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Unique Provisions of California’s Code of Civil Procedure

January 19, 2023 4:02 pmJanuary 19, 2023 4:09 pm

California’s Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) has a number of intriguing preliminary provisions, many of which were enacted in 1872, as the CCP was one of California’s original four Codes. For example, CCP Section 21 divides judicial remedies into two...

Gov. Newsom’s Climate Change Pal Resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister

January 19, 2023 3:13 pmJanuary 21, 2023 7:55 am

In May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern signed a “pledge” agreeing to help fight climate change together by working to put millions more electric vehicles on the road, the Globe reported. Why, when New Zealand...

Senators Temporarily Cover ‘Unrepresented’ Areas of California

January 19, 2023 3:03 pmJanuary 19, 2023 3:17 pm

As a result of the interaction of different provisions of law, and the odd-numbered and even-numbered Senate districts, there are instances each ten years for a geographic area of the state to either not have an elected senator representing some...

San Francisco Exemplifies ‘The Emperor Has No Clothes’

January 19, 2023 2:10 pmJanuary 19, 2023 12:11 pm

In The Emperor’s New Clothes by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, two charlatans successfully pull off a fraud on a flamboyant emperor who spends lavishly on fashion and clothing by telling him they will tailor an outfit that only the most wise...

Silicon Valley Has 20-40 Inches of Rain, Flooding, But Clings to ‘Severe Drought’

January 18, 2023 3:30 pmJanuary 18, 2023 3:43 pm

The California Department of Water Resources announced that snowpack levels have reached nearly 250%, the Globe reported Tuesday. Specifically, the Northern Sierra region is currently at 209% of snowpack, with the Central Sierra/Tahoe region coming in at 246%, and the...

California Property Taxpayers Have a Bill of Rights

January 18, 2023 6:39 amJanuary 18, 2023 6:48 am

In Part 14 of Division 1 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, there Is the Property Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights. Revenue and Taxation Code Section 5900 provides that the act is known as “The Morgan Property Taxpayers’ Bill of...

Calif. Legislative Analyst ‘Calls Bull’ on Newsom Budget Projections

January 17, 2023 4:45 pmJanuary 19, 2023 4:22 pm

Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a $297 billion 2023-2024 budget plan on Tuesday, with a projected deficit of $22.5 billion. He shaved $3 billion off his last budget, in the face of a recession, and the $22.5 billion...