Sacramento Democrats voted Thursday to remove a bill measure that would have increased the penalty for soliciting a 16- or 17 ...

an adult would be charged with a felony for soliciting a minor under 17 and could face harsher penalties if the victim was under 14. Gavin Newsom on Thursday also signed three other measures to ...

Gavin Newsom will issue his May revise budget ... of voters when they passed Proposition 36 last fall. That measure toughens penalties for drug and theft crimes, especially for repeat offenders ...

Of Wiener’s bills, Newsom signed Senate Bill 423, which accelerates the development of affordable housing by strengthening ... signed by Newsom establish penalties for CEQA (California ...

But some said they worried the measure ... penalty for soliciting older teens to a misdemeanor. Assemblymember Maggy Krell, a Democrat with a background as a prosecutor, wanted to expand the law ...

Newsom often declines to weigh in on pending legislation but has stepped in over the years to advance child trafficking measures ... similar effort to increase penalties for soliciting older ...

Gavin Newsom's objections, Democratic state lawmakers on Thursday approved changes to a bill that removed tougher penalties for ... the Legislature's "intent" to strengthen protections for older ...