By Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters

Photo:  Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers the 2025-26 state budget.  File photo courtesy of the Governor’s office

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October 13, 2025 (Sacramento) - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm of conservative criticism.