The “bacon” law, minimum wage, cocktails to-go and police restrictions are just a sampling of the hundreds of new laws taking effect in California as the new year kicks off.
Proposition 12
Proposition 12, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative, sometimes referred to as the “bacon” law, stems from a 2018 ballot measure where California voters set the nation's toughest living space standards for breeding pigs, which states that they must be allotted 24 square feet per pig.
Simply stated, the above-mentioned animals cannot be housed in a cruel manner.
Egg-laying hens are included in the proposition and must be cage-free with adequate space, a minimum of 144 square inches per hen. Additionally, it states that calves, intended to be sold as veal, must be housed with a minimum of 43 square feet per calf.
Effective Saturday, pork sales from operations that confine sows in crates and egg-laying hens in cages are considered illegal operations, whether the products were produced in or out of state, according to Cage Free Laws.
Californians consume roughly 15% of the nation’s pork and 12% of the eggs and veal, which means any producers who supply the state will also be required to follow the law once it goes into effect.
Senate Bill 395
Beginning Saturday, the state is launching a pilot program dubbed the “road kill bill,” which will allow people to collect and eat roadkill, including deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, or wild pig that “have been hit and killed by a vehicle.”
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