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Formation of Harbor Improvement Districts

October 20, 2025 2:30 amOctober 20, 2025 2:31 am

Division 8, Part 2, Chapter 1 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the formation of harbor improvement districts in this state. Section 5859 requires the board of supervisors to make and have entered in the minutes an...

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...

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...

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...

Court Jurisdiction in Family Law Cases

October 17, 2025 2:30 amOctober 17, 2025 2:31 am

Family Code Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 2 deals with jurisdiction in nullity, dissolution, and legal separation cases. Section 2010 provides that, in a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for nullity of marriage, or for legal separation of the parties,...