A bill that would increase penalties for fatal hit-and-runs will go before the Assembly Public Safety Committee this week. AB 582, authored by Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno), would increase the scope of hit-and-runs to include penalties for not immediately stopping...
‘Memo to California politicians: You do not have the right to stop people from buying things just because you or special-interest lobbyist allies don’t like the products.’ The International Fur Federation, based in London, announced Monday it has filed a...
The Superior Court of California in Los Angeles ruled earlier this week that independent truckers are exempt from AB 5. The ruling by Judge William Highberger came less than two weeks after a temporary exemption was granted. AB 5, the...
The California Fourth District Court of Appeals in Santa Ana has ruled that charter cities and other atypically classified cities have to follow the California Values Act (CVA), commonly known as the ‘sanctuary city law’. Under the CVA, which was...
While the California Legislature passed and Governor Brown signed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) into law in 2018, ostensibly to help California consumers protect their online data, state and local government doesn’t appear to be required to comply with...
Vacation homes, rental homes, and other types of secondary housing would lose their mortgage interest deductions (MID) to fund new statewide homeless initiatives under a new bill announced Thursday. AB 1905 and the end of MID tax breaks Assembly Bill...
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 1797–98 Despite higher water flows, biologists are reporting some of the worst spawning numbers in nearly...