Santa Clara County – California Globe

Pilot Projects in Family Law

September 4, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 4, 2025 2:31 am

Division 20, Part 1, Chapter 1 provides general provisions related to pilot projects. Section 20000 specifies four legislative findings and declarations. In addition, there is a statement of legislative intent to provide a means for experimenting with and evaluating procedural...

State Appeals Court Rules Driving While Holding a Cell Phone For Navigation Purposes is Illegal

June 6, 2025 1:41 pmJune 6, 2025 1:41 pm

The Sixth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeals ruled earlier this week that the current state law of prohibiting holding a cell phone or other handheld device while driving is also to include holding them for GPS, map, and...

Prevention of Domestic Violence

June 2, 2025 6:21 amJune 2, 2025 6:21 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 10, Part 1, deals with the prevention of domestic violence in this state. Section 6200 names Division 10 as the Domestic Violence Prevention Act. Section 6201 states that the definitions in this part govern the...

Santa Clara County Judges Line Up with DA on Death Sentence Reversal

November 25, 2024 3:05 pmNovember 25, 2024 3:05 pm

By Ron Matthias and Dolores Carr Since August, local judges have been nullifying murderers’ death sentences one by one. But there’s a problem: The law the judges have been relying on to reduce those death sentences doesn’t apply to death...

I Grew Up With Soviet Communism; Now as a Trustee I See It Embedded in California’s Ethnic Studies

September 14, 2024 3:30 amSeptember 14, 2024 3:31 am

As a school board member in the Ramona Unified School District in San Diego County, when I read the Santa Ana Liberated Ethnic Studies curriculum for the first time, it brought back childhood memories from growing up in the Soviet...

Rosen’s Lawless War Against The Death Penalty, Part II

July 25, 2024 10:47 amJune 23, 2025 1:16 pm

Three months ago, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen unveiled his controversial scheme to have the death sentences of 14 South Bay murderers reduced to prison terms. Although his plan faltered out of the gate because he failed to coordinate scheduling with the courts, the misstep bought him valuable time that he could have used to correct course. He blew the chance. If Rosen had only taken that opportunity to re-read...

Assemblyman Low Narrowly Defeats Simitian For Second Place In 16th Congressional District Recount

May 2, 2024 12:53 pmMay 2, 2024 12:53 pm

The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters announced on Wednesday that the recall on the deadlocked second place 16th Congressional election vote was finalized, with Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) narrowly beating Santa Clara County Supervisor and former state Senator Joe...