California, ever the avant-garde of legislative theatrics! Starting January 1, 2025, prepare for a smorgasbord of new rules, ranging from the progressive to the peculiar. Cannabis cafés and expanded outdoor drinking?
A toast to your libations, but do mind the irony of laws encouraging indulgence while protecting your credit score from the ravages of medical debt. Even financial institutions aren’t safe from the guillotine of ‘no-fee’ indignation.
In the hallowed halls of education, lawmakers have decided that LGBTQ+ students deserve privacy (as well they should), Native American history deserves accuracy (a novel concept for history books), and people of color deserve the liberty of unbothered hairstyles. Progress wrapped in policy, with a dash of overdue decency…