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US Supreme Court Rules Federal Law Protects Signed Arbitration Agreements With Employers in CA

June 16, 2022 2:50 amJune 16, 2022 10:07 am

In an 8-1 ruling on Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the California Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), which allows workers in the state to sue employers under the states name, does not allow employees to...

New Poll Has Incumbents Showing Strong Primary Leads For Gubernatorial, Senate, AG

June 3, 2022 12:37 pmJune 4, 2022 7:08 am

A U.C. Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) poll covering the Gubernatorial, Senate, and Attorney General primary races was released on Friday, showing a strong preference among voters for Democratic incumbents, albeit with a larger than expected percentage of projected...

Sale of Angels Stadium On Hold Following Corruption Probe Into Anaheim Mayor

May 18, 2022 2:31 amMay 18, 2022 6:36 am

On Monday, Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion in the Orange County Superior Court asking to put the $320 million sale of Anaheim Stadium and the surrounding parking lots from the City of Anaheim to the team on hold...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About ‘Quality of Life’ Offenses

May 16, 2022 10:05 amMay 16, 2022 2:39 pm

Law enforcement concepts, like so many other things in life, tend to shift in the wind. Until rather recently, most of California had embraced a “tough on crime” approach – including three strikes laws and – in many jurisdictions –...

What the Attorney General Candidates are Saying About Smash and Grab, Organized Looting, Shoplifting, and Personal Theft Crimes

May 15, 2022 2:41 amMay 14, 2022 4:52 pm

California makes international news almost every day. In the past it was mostly about Hollywood, Silicon Valley, the great weather, or some wacky new trend like intimate suntanning. But now the Golden State is known worldwide as a place to...

BREAKING: California’s Under-21 Firearms Sale Ban Overturned in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 11, 2022 4:04 pmMay 12, 2022 6:05 am

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday that California’s ban on sales of semiautomatic weapons to those under 21 violated the second amendment and thus is unconstitutional. According to the Jones v. Bonta decision, which reversed...

AG Rob Bonta Announces Investigation into Oil Companies’ Role in ‘Causing Global Plastics Pollution Crisis’

April 29, 2022 2:31 amApril 28, 2022 8:52 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Thursday that he would be launching a state investigation into the role of oil and gas companies into the world’s global plastics pollution crisis. In his announcement Bonta said that fossil fuel and petrochemical...