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Author: Chris Micheli

Chris Micheli is an attorney and lobbyist with Snodgrass & Micheli, LLC, as well as an Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law.

Are Bills with Only Findings and Declarations Considered Substantive?

January 28, 2023   8:48 amJanuary 28, 2023   8:54 am
In the California Legislature, we know that bills that lack proposed substantive law changes are considered “placeholder” measures and generally do not get referred to a policy committee by the Senate or Assembly Rules Committees. In almost all instances, those...
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Disqualification of Judges in California

January 27, 2023   11:17 amJanuary 27, 2023   11:20 am
California’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) provides the basis for the disqualification of judges. These provisions of law are found in Chapter 3 of Title 2 of Part 1. CCP Section 170 specifies that a judge has a duty to...
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Drafting Legislative Counsel Digests

January 26, 2023   9:18 amJanuary 26, 2023   9:21 am
The purpose of the Legislative Counsel’s Digest, according to the Office of Legislative Counsel, is to summarize the effect of the proposed bill on current law. It is obviously prepared by the Office of Legislative Counsel and provides a brief...
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Why Is a Constitutional Amendment Given a Resolution Chapter?

January 25, 2023   6:22 amJanuary 26, 2023   1:21 pm
When a bill has been enacted by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor, the last step in the legislative process is the ministerial duty of the Secretary of State to assign a “chapter number” to that enacted...
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What Happens with Vexatious Litigants in California?

January 24, 2023   6:50 amJanuary 26, 2023   4:50 pm
The California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a section about “vexatious litigants” in Title 3A of Part 2. Title 3A was added in 1963 by Chapter 1471. CCP Section 391 defines the terms “litigation,” “vexatious litigant,” “security,” “plaintiff,” and...
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What Is a Proviso in California Law?

January 21, 2023   7:59 amJanuary 21, 2023   8:01 am
Have you heard the term “proviso” in describing a provision of a bill or statute? Basically, a proviso is language used to exempt something from a general statutory declaration and to provide for it specially. Some legal commentators believe that...
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Unique Provisions of California’s Code of Civil Procedure

January 19, 2023   4:02 pmJanuary 19, 2023   4:09 pm
California’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a number of intriguing preliminary provisions, many of which were enacted in 1872, as the CCP was one of California’s original four Codes. For example, CCP Section 21 divides judicial remedies into two...
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