Digital Asset Regulatory Bill Passes Senate Committee 7-0
On Thursday, a bill that would begin feasibility studies into regulating and classifying the virtual currency industry passed the Senate…
California’s High-Capacity Magazine Ban Overturned By 9th Circuit Court
On Friday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against California's ban against high-capacity ammunition magazines, citing California's gun…
Amazon Liable for Defective Third-Party Products Rules CA Appellate Court
On Thursday, California’s 4th District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana found that Amazon.com can now be held liable for…
Are the Rats Jumping Gov. Newsom’s Ship Over BYD Chinese Mask Deal?
Could Gov. Gavin Newsom's controversial $1.4 Billion deal for masks with Chinese BYD, an electric bus maker now manufacturing N95 masks,…
California’s Office of Administrative Law
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) is responsible for reviewing regulations and regulatory changes proposed by state agencies and departments…
CA Judicial Council Votes To End Eviction Moratorium September 2nd
On Thursday, the Judicial Council of California voted 19-1 to end the temporary eviction and foreclosure moratorium that has been…
Debt Collector Licensing Bill Passes Assembly Banking and Finance Committee
On Wednesday, a bill that would require the licensing of debt collectors and debt buyers passed the Assembly Banking and…
Latest Casualty in COVID Era: Customer Service
My neighborhood grocery store, which once had very nice customer service, has degraded into COVID mask hysterics, and clerks now…
California Legislators Propose Wealth Tax
On the morning of August 13, Assembly Bill 2088 was gutted-and-amended an elections bill into a wealth tax. AB 2088…
CA Democrats Pushing First-in-the-Nation ‘Wealth Tax’ on State’s Billionaires
Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta held a press conference Thursday announcing his legislation to tax the state's wealthiest job creators and…