California’s July 1 Law Overhaul: Bathrooms, Food Dates, and Housing Near Transit

California kicks off July 1 with a broad wave of laws affecting schools (all-gender restrooms and smartphone-use limits; LGBTQ+ and privacy protections), food labeling (standardized date labels ‘BEST if Used by’ and ‘USE by’ plus allergen disclosures), housing near transit (taller, denser development), gun restrictions (ban on Glock-style pistols, dealer training, ghost-gun reporting), retiring Native American mascots, streaming ad loudness limits, and emergency lines for autonomous-vehicle services, plus printing the Trevor Project LGBTQ+ suicide hotline on student IDs.