LOS ANGELES—On Oct. 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 98, which exempts media professionals from having to comply with police dispersal orders while covering protests, marches, and other types of demonstrations.
“Media organizations have documented more than 50 incidents of journalists being injured, detained or arrested over a 12-month period,'' the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists said in a statement supporting the bill.
