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Scope of Civil Discovery

January 3, 2026 4:37 pmJanuary 3, 2026 4:37 pm

Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 2 deals with the scope of discovery under the Civil Discovery Act. Article 1 provides general provisions. Section 2017.010 allows any party to obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the...

Affidavits in California

January 3, 2026 5:00 amJanuary 3, 2026 5:01 am

Part 4, Title 3, Chapter 3, Article 2 deals with affidavits and the manner of production of evidence in this state. Section 2009 provides that an affidavit may be used to verify a pleading or a paper in a special...

Statewide Child Support Registry

January 2, 2026 2:00 pmJanuary 2, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 17, Chapter 1, Article 4 deals with the Statewide Registry for Child Support under the Department of Child Support Services. Section 17390 contains a legislative finding and declaration that there is no single statewide database containing statistical data regarding...

Arizona Senator Revives Bill Requiring Hospitals To Check Immigration Status

January 2, 2026 12:19 pmJanuary 2, 2026 12:20 pm

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) has reintroduced legislation that would require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status during medical intake, according to reporting from Arizona Family and state legislative records. The proposal, filed for the 2026 legislative...

DOJ Halts California’s Unconstitutional Mask Ban on ICE Agents

January 2, 2026 11:48 amJanuary 5, 2026 8:00 am

The U.S. Department of Justice has successfully paused enforcement of California’s controversial “No Secret Police Act” (SB 627), a law championed by State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) that sought to prohibit law enforcement officers—including federal ICE agents—from wearing face...

Sable Pipeline Gets Go-Ahead to Restart California Pipeline

January 2, 2026 7:36 amJanuary 2, 2026 7:46 am

The Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration just gave Sable Offshore Corp. a Christmas present: Sable can begin pumping oil from its three platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., after a federal appeals court allowed the restart...

More Prop. 50 Redistricting Contributions and Expenditures and $31M to Consultants

January 2, 2026 3:30 amJanuary 2, 2026 6:14 am

The Daily Caller is reporting that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting map guru employs man who got $31 million to fight Prop 50. They report that California’s redistricting map author, Paul Mitchell, told lawyers during a deposition that he was paid...