The State Bar of California rejected the resignation of a former San Luis Obispo real estate lawyer who faces several disciplinary charges, including engaging in an alleged “scheme to defraud.” His voluntary resignation would’ve dismissed the disciplinary charges against him, but the State Bar declined his resignation, according to a California Supreme Court ruling signed Sept. 9.

The Commission on Judicial Appointments will hold public in-person hearings in San Francisco on Oct. 9 to consider three appointments to California’s Courts of Appeal in Los Angeles and Santa Ana.

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.