Glock ban, slavery reparations, ICE agent masks, more housing: Here are 10 key bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law

"ICE: Senate Bill 627, the "No Secret Police Act," by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, bans law enforcement officers from wearing face masks, except clear shields and other limited exceptions. The ACLU and other supporters say secret masked police are common in authoritarian countries, not democracies. Opponents, led by police groups, say masks are needed to protect officers from death threats. The Trump administration has told ICE to ignore the law, which may end up in court."

"Climate Change: Lawmakers reauthorized California's "cap and trade" law through 2045. The landmark measure, first signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, requires factories, power plants, oil refineries and other large polluters to buy credits for each ton of greenhouse gases they emit and allows the credits to be sold, creating an incentive to cut emissions, which have been falling. The program generates about $4 billion a year. Newsom and lawmakers earmarked $1 billion a year of that for the state's beleaguered high-speed rail project."

"Guns: Assembly Bill 1127, by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, prohibits firearms dealers from selling any gun that can be "easily converted by hand or with common household tools" into a fully automatic weapon. Glocks, a type of popular handgun, aren't mentioned by name. But they are banned because the new Glock design allows people to modify it easily with a small piece of plastic that can be 3-D printed to turn it into a fully automatic weapon."

State lawmakers introduced 2,350 bills this year, and about one-third survived hearings, compromises and votes to reach the governor's desk. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 794 bills and vetoed 123. Major measures include Senate Bill 627, which bans law enforcement officers from wearing face masks except clear shields and other limited exceptions; a reauthorization of California's cap-and-trade law through 2045 that requires large polluters to buy emissions credits and directs roughly $1 billion annually to high-speed rail; and Assembly Bill 1127, which bars dealers from selling guns easily convertible into fully automatic weapons. The ICE mask ban faces federal resistance and potential court challenges.

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