Property Boundaries
Civil Code Division 2, Part 2, Title 3, Chapter 1, Article 2 deals with boundaries for rights of owners of real property in California. Section 829 provides that the owner of land in fee has the right to the surface...
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Chino Hills Fighting Caltrans on Widening Scenic Carbon Canyon Road for Truck Use
Hope for the Hills is a well-known group of Chino Hills residents who won a long and arduous battle against utility giant Southern California Edison back in 2013. I reported extensively and for several years on their courageous multi-year fight. After...
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...
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...