October 2025 – Page 14 – California Globe

California Bills: Introduced Versus Enacted

October 19, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 19, 2025 9:21 pm

I am often asked about the number of bills that get introduced each year in comparison to the number of bills that actually get to the Governor’s Desk, and then the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law...

General Provisions for Domestic Violence Prevention Orders

October 19, 2025 2:30 amOctober 19, 2025 9:22 pm

Division 10, Part 4, Chapter 1 of the California Family Code deals with protective orders and other domestic violence prevention orders. Chapter 1 provides general provisions. Section 6300 allows an order to be issued under this part to restrain any...

Disposition of California Senate Bills

October 18, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 19, 2025 9:22 pm

Over the past seventeen years, I have tracked by each year of the 2-year California Legislative Sessions a series of actions related to bills. The following chart lists those seven actions per session year. The first figure is the number...

And Now, Another Episode of ‘Shutdown Theater’

October 18, 2025 3:00 amOctober 18, 2025 3:01 am

OK, so here we go again. We’re in the middle of more shutdown theater, where we see politicians on both sides doing their best to convince their partisans that “the other side” is responsible for massive hardships because they won’t...

Actions Against Vessels

October 18, 2025 2:30 amOctober 18, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 3 of the Harbors and Navigation Code deals with civil actions and liens against vessels in California. Section 490 provides that debts amounting to at least $50 that are contracted for the benefit of vessels...

Nevada Judge Allows ‘Fake Electors’ Case to Proceed Against Six Republican Defendants

October 17, 2025 3:48 pmOctober 17, 2025 3:48 pm

A Carson City judge has ruled that forgery charges against Nevada’s six so-called “fake electors” can proceed to a higher court. Judge Derek Dreiling said it was the “hardest call I’ve had to make in my career.” Attorney General Aaron Ford...

Disposition of California Assembly Bills

October 17, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 17, 2025 2:01 pm

Over the past seventeen years, I have tracked by each year of the 2-year California Legislative Sessions a series of actions related to bills. The following chart lists those seven actions per session year. The first figure is the number...