Undoubtedly there are different metrics for determining how “productive” a branch of state government is. For example, for the legislative branch, how many bills do they process each year? For the executive branch, how many individuals or businesses are licensed...
Assembly Bill 1105 (Petrie-Norris) was recently amended to provide for the sale of net operating losses (NOLs). AB 1105 would amend Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 17276 and 24416, as well as add Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 17137 and...
Readers of California legislation have likely seen a reversion clause when reviewing a fiscal bill, usually the budget bill or budget bill junior. A “reversion clause” is used with one or more appropriations. This clause means that state funds revert...
California’s Code of Civil Procedure contains several prohibitions on certain settlement agreements. Part 2, Title 14, Chapter 3.5 deals with confidential settlement agreements and, in Section 1001, provides that a provision within a settlement agreement that prevents or restricts the...
California’s Code of Civil Procedure in Part 2, Title 14, Chapter 10 authorizes each court in this state, following the rules and policy of the state’s Judicial Council, to establish and operate and interactive computer system to enable and assist...
Assembly Bill 518 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was introduced to expand eligibility for paid family leave. AB 518 would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 3301, 3302, and 3303. Section 1 of the bill would amend Unemployment Insurance Code Section...
Assembly Bill 509 by Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) was introduced to exclude from personal income certain student loan assistance received by California residents. AB 509 would amend Revenue and Taxation Code Section 17151. First, AB 509 revises the definition of “educational...