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The California Legislature’s Climate Change Policy Joint Committee

June 18, 2022 4:08 pmJune 18, 2022 4:10 pm

In addition to the Assembly’s 33 standing committees and the State Senate’s 22 standing committees, both houses of the California Legislature have numerous select committees and a handful of joint committees. These joint committees, naturally, have members of both houses...

General Guidance in Reading the Financial Code

June 18, 2022 8:00 amJune 18, 2022 8:06 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The tenth alphabetically is the Financial Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Financial Code: Section...

Bill to Ban Cat Declawing Gains Support Before Senate Committee Votes

June 17, 2022 4:32 pmJune 17, 2022 3:46 pm

A bill that would ban cat declawing, surgical claw removal, or tendonectomy procedures on cats has had support continue to row both amongst lawmakers and the public following it’s passage in the Assembly late last month. Assembly Bill 2606, authored...

California Legislature’s Harassment Retaliation Prevention Act

June 17, 2022 3:30 pmJune 17, 2022 9:01 pm

In the California Government Code, Title 2, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1.5, Article 12 is the “Legislative Discriminatory Harassment Retaliation Prevention Act,” which is contained in Sections 9149.38 to 9149.41. Article 12 was added in 2018 by Chapter 952....

General Guidance in Reading the California Family Code

June 17, 2022 6:40 amJune 17, 2022 9:04 pm

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The ninth alphabetically is the Family Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Family Code: Section...

Why is a Bill to Encourage Schools to Teach Asian American and Pacific Islanders History Meeting Resistance?

June 16, 2022 5:10 pmJune 17, 2022 3:46 pm

UPDATED: June 17, 2022 3:30pm below A bill to encourage schools to adopt a course of study related to Asian American and Pacific Islanders History for grades 1-12 is strangely meeting resistance in the Legislature. Senate Bill 1363 by Sen....

California’s Uniform Single Publication Act

June 16, 2022 4:24 pmJune 16, 2022 4:29 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. The Uniform Single Publication Act is contained in Civil Code Division 4 (General Provisions), Part 1 (Relief), Title 4, which includes Sections 3425.1 to 3425.5. This was added in 1955 by...