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Bill To Allow Housing Department to Halt Legally Dubious Projects Gains Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 3:59 pm

A bill to allow the Department of Housing and Community Development to block projects in Orange County that are in violation of the Surplus Land Act and other laws, continued to move up in the legislature in June following the...

General Guidance in Reading the California Government Code

June 21, 2022 10:51 amJune 21, 2022 10:55 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The thirteenth alphabetically is the Government Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Government Code: Section...

Bill To Add Juneteenth As Paid State Holiday Gains Near-Universal Support in Legislature

June 21, 2022 2:33 amJune 20, 2022 10:34 pm

A bill to add Juneteenth as an official paid state holiday in California gained near universal support in the last few weeks as public support for the holiday also climbs. Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles),...

Bill To Ban Arrests for Prostitution-Related Loitering Moves to Governor’s Desk

June 20, 2022 3:51 pm

A bill to ban arrests for “loitering with the intent of prostitution” was sent to the Governor’s desk on Monday, nine months after both houses of the state legislature first passed it. Senate Bill 357, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

California’s Whistleblower Protection Act

June 20, 2022 3:29 pmJune 20, 2022 3:33 pm

California’s Government Code contains the “Whistleblower Protection Act” in Sections 9149.20 to 9149.23, which is found in Title 2, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1.5, Article 10. Section 9149.20 provides the official title of the Act. Section 9149.21 provides a...

CA Democrats Abandon Gas Tax Holiday; Announce New Committee to Investigate Gas Price Gouging

June 20, 2022 2:55 pmJune 24, 2022 6:00 pm

“Friday marked 100 days of diddling by California’s supermajority party to provide relief at the pump for the state’s drivers from the record high gas prices,” the Globe reported Monday, ahead of the announcement by Assembly Democrats that rather than suspending...

General Guidance in Reading California’s Food and Agricultural Code

June 20, 2022 6:57 amJune 20, 2022 7:00 am

California’s statutes are contained in 29 separate codes. The twelfth alphabetically is the Food and Agricultural Code. All 29 Codes have general provisions applicable to reading and interpreting that Code’s sections. The following are selected general provisions of the Food...