California’s requirement of obtaining a license to carry a concealed firearm does not violate the 2022 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating a New York statute conditioning gun-toting on possession of such a permit because that state’s law mandated a showing of “proper cause” for an application to be approved, Div. Four of the First District Court of Appeal decided yesterday.

(Subscription required) The Protecting Our Kids From Social Media Addiction Act, signed into law last year, limits children's access without parent approval to so-called addictive feeds presented to them based on an algorithmic analysis of their user data. It also bans site notifications at night and during school hours, and it requires children's accounts to be set on a default "private" mode that limits access to their posts.

California was admitted as the 31st state of the Union 175 years ago today on September 9, 1850. The matter was fraught with tensions of the day, with debates raging here and in Congress over the state’s boundaries, whether it should be one state or two, and of course the slavery question.

The legislation seeks to address California’s long-term water supply challenges through several provisions. It would set statewide water supply targets, update the California Water Plan to account for regional needs, and require collaboration and reporting among state agencies, water managers, and other stakeholders.