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New Bill Would Block Law Enforcement Officers From Giving Information About Non-Criminal Migrants Within A Mile Of Schools

January 28, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 28, 2025 2:46 am

A new bill to restrict local educational agencies and local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement officers on or within a mile of school grounds, gained traction in the Senate in the past week, potentially setting up...

Subletting and Subcontracting in Public Contracts

January 28, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 28, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 4, is called the “Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act” pursuant to Section 4100. Section 4101 sets forth a legislative finding that the practices of bid shopping and bid peddling...

Senator Wiener Proposes Oil and Gas Industry Pay for ‘Climate Driven Disasters’

January 27, 2025 4:28 pmJanuary 27, 2025 7:36 pm

Californians are paying the price for climate change events and catastrophic wildfires happening in the middle of winter, said Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), as he announced his new bill, Senate Bill 222, “the Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act.”...

AG Bonta Influencing Alameda County Board DA Replacement Following Recall Election

January 27, 2025 1:37 pmJanuary 27, 2025 1:37 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to choose his chief deputy Venus Johnson as the replacement for recalled DA Pamela Price, the Globe has been learned. “CA AG Rob Bonta is pushing his...

El Dorado DA Wants Legal Opinion on State/Federal Immigration Enforcement Conflicts

January 27, 2025 2:45 amJanuary 27, 2025 6:55 am

El Dorado District Attorney Vern Pierson just sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta requesting a legal opinion on the very clear conflicts of the state’s immigration law, and federal enforcement laws. In a move that could impact...

Personal Property Leases in California

January 27, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 27, 2025 2:31 am

The California Commercial Code in Division 10, Chapter 1, deals with general provisions concerning personal property leases. Section 10101 terms Chapter 1 as the Uniform Commercial Code—Leases. Section 10102 applies this division to any transaction, regardless of form, that creates...

Incidental Powers and Duties of Courts

January 26, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 26, 2025 2:31 am

CCP Part 1, Title 1, Chapter 6, Article 2 concerns incidental powers and duties of courts of justice in California. Section 128 specifies that every court has the power to do eight tasks. In addition, if an order of contempt...