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Issue and Issuer under the Commercial Code

April 23, 2025 2:30 amApril 23, 2025 2:31 am

The Commercial Code, in Division 8, Chapter 2, deals with issue and issuer of investment securities in California. Section 8201 defines an “issuer” to include a person that does any of the four specified acts. A guarantor is an issuer...

Bill to Halt Universities From Punishing Students Who Call 911 For Overdoses Awaits Vote In Assm.

April 22, 2025 6:07 pmApril 22, 2025 6:07 pm

A new bill that would stop colleges and universities from academically punishing students who call 911 for help with overdoses continued to await being heard by a committee this week following a massive rewrite last month. Assembly Bill 602, authored...

One Year After Fatal Mountain Lion Attack, Partisan Democrats Inflict More Harm on Brooks Family

April 22, 2025 3:24 pmApril 23, 2025 3:56 pm

UPDATE BELOW: Partisan politics was on full display at the California State Capitol Tuesday, with Democrats using their supermajority to kill an important Republican bill, just because they can. A tragic mountain lion attack in 2024, which killed one El...

Greenberg: Can Oakland Survive Barbara Lee?

April 22, 2025 7:21 amApril 22, 2025 7:22 am

Barbara Lee’s triumph in Oakland’s mayoral race on April 15, 2025, has been hailed as a progressive milestone, marking her as the city’s first Black woman mayor. But beneath the applause lies a grim reality: Lee’s victory signals trouble for...

Is California Governor Gavin Newsom an Economic Illiterate or Just Deceitful?

April 22, 2025 2:45 amApril 22, 2025 4:07 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom is showing the breadth of his economic illiteracy – or just plain old political deceit. Last week, Gov. Newsom and State Attorney General Rob Bonta sued President Donald Trump over his tariff’s – the first state...

Commencing California Civil Actions

April 22, 2025 2:30 amApril 22, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure, in Part 2, Title 2, Chapter 1, contains provisions related to the time of commencing civil actions in this state. Section 312 provides that civil actions can only be commenced within the periods prescribed in...

Steve Hilton Announces Run For Governor

April 21, 2025 4:27 pmApril 21, 2025 4:29 pm

In an announcement on Monday, Steve Hilton, former Director of Strategy for then-British Prime Minister David Cameron and former Fox News host said that he would be running for Governor of California in 2026, becoming the second big-name Republican to...