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Are Acronyms Used in California Statutes?

March 4, 2022 7:03 amMarch 4, 2022 7:06 am

With the formal language used in California statutes, a reader would expect that a program or department name is used, rather than an acronym. However, that is not always the case. Here are a few examples of acronyms that are...

Sacramento Claims There Won’t be Money to Continue Funding Existing Homeless Shelters

March 4, 2022 2:34 amApril 18, 2022 7:54 am

Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan “raised an alarm this week about funding for the city’s existing homeless shelters even as the City Council pushes to open more large sites to address the community’s growing homelessness crisis,” the Sacramento Bee reported...

Bill To Increase Number of Nurse Practitioners Performing Abortions Introduced in Senate

March 4, 2022 2:20 amMarch 3, 2022 9:02 pm

A bill to increase the number of nurse practitioners allowed to perform abortions without physician supervision was announced on Thursday, becoming the latest piece of legislation designed to increase abortion access in California. Senate Bill 1375, authored by Senate President...

Why Do Bills Request the UC Regents to Adopt Education Policies?

March 3, 2022 6:50 amMarch 3, 2022 6:59 am

The Legislature has authority to enact statutes impacting school districts, the community colleges, and the California State University system. These provisions are set forth in the Education Code. However, it is the University of California Board of Regents who adopt...

California Assemblywoman Shocked at Homeless Living on City Streets

March 2, 2022 12:43 pmMarch 2, 2022 12:43 pm

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) posted a photo on Twitter Tuesday of a couple of homeless tents on a city sidewalk, and asks why. “Can we explain this? Who is responsible? Solutions please,” she Tweeted. https://twitter.com/quirk_silva/status/1498846675854512129 The responses were...

The Expanding Housing Crisis: Affordable, Attainable, or Impossible?

March 2, 2022 6:53 amApril 3, 2022 4:23 pm

It has been said that everything starts in California. Politics, storms, vast amounts of (currently) sequestered, (always) predatory wealth, that “up at the end” accent no one can actually tolerate, etc. – all that is true. Add to that list...

Interpreting California Statutes Using Legislative Guidance

March 2, 2022 6:33 amMarch 2, 2022 6:46 am

I have written previously about legislative intent and statutory construction in California. After reviewing just over 2,000 newly-introduced bills in the Legislature for the 2022 Session, I came across a number of interesting provisions related to this topic. Below are...