California lawmakers finalize action on a wide range of bills

California legislators debated and voted late into Monday night on bills that had to be passed by a midnight deadline to have a chance to become law. A key measure passed aimed at keeping Californians who haven’t paid their rent since March 1 in their homes through at least Jan. 31.
Legislators considered legislation involving everything from the eviction moratorium to police reform and from single-use plastics to the newspaper industry.
Bills passed by both the California Assembly and Sen