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Underground Regulations and California’s Administrative Procedure Act

October 28, 2021 2:15 amOctober 28, 2021 6:44 am

The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is charged with ensuring that agency and department regulations are “clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.” OAL is responsible for reviewing proposed regulations by California’s more than 200 state agencies and...

Another In-N-Out Shut Down For Refusing to Become the Vaccination Police

October 27, 2021 2:27 pm

Another Bay Area county has closed down an In-N-Out restaurant because the burger chain “refuses to become the vaccination police.” Last week the San Francisco city health department closed an In-N-Out fast food burger restaurant over the company’s refusal to...

Determining Whether Agency Action Is a Regulation

October 27, 2021 2:24 amOctober 26, 2021 8:18 pm

California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA) sets forth the process for executive branch administrative agencies to promulgate regulations. These formal actions can add, amend or repeal regulations that are contained in the Code of California Regulations. As a threshold matter, one...

Emergency Regulations Under the APA

October 26, 2021 2:45 amOctober 25, 2021 9:17 pm

Under California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), there are two forms of rulemaking: regular and emergency. The emergency rulemaking process has different requirements, but generally includes a brief public notice period, a brief public comment period, review by the California Office...

San Diego School District Sued Over Not Having a Religious COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Exemption

October 25, 2021 4:05 pmOctober 28, 2021 10:36 am

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) was sued over the weekend by a Scripps Ranch High School student athlete and her family for religious discrimination over the district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Last month, the SDUSD approved COVID-19 vaccination mandates...

Another Union Ouster: Los Angeles XPO Logistics Employees Free of Unwanted Teamsters Union

October 25, 2021 12:09 pm

It’s Deja vu all over again, as the great Yogi Bera once famously said. In California, we have a near repeat of the ousted labor union case in Ventura that the Globe covered last month, where the employees submitted a...

Economic Impact Analysis Under the APA

October 25, 2021 2:27 amOctober 24, 2021 6:38 pm

As part of California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), executive branch agencies that promulgate regulations are required to conduct an economic impact analysis. What is that analysis and how have the courts interpreted agency actions to comply with this statutory mandate?...