Assemblyman Josh Hoover guest editorial: 2023 legislative recap: The good, the bad, and the ugly

The 2023 legislative session officially came to an end this month as the governor’s deadline to sign or veto bills passed on Oct. 14. In total, this legislative year saw 1,046 bills land on Governor Newsom’s desk and he signed 890 of them into law. Here is a summary of the good, bad and ugly legislative outcomes in 2023 that will go into law in January: