The charges brought against the disgraced film producer, 68, involve two victims from incidents that allegedly happened more than a decade ago.
It comes after Weinstein was convicted of r*pe in New York in February.
Prosecutors have added six additional counts of s.e.xual assault to the existing charges, which include rape and s.e.xual battery.
The new allegations against Weinstein claim he r*ped a woman at a hotel in Beverly Hills between September 2004 and 2005, prosecutors said.
He is also accused of r*ping another woman on two separate occasions in November 2009 and November 2010 at a hotel in Beverly Hills.
Los Angeles County district attorney Jackie Lacey said: "I am thankful to the first women who reported these crimes and whose courage have given strength to others to come forward.
"The willingness of these latest victims to testify against a powerful man gives us the additional evidence we need to build a compelling criminal case."
Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year prison sentence in New York, is alleged to have attacked five women in California from 2004 to 2013.
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