California Governor Jerry Brown signed a law requiring government officials to give the media five-day notice before seizing phone or other records from phone companies and Internet service providers. (Courthouse News Service, October 7, 2013, by Elizabeth Warmerdam)
According to the California Newspaper Publishers Association, October 4, 2013, “The Governor’s approval of SB 558 by Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) provides California journalists with some of the strongest Shield Law protections in the nation.”