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California Courts and Retroactivity of Criminal Statutes

January 7, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 7, 2025 2:31 am

While we know that a general principle of statutory construction is to apply new laws prospectively, criminal law statutes can be unique particularly problematic when it comes to their effective or operative dates. The following is a recent state appellate...

Why Incumbent Congressional Representatives Michelle Steel and John Duarte Should Have Won

January 6, 2025 4:06 pmJanuary 6, 2025 4:13 pm

In 2020, California’s Assembly Bill 860 fundamentally altered state election laws by requiring county elections officials to mail a vote-by-mail ballot to every registered voter for all elections. The bill allowed ballots postmarked on or before Election Day to be...

SF Chronicle Calls Prop. 13 Property Tax Cuts ‘Subsidies’

January 6, 2025 10:59 amJanuary 6, 2025 9:46 pm

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article today about Proposition 13, the 1978 ballot initiative overwhelmingly passed by California voters, which reduced property tax rates on homes, businesses, and farms by about 57%. Opponents have long claimed that because of...

When and Why: California’s ‘Compassionate Release’ Program Simply Doesn’t Work

January 6, 2025 6:34 amJanuary 6, 2025 6:34 am

The term “second chance” is usually good – except when it comes to some criminals. On one hand, you do have those that have learned their lessons from whatever action they’ve taken, and actually take the opportunity to make themselves...

California Courts and the Legislature’s Budget Authority

January 6, 2025 2:30 amJanuary 6, 2025 2:31 am

Both the Legislature and the Governor in California play critical roles in the development and adoption of the state budget. Relevant provisions of state law related to the budget process are contained in Article IV of the state Constitution. So,...

The Gavin Newsom Effect: U-Haul Reports Californians Leaving the State in Droves

January 5, 2025 9:10 amJanuary 5, 2025 9:15 am

U-Haul has a new report out and once again – for the fifth year in a row – the once Golden State finished on top of the U-Haul Growth Index – meaning more Californians rented one-way U-Haul trucks to leave...

California Politicians Backing Sanctuary Policies Better Lawyer Up

January 5, 2025 8:41 amJanuary 5, 2025 9:11 am

It is not a matter of if but when. President-Elect Donald Trump’s Department of Justice will almost certainly seek criminal prosecution of California politicians backing various illegal sanctuary laws and policies aimed at protecting illegal immigrants from deportation, and rightly...