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(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Legislature’s proposed 2023-34 budget, a spending plan that allocates $5.2 billion to the judiciary and largely maintains funding for the branch despite a $31.5 billion statewide deficit. Lawmakers also …
(Subscription required) The $5 billion budget for the judicial branch has emerged intact — for now. “This year’s budget represents a continued commitment by Governor Newsom and the Legislature to support the judicial branch with a sustainable budget, which …
(Subscription required) Ending a two-decade-long career on the judiciary, Justice Marsha G. Slough announced she will retire from the 4th District Court of Appeal on Aug. 31. Slough was the first openly gay justice on the 4th District. Over the course of …
Less than a week after a gay man was confirmed to a seat on California's Fourth District Court of Appeal, the lesbian justice who has been serving there since 2016 announced she would retire in August.
A California reform measure that capped probation to two years for many nonviolent offenders applies retroactively to plea agreements that hadn’t been finalized when the law took effect in 2021, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. Where such deals …
The Supreme Court is scheduled to decide tomorrow whether it will review a Court of Appeal opinion upholding most of Proposition 22. The initiative, passed in 2020 and heavily financed by Uber and Lyft, classifies app-based drivers as independent …
(Subscription required) Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday named 15 judges to superior courts in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Kern, Orange, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Tulare, and Yolo counties.
Justice Marsha Slough today announced she will retire Aug. 31, capping two decades of service as a judicial officer and nearly a decade as a Judicial Council member and leading voice on key judicial branch initiatives. Said California Chief Justice …
Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year that includes $426.9 million in new funding for the judicial branch. Said California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero: “This year’s budget represents a continued commitment by …
The governor has shown great foresight in naming Kelli to the court, choosing a jurist whose background, experience, and sensibilities will bring invaluable compassion, intellect, and patience to the state’s highest court. In becoming the newest justice, …
The court’s unanimous opinion by Justice Leondra Kruger concludes that the 100-day limit applies regardless whether the prevailing party has timely moved to confirm the arbitration award: “if the losing party wishes to attack the award, the statutes make …
In People v. Prudholme, the Supreme Court today holds that legislation reducing maximum probation terms applies retroactively and, when so applied, doesn’t jeopardize a plea agreement reached under the harsher superseded law. Everyone is on the same page …
Civil rights attorneys across Southern California on Monday, June 26, applauded a state Supreme Court decision holding police more accountable for alleged misconduct, while law enforcement officials said it will undoubtedly result in more lawsuits …
(Subscription required) The commission confirmed San Diego County Superior Court Judge David Rubin to California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, and San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Danny Chou to the First District. The Commission on Judicial …
How is this week different from all other weeks?Martin.Novitski Sat, 06/24/2023 - 09:11 NewsLink The upcoming week will be busy for the Supreme Court, and in some respects it will be an unusual one. On Monday, the court will file two opinions. On Tuesday, …
(Subscription required) Legislation that would extend California state courts’ authority to hold civil proceedings remotely through 2025 could be voted on as early as Tuesday. Bill language introduced Saturday as part of budget negotiations would allow …
A month after the Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved California law that bans the sale of pork produced anywhere from breeding pigs held in small cages, the state has agreed to delay enforcement until next year.
Using force or fear in transporting a victim is a statutorily required element of kidnapping, but the court’s opinion by Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero concludes “the Legislature must have intended [a] relaxed standard of force to apply to [intoxicated …
(Subscription required) The justices unanimously approved the new California Rule of Professional Conduct 8.3, which will require attorneys to alert the state bar or a court “when the lawyer knows of credible evidence that another lawyer has committed a …
(Subscription required) Reversing an appellate court decision, the state Supreme Court denied prosecution immunity Thursday to Riverside County sheriff’s deputies from a lawsuit by the widow of a man who was shot and killed by a neighbor and whose body was …
