The issue has been closely watched amid increased immigration enforcement throughout 2025. Senate Bill 627, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), took effect Jan. 1 and prohibits local and federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks that cover their faces. California Highway Patrol officers are exempt.

A slew of new laws in California have gone into effect, including a ban on law enforcement officers wearing masks, cuts to the cost of insulin and a requirement for landlords to provide refrigerators.

A new law that will prohibit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from concealing their faces with masks goes into effect Jan. 1, while a Trump administration lawsuit to stop it is pending.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill banning ICE and other law enforcement officials from wearing extreme face coverings, a move supporters say is aimed at increasing transparency and public safety.

The laws add immigration status to protected medical information, limit where officers can be at schools and informs workers of their rights.

California’s new parking law is colliding head-on with life on the ground in Los Angeles, where RV encampments have already turned blocks into long-term nuisances.

A bill that would give California’s law enforcement oversight boards access to police personnel files got official support from the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. The board voted 3-2 — with Republicans Jim Desmond and Joel Anderson opposed ...

The deaths occurred in Riverside, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, and include shootings, explosions and on-duty traffic collisions.