(San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office via Courthouse News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — For Maxine Doogan, California’s law against loitering in a public place with the intent to commit ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 357 in July 2022, which repealed a previous law that banned loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution. The law took effect in January this ...

Unlike current law, the penalties would apply ... reinstituted a provision previously taken out of California's penal code ...

Fresno is moving ahead with a new ordinance to support local businesses suffering from homeless vandalism and loitering.

In 1850 the California legislature passed ... forced many Native Americans into servitude. The law provided for the forced labor of loitering or orphaned Native Americans, regulated their ...

An apparently unprovoked attack on an unhoused man sleeping on a Tower District sidewalk drew shock from residents during the ...

The Norwalk City Council voted to extend the moratorium on homeless shelters and transitional housing through August 2025.

An executive order issued last month by California Gov ... open to the public are protected by “very clear loitering and trespassing laws. “For whatever reason, that same policy does not ...

According to state law, "every person guilty of secretly loitering about any building ... No eating frogs that die in frog-jumping contests California takes frog rights seriously.

The Seattle City Council has approved a new bill to provide the city with more tools to address commercial prostitution and ...

The California Senate has advanced two key bills ... in areas designated for cannabis consumption, as long as local laws allow it. This bill also allows live performances at these venues, such ...