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Pennsylvania U.S. District Court Orders California DOJ To Pay Pharmaceutical Lawyers $80,000 in Fines

December 30, 2021 3:53 pm

Federal District Judge Cynthia Rufe ordered the State of California to pay $80,000 in legal fees to Par Pharmaceutical on Wednesday over the state’s continued refusal to hand over information and break discovery obligations in a case earlier this year...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Gifts and Honoraria and California Legislators

December 30, 2021 3:05 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:21 am

The California Constitution, in Article IV, Section 5, prohibits any honorarium being paid and limits gifts being made to state legislators. Government Code Title 9 (Political Reform), Chapter 9.5 (Ethics) deals with both topics as well. The following is a...

Judge Grants Restraining Order Against New CDCR Early Release Credit Regulations

December 30, 2021 10:17 amNovember 3, 2022 8:53 pm

Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to stop the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) from increasing the number of “good conduct credits” that non-violent “second strike” inmates could receive. The...

California’s Public Golf Courses to be Converted to Affordable Housing Complexes Under AB 672

December 30, 2021 2:20 amJanuary 1, 2022 7:41 am

A bill in the California Legislature authored by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) is proposing to convert California public/municipal golf courses into affordable housing. Assembly Bill 672 provides $50 million in developer subsidies to redevelop California’s municipal golf courses into affordable...

Expulsion or Suspension of California State Legislators

December 29, 2021 5:28 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:24 am

California’s Constitution, in Article IV, Section 5, provides that the Legislature is the judge of its Members and their ability to hold office. Section 5(a)(1) states: “Each house of the Legislature shall judge the qualifications and elections of its Members…”...

Appeals Court Upholds Google Streetview Settlement, Ends 11-Year-Old Privacy Case

December 28, 2021 10:20 am

The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold Google’s $13 million settlement payment to nine privacy advocacy groups, finally ending the Joffe v. Google case that has been challenged for over eleven years. In 2010,...

God Sent the Rain, But We Need an Angel to Build the Infrastructure to Manage It

December 28, 2021 6:30 amApril 3, 2022 8:45 am

If Californians are to avoid a future where they have to endure permanent water rationing because of inadequate water infrastructure, a few members of the economic elite will have to break with the pack. As it is, in the wealthiest,...