Gov. Gavin Newsom’s commutations of death sentences marked how far California has changed on criminal justice over three decades. Yet the death penalty remains part of a contradictory status quo.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday aimed at improving the county’s restraining order system in order to better support and protect victims of domestic violence and stalking. The measure, which was co-authored by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, also begins the process of officially making gender-based violence and intimate partner violence a “Board-directed priority” and calls on county agencies to identify millions of dollars of funding to help bolster the efforts.

No one disputes that Victor Grandy is an artist, a skill he picked up while serving 26 years in federal prison for selling cocaine. Since his release in 2019, the then-62-year-old painter and sculptor has had his work displayed in exhibits in California and Europe. But he’s not been able to see his own work in person because a federal judge ruled that he remains under law enforcement supervision. On Thursday, however, the 9th U.S.

(Subscription required) Over 30 employment-related bills reportedly were approved in the 2025-2026 California legislative session and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Practice and firm leaders pointed to laws involving gig worker unionization, anti-hate speech rules, and AI's use in surveillance and discipline in the workplace as laws that could spike demand.