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General Guidance in Reading the California Family Code

June 17, 2022 6:40 amJune 17, 2022 9:04 pm

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

Why is a Bill to Encourage Schools to Teach Asian American and Pacific Islanders History Meeting Resistance?

June 16, 2022 5:10 pmJune 17, 2022 3:46 pm

UPDATED: June 17, 2022 3:30pm below A bill to encourage schools to adopt a course of study related to Asian American and Pacific Islanders History for grades 1-12 is strangely meeting resistance in the Legislature. Senate Bill 1363 by Sen....

California’s Uniform Single Publication Act

June 16, 2022 4:24 pmJune 16, 2022 4:29 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. The Uniform Single Publication Act is contained in Civil Code Division 4 (General Provisions), Part 1 (Relief), Title 4, which includes Sections 3425.1 to 3425.5. This was added in 1955 by...

Bill To Require Employers Include Pay Ranges in Job Advertisements Passes Assembly Committee

June 16, 2022 12:58 pm

A bill that would require employers to put in a pay range for all advertised jobs and send in pay data reports to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) continued to pass through the Assembly this week despite...

California Legislature’s Review of State Agencies

June 16, 2022 11:55 amJune 16, 2022 7:01 am

Among their myriad of duties and powers, the California Legislature is required to review state agencies and their work pursuant to Government Code Title 2 (Government of the State of California), Division 2 (Legislative Department), Part 1 (Legislature), Chapter 1.5...

General Guidance in Reading the Evidence Code

June 16, 2022 6:28 amJune 16, 2022 6:35 am

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

The Abundance Choice, Part 15: Our Fight for More Water

June 16, 2022 2:30 amJune 15, 2022 8:49 pm

There are plenty of ways to ration water, and California’s state legislature is pursuing all of them. Restrict agricultural water allocations until millions of acres of California’s irrigated farmland is taken out of production. Ban outdoor watering entirely in urban...