Gov. Gavin Newsom's Organized Retail Crime Task Force arrested 474 people and seized 160,000 stolen goods valued at $4.2 million, while Sen. Bradford's Black-Serving Colleges Designation Bill passed the Senate Education Committee and the LAO offered its recommendations for state preschool funding.
California Celebrates César Chávez Day, Gov. Newsom grants clemency to 52 people, including popular podcaster Earlonne Woods, Gov. Newsom extends the state's financial aid deadline, and the California Department of Public Health launches a new youth suicide prevention campaign.
Proposition 1 barely passed with less than one percentage point of the vote, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two major bills for housing and mental health treatment for the homeless, and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the Department of Justice has charged three people accused of organizing "smash-and-grab style thefts" at high-end retail stores.