California is making way for hundreds of new laws in 2014. From driving safety and immigration, to parking meters and parenting, 2014 brings with it a lot of changes.
There's a new a push to keep our roads a little safer. Come Wednesday, tighter rules will apply to drivers 18 years and younger. No more texting and driving by any means, not even with voice activated, hands free devices.
Ruben Muro says, "That's a good law that should go for everybody I think. Not just teens, but adults."
Then there's beefed up protection for undocumented immigrants. Starting January 1st, the Trust Act will limit deportations for those arrested for minor crimes and with no criminal record.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says, "The trust act will prohibit local law enforcement who run jails to holding illegal immigrants who have committed crimes and been booked into jails on the 48 hour ICE holds."
New protections for transgender students will also kick in, allowing students to play on the sports teams and use restrooms of the gender they identify with.
Richard Buck says, "I think if they're going to do the transgender laws, maybe they should just and another bathroom for transgender only."
Kids are no longer limited to just two parents. A new law states a child can legally have three or more parents. This comes after a court case in 2011 involving a lesbian couple. One mom was in jail, while another was in a hospital. The child was put into foster care because the biological father did not have parental rights.
Antonette Ibarra says, "Unless all of them have a part in raising them then yes, but if he was just a sperm donor and doesn't want nothing else, then I would say no."
Paying for faulty parking meters will be a thing of the past. State law will prohibit city's from charging people who park at meters that don't work.
Doug Wakida says, "It's horrible and it happens all the time you get charged for it, so I think that's a very fair move."
Other laws include schools being able to punish cyber-bullying that happens off campus.
Minimum wage will also rise to $9 an hour in July.