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'California Knows Best:' SCOTUS says California can use Prop 12 to regulate pork producers across the country
Dissenting justices warned California should now expect other states to respond in kind, following California's "blueprint" to use state laws and market power to bypass Congress and bend the rest of the country to the will of voters in just one or a handful of states -
Lawsuit: California 10-day gun purchase waiting period law violates Second Amendment
A lawsuit was filed May 1 against the state, asserting the state has no right under the Constitution to force Californians who pass background checks to wait 10 days to obtain firearms they need for "immediate self-defense" -
Twitter downsizes California office, GEICO closes storefront operations statewide
Insurance lawyer: "It doesn't bode well for insurance as a whole for the state" -
New report examines results, recent spending on California’s homeless
As California’s homeless population continues to grow, a new report on Project Homekey and the billions spent so far analyzes how the Newsom administration’s program is helping people at-risk and the cost to state taxpayers. -
Revised care standards used statewide for gender dysphoric students may lower age of consent to 14
Revised standards of care proposed by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) could potentially lower the age requirement to 14 or younger for gender dysphoric students -
Recall organizer accuses Gov. Newsom of ‘political pandering’ for settling Afghan refugees amid homelessness crisis
Despite a shortage of affordable housing options, Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking action to accommodate Afghan refugees -
Recall organizer: Enthusiasm factor on the side of ousting Newsom
A new poll is finding that the number of voters who want to cast Gov. Gavin Newsom out of office is catching up with the 50% who want to keep him -
Parents sue state over new COVID school guidelines they allege exceed CDC guidance
A coalition of parents whose children attend public schools in California has sued the state alleging that its new COVID guidance violates the California Constitution and the Education Code -
State agrees to $1.35 million settlement over church COVID restrictions
After defiantly continuing litigation despite losing in court against Harvest Rock Church, the state of California agreed to a $1.35 million settlement last week -
Bradley on 2022 Senate race: ‘This is a fight to save our great state and nation’
When James P. Bradley campaigned for office last year, he ran on a dollar-for-dollar shoestring but now that he is gunning for the 2022 Senate seat that U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris vacated, he’s more prepared financially. -
Group to drop LA, San Francisco and Sacramento to form 'New California'
A series of events, including the alleged decline of the public school system, lead school administrator Paul Preston to launch a movement in 2005 which seeks to form a new statehood within California. -
SCOTUS grants injunction freeing churches from Gov. Newsom's COVID restrictions
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) granted Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry’s petition for writ of certiorari last week, vacating lower court orders that were preventing worshipers from attending the church as well as chanting and singing during services due to COVID-19 restrictions -
San Bernadino restaurant owner welcomes county lawsuit against Gov. Newsom
The family-owned Taco Shop Mexican Grill in San Bernadino has been serving diners since 2008, and for the first time, the eatery has been barely keeping afloat -
Here's how the real estate industry is operating due to COVID-19
Extra COVID-19 compliance burdens real estate transactions -
Attorneys foresee these three legal trends post COVID-19
Post COVID-19 will bring a proliferation of litigation in these three areas of practice -
Journalist and photographer lawsuit in opposition to Assembly Bill 5 dismissed
District judge rejects journalist and photographer plea against Assembly Bill 5