Pacific Legal Foundation Archives

SCOTUS Decision a Victory for Property Owners

June 24, 2021 8:19 am

The United States Supreme Court just affirmed Wednesday that the government cannot force people to allow third parties to trespass on their property. In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, the Pacific Legal Foundation represented two California agriculture businesses which challenged a...

Court Finds Restrictions of ‘Offensive’ California License Plates Unconstitutional

November 24, 2020 4:14 pmNovember 24, 2020 5:02 pm

On Tuesday, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco ruled against the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and found that their restriction of personalized license plates that it considers “offensive to good taste...

Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit To Halt California’s Mandatory Board Diversity Law

October 6, 2020 3:17 pmOctober 7, 2020 8:45 am

On Monday, the legal group Judicial Watch announced that they filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court to halt a new state law to require a mandatory number of racial minorities on company boards. The Judicial Watch lawsuit against...

California Eviction Moratorium Could End As Soon As Next Month

July 29, 2020 9:13 pmJuly 30, 2020 3:26 pm

The statewide eviction moratorium, set in place by the Judicial Council in April, has been placed on notice for expiration next month following an announcement last Friday by California Supreme Court Chief Justice and Judicial Council leader Tani Cantil-Sakauye. An...

California Eviction Ban Backstory Reveals No Separation of Powers

July 6, 2020 2:06 amAugust 4, 2021 1:39 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. The front story in the mainstream media regarding Gov. Newsom’s ban on residential evictions — Coronavirus Emergency Executive Order N-28-20 — is that his appointed Judicial Council...

California Atty General To File Injunction to Force Uber/Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees Within Weeks

June 24, 2020 1:11 pmJune 25, 2020 4:04 pm

Last month, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, sued Uber and Lyft, claiming the companies wrongfully classified drivers as independent contractors – even as Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), author...

AB 5 Has Lifelong Democrats Voting Red for the First Time

May 18, 2020 8:01 amMay 18, 2020 2:07 pm

Exit polls in the recent CA-25 Congressional race between Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia revealed a lot of voters voting red as a protest over Assembly Bill 5, the bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San...