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Counseling of Parents and Children in Custody Cases

November 7, 2025 9:00 amNovember 7, 2025 9:06 am

Division 8, Part 2, Chapter 12 of the Family Code deals with counseling of parents and children in cases regarding the custody of a minor child. Section 3190 authorizes a court to require parents or any other party involved in...

Revenue Bonds for Harbor Districts

November 6, 2025 2:30 amNovember 6, 2025 2:31 am

Division 8, Part 3, Chapter 4 deals with revenue bonds used by harbor districts. Section 6100 authorizes a district to create a revenue bond indebtedness for the acquisition and construction, or make any improvements or property or facilities contained within...

Navigation Losses and Liability

November 5, 2025 2:30 amNovember 5, 2025 2:31 am

Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 2 deals with losses and liability in navigating the waters of California. Section 290 provides that, if a collision is occasioned by failure to observe any rule of Article 1 of this chapter, the owner...

Introduction to Statutory Interpretation in California

November 4, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 4, 2025 2:01 pm

What is statutory interpretation or statutory construction? They are essentially the same thing. Both terms refer to how the judicial branch (i.e., the courts of this state) interprets statutes, which are enacted by bills (through the legislative process) or by...

Improvement and Construction of Harbors in California

November 4, 2025 2:30 amNovember 4, 2025 6:42 am

Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Division 7 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the improvement and construction of harbor improvements. Section 4080 states that, whenever funds necessary for any improvement, development, or protection for which bonds...

Historical Look at Bills That Became Law Without the Governor’s Signature

November 3, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 3, 2025 2:01 pm

In California, the Governor has three options when a bill reaches his desk: sign the bill (and it becomes a statute), veto the bill (and the bill does not become law, unless the Legislature overrides the veto), or allow the...

Pilotage Rates in California

November 3, 2025 2:30 amNovember 3, 2025 2:31 am

Division 5, Chapter 5 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with pilotage rates for pilots in Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Section 1190 provides that every vessel spoken inward or outward...