New California laws that go into effect in July – school cell phone bans, no more ‘sell by’ dates, minimum wage hikes

California Post ^ | June 23, 2026 | By Titus Wu

[artichokegrower]

Californians can expect a wave of changes this summer, from classroom policies to grocery store shelves, as a slate of new laws takes effect.

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[artichokegrower]

AB 727 LGBTQ Hotline: This law requires student ID cards in California to include the phone number for The Trevor Project, a leading crisis and suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth. However, conservatives have criticized the state’s push toward the nonprofit.

SB 760 All-Gender Restrooms: All schools will provide at least one easily accessible, unlocked all-gender restroom for student use. Schools can convert existing single-stall restrooms with updated signage.

Your kid’s student body card will have a gay hotline number on the back of it

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LGBTQSTFU

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: AB 660 Food Labels... no more “sell-by” food expiration labels... instead, “best if used by” labels...

It's California - the label would be the "steal-by" date.

[libertylover]

Schools can convert existing single-stall restrooms with updated signage.

All restrooms with just one hole should all be labeled for use by either sex.

[algore]

what if you prefer a big sandbox of kitty litter ?

[fwdude]

The Trevor Project is the premier “non-profit” child grooming and propaganda organization. I would scratch it off my child’s ID.

[Scrambler Bob]

SB 576 Video Streaming Ads: California will ban streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu from playing advertisements substantially louder than the movie or show being played.
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And how do you measure the ‘loudness’.

Advertisements can focus on a small frequency range that matches the human ear and omit the other noise in a movie or show. The loudness measures the same. But the ad is louder to the human ear.

[Lizavetta]

But next month, many California cities and counties will see their own bumps. For example, Los Angeles will be at $18.42 hourly and San Francisco will be at $19.61. Cities surrounding those two major cities will also see minimum wage bumps.

Because the last minimum wage hike didn't kill quite enough jobs for their liking so it's time to eliminate some more.