Some people are alarmed by certain societal trends in California.
Other people are delighted by those trends.
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Here are a few new laws passed by the California legislature.
1. No juvenile offenders have to serve life without parole.
2. Californians with HIV can no longer be charged with a felony for exposing a partner to the disease.
3. Employers must give workers a 72-hour notice that federal immigration officials are planning a raid.
4, Schools in low-income communities must provide free tampons to students in grades six through 12.
5, Beginning in September, Californians can choose a gender-neutral option on their birth certificate for those who are transgender, intersex or don't identify as male or female.
6. More theaters, restaurants, and government offices must provide diaper-changing stations in men's restrooms.
Source: Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2017.
Other people are delighted by those trends.
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Here are a few new laws passed by the California legislature.
1. No juvenile offenders have to serve life without parole.
2. Californians with HIV can no longer be charged with a felony for exposing a partner to the disease.
3. Employers must give workers a 72-hour notice that federal immigration officials are planning a raid.
4, Schools in low-income communities must provide free tampons to students in grades six through 12.
5, Beginning in September, Californians can choose a gender-neutral option on their birth certificate for those who are transgender, intersex or don't identify as male or female.
6. More theaters, restaurants, and government offices must provide diaper-changing stations in men's restrooms.
Source: Los Angeles Times, December 31, 2017.
