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Definitions of Terms Used in California Adoptions

November 29, 2025 3:22 pmNovember 29, 2025 3:24 pm

Division 13, Part 1 of the California Family Code provides definitions of words and phrases used in adoptions. Section 8500 specifies that the definitions in this part govern the construction of this division. Section 8502 defines the term “adoption service...

The California Governor’s Race is Wide-Open and Everyone is Jumping In

November 29, 2025 2:45 amNovember 29, 2025 2:46 am

Two more notable candidates entered the California governor’s race last week. That brings the total number of candidates with some recognition to about a dozen. And who’s the front runner? Nobody. A recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll said 44%...

Payments to Court: Designated Officers in Family Law Cases

November 29, 2025 2:30 amNovember 29, 2025 2:31 am

Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 4 deals with payments to court-designated officers and enforcement by the district attorney in spousal support cases. Section 4350 provides that, in any proceeding where a court makes or has made an order requiring the...

Disapproval vs Withdrawal of Regulations

November 28, 2025 2:00 pmNovember 28, 2025 2:01 pm

What is a disapproval of a regulation? What is the withdrawal of a regulation? What roles do these two procedures play in the California rulemaking process? The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) can either approve a rulemaking package or they...

President Trump Vows To ‘Permanently Pause Migration from All Third World Countries’ After National Guard Specialist Murdered by Afghan National

November 28, 2025 1:34 pmDecember 1, 2025 6:36 am

On Thanksgiving, in response to the shocking murder of 20-year-old National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom ambushed by an Afghan national in Washington D.C., President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries” and highlighted the violence,...

Elections for Forming Harbor Districts

November 28, 2025 2:30 amNovember 28, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Harbors and Navigation Code, in Division 8, Part 3, Chapter 1, Article 3, deals with the election for formation of harbor districts and for harbor commissioners. Section 6030 requires the board of supervisors to have entered in its minutes...

Ringside: Politically Viable Water Supply Projects

November 27, 2025 6:30 amNovember 27, 2025 6:31 am

A few years ago I was involved in an effort to qualify a ballot initiative, the “Water Infrastructure Funding Act.” While we failed to gather sufficient signatures to get it onto the November 2022 state ballot, if it had been...