California lawmakers reach deal to tweak childhood sex abuse law — but rebuff damage caps

2026-08-28 02:20 • ;Rebecca Ellis, Dakota Smith

State legislators said Thursday that they plan to make "modest" changes to a controversial law that extended the statute of limitations for lawsuits over sexual abuse, resulting in billions of dollars in payouts from local governments.

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