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Procedural Provisions in Family Law Cases

September 13, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 13, 2025 9:28 am

California Family Code Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 3 deals with procedural provisions in cases of nullity, dissolution, and legal separation. Section 2020 requires a responsive pleading to be filed and a copy served on the petitioner within 30 days...

Going Past Midnight on the Last Day of Session

September 12, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 13, 2025 9:28 am

Can the Legislature continue meeting past midnight on Friday, September 12, 2025? If so, how does it do that? Joint Rule 51 deals with the Legislative Calendar and establishes the start of the Interim Recess and Joint Rule 61 deals...

The Left Incites Violence Against the Right, then Condemns It

September 12, 2025 9:00 amSeptember 14, 2025 8:04 pm

Immediately following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly denounced the shooting on X, saying, “The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.”...

Time to Complete Discovery

September 12, 2025 2:32 amSeptember 12, 2025 2:33 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure, Part 4, Title 4, Chapter 8 deals with the time for completion of discovery in civil cases. Section 2024.010 provides that discovery is considered completed on the day a response is due or on the...

Bills on Consent in the California Legislature

September 11, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 11, 2025 2:01 pm

What is the Consent Calendar and how do legislative measures get placed on consent? Joint Rule 22.1 deals with the “Consent Calendar: Uncontested Bills” and provides that each standing committee may report an uncontested bill out of committee with the...

Gov. Newsom’s Attempt to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Project Rejected by Legislature, Again

September 11, 2025 1:53 pmSeptember 11, 2025 1:53 pm

The California Legislature just killed the Delta Tunnel project, again, by refusing to do anything on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pet project. “A Coalition Stops Trailer Bills Threatening the Bay-Delta and Communities Now advancing real water solutions rooted in creating local...

When Violence Becomes Virtue: The Moral Collapse Behind Charlie Kirk’s Murder

September 11, 2025 10:23 amSeptember 11, 2025 10:23 am

The brutal murder of Charlie Kirk was not just a political flashpoint—it was a moral reckoning. Shot in the neck while speaking at a university, in front of his wife and children, Kirk’s death was a horrifying reminder of how...