Legislature – Page 5 – California Globe

Automatic Checkout System

October 22, 2026 2:30 amOctober 22, 2026 2:31 am

Part 5.5 of Division 4 of the California Civil Code deals with automatic checkout systems in this state. Section 7100 provides that every retail grocery store or grocery department within a general retail merchandise store which uses a point-of-sale system...

Get Out of the Way San Francisco, ICE Has Work To Do

October 21, 2026 4:48 pmOctober 21, 2026 4:48 pm

On October 19, 2026, ICE agents arrested 51-year-old Salvadoran national Milton Ramos-Rodriguez on a South of Market/SoMa neighborhood sidewalk in San Francisco, and city hall responded as expected – clutching pearls and grabbing the checkbook. ICE stated that Ramos-Rodriguez had...

Arizona Seeks To Join Colorado River Lawsuit After Failed Negotiations, GOP Criticism Of Hobbs

October 21, 2026 2:26 pmOctober 21, 2026 2:27 pm

Arizona has asked a federal court to let it join Nevada’s lawsuit challenging new Colorado River operating rules after seven-state negotiations failed to produce an agreement and Republican lawmakers criticized Gov. Katie Hobbs’ handling of the talks. The Oct. 16...

Ringside: Save Our Lawns, Reform AB 1572

October 21, 2026 2:20 pmOctober 21, 2026 2:22 pm

Californians are within months, if not weeks, of getting what could be the most thorough statewide drenching in decades, as a “super” El Nino grows in the Pacific. Expect hundreds (plural) of millions of acre feet of water to dump...

General Provisions for Common Interest Developments

October 21, 2026 2:00 pmOctober 21, 2026 2:01 pm

Part 5 of Division 4 of the California Civil Code deals with common interest developments. Chapter 1 contains general provisions and Article 1 deals with preliminary provisions. Section 4000 provides that this part is known as the Davis-Stirling Common Interest...

What Are Some Unique Aspects of Statutory Interpretation in California?

October 21, 2026 12:19 pmOctober 21, 2026 12:19 pm

It centers on a primary mandate that courts in this state should ascertain and effectuate legislative intent. While California shares many common-law and statutory canons with federal courts and other states, several features distinguish its approach to statutory construction. Paramount...

How the DMV Enabled Voter Fraud in California

October 21, 2026 9:19 amOctober 23, 2026 10:43 am

California’s long-term shift from a competitive or Republican-leaning state to a Democratic stronghold has been driven primarily by demographic change through immigration. In 2018, more than one million illegal immigrants received driver’s licenses from the California DMV, which automatically registered...