Here are the most high-profile new laws that may impact the lives of Californians in the new year.
are set to take effect Jan. 1, 2023. They include a ban on new fur clothing, four new state holidays and new guidance around ticketing jaywalking pedestrians on California's streets.No more new fursAssembly Bill 44 outlaws the manufacturing and sale of all new fur products in the state. Mink coats, raccoon hats and chinchilla scarves have drastically declined in popularity over the past few decades since being a status symbol in the 1970s, when U.S.
" campaign, featuring unclothed supermodels and musicians, including Tyra Banks, Pamela Anderson and The Go-Go's, protesting the perceived animal cruelty. Since then, fake fur, manufactured with plastics, has largely taken over the American market. After citywide bans were implemented in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and West Hollywood, California now becomes the first in the country to implement a statewide ban. The law does not apply to used fur products.Crossing the street outside of designated crosswalks — a crime that most Californians have at some point likely committed — just became less risky.
The Freedom to Walk Act, which will be implemented in California on Jan. 1, doesn't technically legalize jaywalking, but it does state that police officers should not ticket rogue walkers unless the action creates an"immediate danger of a collision."Jaywalking was initially a crime lobbied for by the car industry, and is seen by some as a law that unfairly targets people based on
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