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SF DA Jenkins Announces Policy Moves To Hold More Drug Dealers Accountable

August 3, 2022 12:30 pm

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Wednesday that her office would continue their crackdown of drugs in the city by moving more cases to the regular courts from community justice courts, as well as returning harsher sentencing against...

LA Bans Homeless Camps Near Schools While Sacramento Prohibited from Removing Homeless on Public Property

August 3, 2022 9:36 amAugust 3, 2022 9:40 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day care centers. Also on Tuesday, a federal judge issued an order forbidding Sacramento police and city officials from clearing homeless...

Did You Know This About California Law?

August 3, 2022 6:21 amAugust 3, 2022 6:24 am

In reading through California statutes contained in the state’s 29 Codes, I have come across several interesting(?) sections of laws. The following are some examples: Do California use Latin terms in its statutes? Yes, in several instances. For example, Business...

California Consumer Contract Awareness Act

August 2, 2022 3:15 pmAugust 2, 2022 3:22 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Civil Code Division 3, Part 4, Title 1.86 provides the Consumer Contract Awareness Act of 1990, which is contained in Section 1799.200 to 1799.207. Title 1.86 was added in 1990 by Chapter...

Sacramento Citizens’ Group Calls for Investigation into Council Member Katie Valenzuela’s ‘Slush Fund’

August 2, 2022 7:46 am

“For a Better Sacramento,” a citywide citizens’ group, called on Sacramento city officials Monday to investigate Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela’s possible misuse of taxpayer dollars in her city office account. According to information obtained in a California Public Records Act request...

California wants to silence dissent on COVID-19

August 1, 2022 10:42 amAugust 2, 2022 6:13 am

In 1593, the Roman Inquisition convicted the Dominican friar Giordano Bruno for heresy. His crime: teaching that the earth revolved around the sun. The inquisitors burned him alive. We should’ve learned from that dark era. Yet over 400 years after...

California School Land Bank Act

July 31, 2022 3:16 pmJuly 31, 2022 11:18 am

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Public Resources Code Division 7.7, Chapter 1 provides the School Land Bank Act, which is contained in Sections 8700 to 8716. Chapter 1 was added in 2011 by Chapter 485. Section 8700 names...