hundreds of bills into law this year aimed at addressing a range of key issues facing California including retail theft, consumer protection and affordable housing.

Artificial intelligence and deepfakes pose significant risks, the judge said, but he ruled that the law likely violates the First Amendment.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday to help protect minors from harmful sexual imagery of children created through the misuse of artificial intelligence tools.

At the recently opened Los Angeles Intuit Dome, about 100 people will be able to buy and drink alcohol later than the 2 a.m. cutoff in the rest of the state.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed Assembly Bill 660 into law, which standardizes food package labeling. It will have to read either “best if used by” to denote peak product freshness or “use by” to denote when a food product is no longer safe to eat.

Gov. Newsom reluctantly signed a bill to reform the state’s lemon-vehicle law, despite him saying it has problems that lawmakers will need to fix.

California's new laws range from requiring IVF insurance to more penalties for retail theft. Gov. Gavin Newsom also signed a slew of housing bills and laws that will help veterans.