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As cities defy state housing laws, L.A. court decision clarifies when builder’s remedy applies
Amid a host of new court filings involving builder’s remedy, it’s raising questions about the impact that provision will have on California’s historic housing shortage and how it could affect production numbers here in the coming months.
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Appeals judges: San Jose schools violated 'bedrock' religious freedom principles in shutting down Christian club
San Jose Unified School District had claimed it revoked recognition for a Fellowship of Christian Athletes club out of concerns for anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Judges said the decision was rooted in anti-Christian bias, because the club required its leaders to agree with traditional Christian beliefs on sexuality
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Ninth Circuit: California minor gun ad ban unconstitutional 'muzzling of speech' rights
A federal appeals panel said AB2571, which outlaws ads designed to make guns 'attractive to minors,' is a 'straitjacket' of the First Amendment, and an unlawful attack by California Democrats on a group they wish to silence
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Appeals court: Judge wrongly denied injunction vs California open carry gun ban, needs to take another look
A federal appeals panel has told a judge to quickly reexamine her refusal to stop California from barring residents from openly carrying guns, saying the judge failed to consider the merits of a constitutional challenge to the ban.
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Free speech advocates demand Davis library allow group to complete forum on trans athletes in girls sports
A letter from the Fountdation for Individual Rights and Expression is demanding library managers reverse their decision to shut down a forum discussing transgender athletes in women's high school sports. The managers said organizers had improperly "misgendered" athletes. FIRE says the decision violates the Constitution.
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Binance's Global Head of Intelligence and Investigations: 'We work very closely with law enforcement'
Erin Fracolli, Global Head of Intelligence and Investigations at Binance, said working hand in hand with law enforcement is vital to protecting Binance users and crypto users in general from bad actors attempting to perpetrate fraud and scams.
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Alameda judge won't end lawsuit accusing CAL state schools officials of discrimination during Covid remote learning
Oakland, Los Angeles students say they were denied equal education when the state closed schools during the Covid-19 pandemic, and did not provide them with the computers and other technology they needed to academically function during the shutdown
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'Better than imports:' Oil producers say CAL Supreme Court correct to strike down local drilling bans, allow essential continued local production
A California Supreme Court ruling says counties can't shut down oil and gas drilling. Activists vowed to continue fighting to hinder local oil and gas extraction, which the industry said is misguided, will leave U.S. more dependent on foreign, dirtier energy sources
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Oakland NAACP head calls on city to end 'no-consequences' mindset to crime fighting
A letter co-authored by Oakland NAACP president urges elected leaders to pull the city out of a “doom loop” of rising crime, depopulation and economic stagnation by rejecting a “no-consequences” approach to public safety and “defund the police” rhetoric.
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'In a straitjacket:' Ninth Circuit ruling will leave cities powerless to confront homelessness, judges warn
The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court refused to reconsider its decision allowing a class action to continue vs Oregon city, seeking to bar enforcement of 'anti-camping' ordinances. Dissenters said the decision amounts to new constitutional right to camp anywhere
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Employers can't be sued if their workers' spouses catch Covid: California Supreme Court
The state high court said allowing such lawsuits to move forward would open floodgates to potentially millions of lawsuits against every employer in the state, swamping courts and potentially crippling society in the process
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San Diego church says gov't shows 'religious hostility' in halting meal funds for preschool kids over gender ID dictates
A San Diego area church-daycare is claiming it's unconstitutional for the federal and state governments to cut off meal subsidies for its children, because the church won't obey new gender identity mandates.
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Ruling declaring California corporate board diversity quotas unconstitutional could impact similar measures, proposals in other states
After a federal judge struck down a California law that required diversity quotas for corporate boards, it’s raising questions about the degree to which the state should regulate business policy, and how such laws align with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Judge says California law requiring racial minority, LGBT representation on corporate boards is unconstitutional
The ruling could have implications for similar legislation or laws in other Democrat-dominated states, like Illinois, where lawmakers have considered following California's lead on increasing corporate board diversity by force of law
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California pork law to boost meat prices, could set off interstate trade wars
With the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold a California law that requires different restrictions in pork processing, it’s raising questions about how it aligns with the federal Commerce Clause that prevents a single state from unduly burdening how others do business.
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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
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Record rains heighten push to speed up work on California's long-approved water storage plans
Amid the impact of recent heavy rains and fire season fast approaching, questions persist about where things stand with water storage projects and why the state still hasn’t completed new ones with funding approved by voters almost a decade ago.
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Berkeley, other state, local govts can't use building codes to ban natgas, sidestep federal law
A federal appeals court says the same law that bars cities and states from banning the use of natural gas appliances also extends to blocking building codes that would ban new gas lines
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Environmental activists sue, demand PG&E close Diablo Canyon nuke plant, despite state power supply problems
Nuclear reactors generate no "greenhouse gas emissions," yet Friends of the Earth says PG&E must shutter the plant under the terms of a deal reached in 2016, allegedly to promote public safety and combat climate change
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Stanford University under fire after Louisiana-based federal judge is shouted down during campus talk
The president of the Federalist Society chapter at Stanford University has urged school officials to do more to protect free expression on campus after a Louisiana-based federal appeals court judge was heckled and shouted down during a speech this month.