Incidents of Ownership
Civil Code Division 2, Part 2, Title 3, Chapter 1, Article 1 deals with incidents of ownership. Section 818 provides the owner of a life estate may use the land in the same manner as the owner of a fee...
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Gavin Newsom’s Predatory Behavior Coming Home to Roost
In 2005, while mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom had a months-long extramarital sexual affair with Ruby Rippey-Tourk, his appointments secretary. She was married at the time to Alex Tourk, Newsom’s close friend, former deputy chief of staff, and later...
The Generation Reagan Warned Us About is Here!
Before you laugh off the demands and priorities of the Democratic Socialists of America, do realize that over 30 of their members have won their primaries against democrats. CNN political commentator and establishment democrat Van Jones is worried, and rightly...
California Proves Pension Reform Was Never a Settlement
California’s Assembly Bill 1383 passed the Assembly 70 to 2 in January. Set aside for a moment what the bill does. Start with the vote. Seventy members, from the most progressive Democrat in the caucus to all but two Republicans,...
Wills in California
Division 6, Part 1 of the Probate Code deals with wills. Chapter 1 contains general provisions. Section 6100 provides that an individual 18 or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will. A conservator may...
Societies for Animal Protection
Title 1, Division 2, Part 9 deals with societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals under the California Corporations Code. Section 10400 states that corporations for the prevention of cruelty to animals may be formed under the Nonprofit Public...
California’s Democrat Lawmakers Must Want Crime, Drugs and Homelessness to Increase
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 to restore felony penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes in November 2024. Prop 36 passed by 68%, and passed in every one of California’s 58 counties. Within months of its passage, Democrats in...