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Unique Provisions of California’s Code of Civil Procedure

January 19, 2023 4:02 pmJanuary 19, 2023 4:09 pm

California’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a number of intriguing preliminary provisions, many of which were enacted in 1872, as the CCP was one of California’s original four Codes. For example, CCP Section 21 divides judicial remedies into two...

Gov. Newsom’s Climate Change Pal Resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

January 19, 2023 3:13 pmJanuary 21, 2023 7:55 am

In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signed a “pledge” agreeing to help fight climate change together by working to put millions more electric vehicles on the road, the Globe reported. Why, when New Zealand...

Senators Temporarily Cover ‘Unrepresented’ Areas of California

January 19, 2023 3:03 pmJanuary 19, 2023 3:17 pm

As a result of the interaction of different provisions of law, and the odd-numbered and even-numbered Senate districts, there are instances each ten years for a geographic area of the state to either not have an elected senator representing some...

San Francisco Exemplifies ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’

January 19, 2023 2:10 pmJanuary 19, 2023 12:11 pm

In The Emperor’s New Clothes by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, two charlatans successfully pull off a fraud on a flamboyant emperor who spends lavishly on fashion and clothing by telling him they will tailor an outfit that only the most wise...

State Senator Dave Min Announces 2024 Run For Katie Porter’s House Seat

January 19, 2023 12:13 pm

Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine) announced on Thursday that he would be the latest major candidate to enter the quickly growing 2024 race for the 47th District congressional seat in Orange County, joining former Congressman Harley Rouda (D) and 2022 near-winner...

78-Year-Old Jackie Goldberg Elected as Los Angeles Unified School Board President

January 18, 2023 4:18 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District elected in former school board member and Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg as President of the board on Tuesday, elevating her to the position 40 years after her first initial successful run for the school board....

Silicon Valley Has 20-40 Inches of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’

January 18, 2023 3:30 pmJanuary 18, 2023 3:43 pm

The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday. Specifically, the Northern Sierra region is currently at 209% of snowpack, with the Central Sierra/Tahoe region coming in at 246%, and the...