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Appellate Court Rules LA, Ventura Counties Violated 2nd Amendment During Pandemic

January 21, 2022 2:42 amJanuary 20, 2022 8:53 pm

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Los Angeles County and Ventura County violated the second amendment during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 by shutting down gun and ammunition stores, reversing an...

House Antitrust Bills Have California’s $5+ Billion Tech Industry Concerned

January 21, 2022 2:26 amJanuary 20, 2022 3:46 pm

California’s tech industry supports two million jobs, and accounts for more than a quarter of America’s nearly $2 trillion Innovation Economy. That’s $2,000,000,000,000. California’s share is $500,000,000,000 There is a lot of talk throughout the country about reining in and...

California Statutes Codifying Court Decisions

January 20, 2022 6:17 pmJanuary 20, 2022 4:34 pm

On occasion, the California Legislature codifies in statute reported appellate court decisions. These codifications are helpful because they make clear how the Legislature intends for the courts to interpret the code sections that rely upon the court decision. The following...

California Increasing State Water Release from 0% to 15% of Requested, Following Winter Storms

January 20, 2022 4:02 pmJanuary 21, 2022 11:57 am

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced on Thursday that they would be releasing more stored water through the State Water Project, due to several weeks of wet weather, increasing the allocation from 0% to 15%. In early December, the...

California Has Existing Tools to Assist Struggling Restaurant/Bar Industry

January 20, 2022 3:12 pmJanuary 20, 2022 3:30 pm

Previous state and federal programs have been helpful to the California hospitality industry. However, for a host of reasons, including the length of the pandemic and the disproportionate impact it has had on restaurants and bars, this critical California sector...

Enforcement of the California Political Reform Act

January 20, 2022 3:01 pmJanuary 20, 2022 3:08 pm

California’s Political Reform Act contains a number of enforcement mechanisms. They are contained in Government Code Title 9, Chapter 11, in Sections 91000 – 91014. Section 91000 specifies that any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Spending $23 Million on Another Homeless Hotel

January 20, 2022 1:14 pmJanuary 20, 2022 1:14 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced this week the city has been awarded a $23.9 million state Homekey grant to convert a downtown hotel into housing for homelessness vagrants. $23 million is quadruple the annual budget of many effective local programs...