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California Boating and Waterways Commission

June 27, 2025 2:30 amJune 27, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 1, Chapter 3, creates the Boating and Waterboys Commission. Section 80 provides that the Harbors and Watercraft Commission and its successor, the Navigation and Ocean Development Commission, are continued in existence in the...

Denials and Defenses in California Civil Actions

June 26, 2025 2:30 amJune 26, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure in Part 2, Title 6, Article 2, deals with objections to pleadings in civil actions. Section 431.10 explains that a material allegation in a pleading is one essential to the claim or defense and which...

A Quick Look at the Middle Part of the California Legislative Session

June 25, 2025 6:15 amJune 25, 2025 6:16 am

What generally happens in the middle part of the California Legislative Session? Immediately after the house of origin deadline, the budget deliberations are in full swing and bills must quickly be considered in the second house. The first half of...

Three Items of Interest From the 2025 Budget Bill Junior

June 24, 2025 8:44 pmJune 24, 2025 8:46 pm

In reviewing some of the provisions of the 2025 Budget Bill Junior, I came across these three items of particular interest: First, here are the listed trailer bills in the Budget Bill Junior, so these bills are related to the...

Sections of the California Budget Bill

June 24, 2025 2:30 amJune 24, 2025 2:31 am

In the 2025 California Legislative Session, Senate Bill 101 (Wiener) is the annual budget bill for the 2025-26 fiscal year that begins July 1. With hundreds of individual appropriation line items, as well as budget control language, there are dozens...

Administration of the Department of Boating and Waterways

June 23, 2025 2:43 amJune 23, 2025 2:44 am

In California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 1, it deals with the administration of the Department of Boating and Waterways. Section 50 provides that the Department of Harbors and Watercraft and its successor, the Department of...

State Preemption of Domestic Partnership Registration

June 22, 2025 2:30 amJune 22, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 2.5, Part 5, provides for state preemption of local domestic partnership registration requirements. Section 299.6 specifies that any local ordinance or law that provides for the creation of a “domestic partnership” is preempted on and...