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Liability of Vessels in California

September 8, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 8, 2025 2:31 am

Division 3, Chapter 1, Article 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with liability of vessels generally. Section 420 makes a marine carrier liable in like manner as an inland carrier, except for loss or injury caused by...

‘Chaptering Out’ or ‘Double-Jointing’ Amendments – Which One Is It?

September 7, 2025 4:26 pmSeptember 7, 2025 7:45 pm

At the end of a California Legislative Session, Capitol observers will hear about the need to have “chaptering out amendments” adopted. However, that is not the correct term to use. “Chaptering out” is the problem that needs to be addressed...

LAPD Ends Taxpayer-Funded Protection of Former VP Kamala Harris Over Mounting Criticism

September 7, 2025 8:59 amSeptember 8, 2025 10:47 am

After reporting this week about the absurd waste of taxpayer funds to provide former Vice President Kamala Harris additional and ongoing taxpayer-funded security detail, first by the CHP, then by LAPD, the Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday announced that...

Separate Property in California

September 7, 2025 7:38 amSeptember 7, 2025 7:38 am

Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the California Family Code deals with separate property. Section 770 states that separate property of a married person includes all property owned before marriage, acquired after marriage by gift, bequest, or...

How the Legislature Complies with Proposition 54’s 72-Hour Rule

September 6, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 6, 2025 2:07 pm

Proposition 54, which was enacted by the voters at the November 2016 general election, adopted constitutional and statutory changes dealing with bill amendments and recordings of legislative proceedings. Among those provisions, how does the California Legislature comply with Prop. 54’s...

Ninth Circuit Court Violates its Own Rules; Overturns its 3-Judge Panel’s Decision on LAUSD Covid Vax Mandate

September 6, 2025 8:38 amSeptember 8, 2025 12:13 pm

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just delivered a decision in a multi-year Covid-vaccine mandates case that lowered the bar on legal decisions, violated 120 years of juris prudence, misinterpreted Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a Supreme Court case from 1905 about...

Presumptions in California Concerning the Nature of Property

September 6, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 6, 2025 2:31 am

California’s Family Code, in Division 4, Part 2, Chapter 4 deals with presumptions concerning the nature of property in characterizing martial property. Section 802 explains that the presumption that property acquired during marriage is community property does not apply to...