 With this, California joins 11 other states, including New York, Alabama and Massachusetts, in capping security deposit amounts. For NPR News, I'm Dana Cronin. A week of campaigning and deal-making is beginning in France, ahead of the second round of elections. It comes after the far-right National Rally Party emerged from yesterday's voting in a comfortable first place, with just over 33 percent of the vote. French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for centrist and left-wing parties to unite.