In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 770 bills into law, ranging from speed limit reductions to major police reforms. Some of those do not go into effect for years, but we took a look at legislation that may begin impacting your daily life in California starting Jan. 1, 2022.
Here are a few of the most high-profile and wide-reaching new California laws:
Proposition 12 seeks to improve living conditions for farm animals in California, and some say it's the strongest animal welfare law ever passed in the U.S. The ballot initiative — which was approved by voters in 2018 — makes metal enclosures that restrict pigs from turning around and battery cages that prevent hens from opening their wings illegal.
Meat industry trade groups have said that the law will fatten up supermarket bacon costs by 60% and lead to a meat shortage, while others say this is merely big pork squealing at impending increased costs.
The law is due to take effect Jan. 1, though last week a coalition of California restaurants and grocery stores filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of the new rules.
Although this is one of the most well-known new California laws, it doesn’t actually have enforcement implications until 2024, and many stores are already in compliance. The law, the first of its kind in the nation, mandates stores with more than 500 employees in their California locations have a “reasonable...
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