Five new laws taking effect this month

🚻 Gender-neutral bathrooms: Every public and private K–12 school must now provide at least one fully operational all-gender restroom for students.

🥜 Food allergens: Restaurants with at least 20 locations nationwide must disclose allergen information for every standard item on both printed and digital menus.

🔊 No loud commercials: Streaming services are banned from airing commercials at a louder volume than the main programming viewers watch.

🚫 Gun restrictions: Licensed firearms dealers cannot sell certain semiautomatic pistols that can be modified into fully automatic weapons via a conversion device commonly known as a "Glock switch."

• The restriction only applies to new retail sales.

🤖 Robotaxi citations: Waymos and other autonomous vehicles can now be issued citations for traffic violations.

• The law also requires robotaxi companies to provide an emergency response hotline for first responder use.

💵 Also taking effect Wednesday: Several Bay Area cities are raising their local minimum wages.

• San Francisco: $19.61.
• Emeryville: $19.50
• Alameda: $17.76
• Berkeley: $19.61
• Fremont: $18.05