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Center for American Liberty to File Lawsuit to Block Closure of CA Schools

July 20, 2020 8:06 am

Following California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s arbitrary and unnecessary closure of California’s schools Friday, Attorney Harmeet Dhillon announced on Fox News she would be filing another lawsuit against him. Dhillon’s Center for American Liberty will file a lawsuit to block the...

California’s Use of Statutory Construction in Statutes

July 20, 2020 6:20 amJuly 20, 2020 6:29 am

The courts in California, as well as across the country, utilize certain canons or rules of statutory construction. Essentially, statutory construction is how the courts interpret and ultimately apply the statutes or laws enacted by the state and federal legislatures....

Guidance for Interpreting California Codes

July 19, 2020 7:20 amJuly 19, 2020 7:24 am

California’s statutes, California Codes of which there are more than half a million, are contained in 29 separate codes. In an effort to provide guidance to those needing to interpret these statutes, each Code begins with a “General Provisions” section....

Gov. Newsom’s COVID ‘Science’ is ‘Political Science’

July 18, 2020 8:23 amMarch 17, 2022 8:24 pm

Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that public school students in most of California will not be attending school in person this fall. “The virus will be...

California State Public Works Board

July 18, 2020 7:04 amJuly 18, 2020 7:06 am

In California government, there is the State Public Works Board (SPWB), which is set forth in the Government Code. The SPWB is found in Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 3 (Executive Department), Part 10.5, Chapter 2,...

Cal Fire Finds PG&E At Fault in 2019 Kincade Fire

July 18, 2020 6:56 am

On Thursday, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) found that power and utility provider PG&E caused the Kincade wildfire in Sonoma County last October. Cal Fire’s report confirmed that a PG&E transmission line nearby Geyserville sparked...

Judge Issues Temporary Order In Favor Of California In Private Prison Closures Over Fed. Government, GEO Group

July 18, 2020 6:47 amJuly 21, 2020 8:19 pm

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino issued a temporary order in favor of California over the Trump Administration and the private prison company GEO Group over the legality of the state’s January ban on for-profit prisons. Private, for-profit prison...