Legal – California Globe

Other Refuges in California

August 4, 2026 2:30 amAugust 4, 2026 2:31 am

Fish and Game Code Division 7, Chapter 1 deals with refuges and other protected areas in California. Article 5 deals with wilderness areas. Section 10740 provides that it is unlawful for any person other than a legally constituted peace officer...

California Assembly Republicans Elect Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo after Ousting Frat Boy Leader Heath Flora

August 3, 2026 8:36 pmAugust 4, 2026 12:10 am

California Assembly Republicans replaced Heath Flora (R-Ripon) as minority leader Monday, and quickly elected Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo (R-Tulare) to the leadership position. The Globe has long reported on Flora’s troubled leadership, including annual Kentucky Derby junkets, and most recently, voting...

Fatcat Lobbyist Rusty Areias Now Trying to Get Confirmed as UC Regent

August 3, 2026 2:30 pmAugust 3, 2026 3:32 pm

Back in June, the Globe reported on Rusty Areias attempting to get a state highway named after him. Both Democrats and Republicans on the California Assembly Transportation Committee blocked the attempt by Areias and his powerful lobbyist colleagues. “Bizarre backroom...

Dissolution of an LLC

August 3, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 3, 2026 2:01 pm

Corporations Code Title 2.6, Article 7 deals with the dissolution and winding up of a limited liability company under the California Revised Uniform LLC Act. Section 17707.01 provides that a limited liability company is dissolved and its activities are wound...

Newsom Admin’s Bad Job of Collecting Mandated Statewide Drug Treatment Outcome Data

August 3, 2026 6:00 amAugust 3, 2026 6:01 am

Governor Newsom’s administration has done a very bad job collecting the mandated and very important statewide drug treatment outcome data. Thus, there is not valid treatment outcome information to determine who’s providing effective treatment and for whom. As one industry...

Disability Payments

August 3, 2026 2:30 amAugust 3, 2026 2:31 am

Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Labor Code deals with disability payments under the workers’ compensation law. Section 4650 provides that, if an injury causes temporary disability, the first payment of temporary disability...

Chart of Types of California Legislative Committees

August 2, 2026 2:00 pmAugust 2, 2026 2:01 pm

The following is a chart listing the types of committees used in the California Legislature: Type of Committee Role of Committee Standing Standing Committee hearings are the forums for public input on pending legislation. Measures are heard in Standing Committees...