Under a first-of-its-kind law enacted by Newsom, gun manufacturers, vendors and dealers in California will be required to pay an 11% tax on firearms and ammunition starting July 1, 2024.

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Governor Newsom signed several bills this week, aimed to strengthen the state's gun safety protections. One new law adds an additional 11% tax on gun and ammunition sales. Tanya Schardt from the ...

Since January 1, 2023 the Gun Violence Archive has recorded 597 mass shootings in America. Since the start of the year, ...

*Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s new gun law legislation enhancing gun safety measures, further solidifying California’s position as a national leader in implementing ...

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a lower court's ruling that California cannot ban gun owners from having detachable magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. During her three ...

California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed the first of a series of bills that aims to transform California’s mental health system by loosening long-standing rules that dictate who can be forced into ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Religious institutions and nonprofit colleges in California will be allowed to turn their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing under a new law ...

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces a proposal to build 1,200 small homes across the state to reduce homelessness in Sacramento Calif., on March 16, 2023. Newsom signed two laws on ...