The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) adds Civil Code sections 1798.100-1798.199, providing consumers with new rights regarding their personal information that is collected by businesses and creating disclosure obligations and potential penalties for businesses collecting, using, sharing, or selling that information. 

AB 134 amends the Code of Civil Procedure sections 2030.210 and 2033.210 to create a procedure for exchanging electronic versions of interrogatories, requests for admission, and their responses, which includes a requirement that responses include the text of each corresponding request. 

SB 136 limits the additional one-year term that could be imposed under Pen. Code § 667.5, subd. (b) for each prior separate prison or county jail felony term, except under certain circumstances.

AB 5 codifies the California Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903, setting out what’s known as the “ABC test” for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. 

AB 330 amends Government Code section 68651 to provide for legal counsel to low-income persons in matters involving child custody, when the parent is seeking to obtain any level of legal or physical custody.

The legislature has declared that the unique circumstances of the current housing crisis require a statewide response to address rent gouging by establishing statewide limitations on gross rental rate increases and passed AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019.

AB 328 seeks to protect dependent adults (mostly elders who need in-home care) from undue influence or fraud perpetrated by a care custodian.