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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills Saturday aimed at bolstering the state’s protections for LGBTQ people, a day after issuing a controversial veto that was criticized by advocates.

The new laws include legislation that focuses on support for LGBTQ youth. One law sets timelines for required cultural competency training for public school teachers and staff, while another creates an advisory task force to determine the needs of LGBTQ students and help advance supportive initiatives. A third requires families to show that they can and are willing to meet the needs of a child in foster care regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

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[-] purahna@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

He literally overrode a majority house vote and senate vote. There's no question of him issuing new laws whenever he wants, all he had to do was sign it and he didn't. I'm guessing these bills were also probably on his desk for a while too and now was the convenient time to sign them.

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