Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that increases protections for LGBTQ people in California, saying the legislation was needed because of recent moves by the Trump administration that threaten that support. One of the six bills would provide housing, employment, and other help to service members discharged from the U.S. military as a result of President Trump’s efforts to ban transgender people from serving.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills that he says are intended to build on California’s record of protecting reproductive rights and expanding access to care. One of the measures increases access to medication abortion by making it available on community college campuses. Another bill focuses on military veterans. 

The law, Senate Bill 948, would apply to current residents with newly purchased guns starting in 2029. The class would need to be at least four hours long. Starting in 2028, people moving to California with guns would need to obtain a firearm safety certificate within 180 days of arrival. It was one of 10 gun safety laws Newsom signed.

California's Native American Day is set to become a paid holiday for state workers under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. AB 1841 would make Native American Day, observed each year on the fourth Friday of September, a paid holiday for state employees once lawmakers provide funding for it.