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Financial Challenges Facing California’s Independent Gas Stations

September 30, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 30, 2026 1:48 pm

I was recently contacted by an independent gasoline station owner regarding the financial challenges facing these operators in California. Over the course of a few weeks, she provided numerous invoices on their wholesale fuel purchases, showing the staggering taxes and...

Housing Cooperatives and Trusts

September 30, 2026 2:00 amSeptember 30, 2026 2:01 am

Division 2, Part 2, Title 2, Chapter 5 of the Civil Code deals with housing cooperatives and housing cooperative trusts in California. Section 817 provides a definition for the terms “limited-equity housing cooperative” and “workforce housing cooperative trust.” The articles...

An Editorial Board Will Not Save CNN, but a Return to Reporting Might

September 29, 2026 5:47 pmSeptember 29, 2026 5:47 pm

In a matter of weeks Paramount Skydance is expected to close its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and, with it, to place CBS News and CNN under a single corporate roof, at which point David Ellison will preside over the...

AZ US Attorney Rejects Mayes, Fontes Concerns Over Subpoenaed Voter Data, Offers Joint Review

September 29, 2026 3:39 pmSeptember 29, 2026 3:39 pm

U.S. Attorney for Arizona Timothy Courchaine has rejected concerns raised by Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about the use of subpoenaed Arizona voter information, while offering to work directly with Fontes to review voter rolls....

Statutory Exemptions from the Public Rulemaking Process

September 29, 2026 2:00 pmSeptember 29, 2026 2:01 pm

Why does the California Legislature continue to adopt partial or full exemptions in statute from the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)? A fundamental purpose of both the federal and California Administrative Procedure Acts is to allow public participation, including notice and...

Newsom Signs Unlawful Immigration Bills Again, After 2025 Bills Were Overturned by Ninth Circuit

September 29, 2026 1:40 pmSeptember 30, 2026 7:37 am

Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of 21 bills claiming they will increase state oversight of federal immigration enforcement, illegal immigrant detention facilities, and related law-enforcement practices inside California. You read that right – Gov. Newsom is trying...

Number of California Bills by Code – 2026 Edition

September 29, 2026 12:30 pmSeptember 29, 2026 5:46 pm

California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain over 156,000 statutes. Each year, more statutes are being considered through legislation. So, how many bills introduced in the 2025-26 Legislative...