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Retailers: Decisive vote to recall SF District Attorney reflects voter concerns on crime and safety
With the resounding vote to recall San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin last Tuesday, and candidates with prosecution track records also winning support in Sacramento and elsewhere, it’s raising questions about the degree to which crime concerns will factor in the November elections.
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Business community urges action on proposed California laws to address inflation, crime, supply chain disruption
With inflation rising at a pace not seen in decades, concerns persist about what action California lawmakers will take to reduce it.
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Failed Pelosi foe loses defamation case against S.F. Chronicle
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Hearst Communications has fended off a defamation lawsuit brought by a former Congressional hopeful who sued over a 2020 article in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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California Supreme Court disposition denies writ on CRC redistricting meetings
In the lead up to final redistricting maps being sent to the Secretary of State, the California Supreme Court has denied a writ alleging that non-public meetings among California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) members and partisan policymakers had become part of the redistricting process.
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Redistricting commission releases preliminary maps for 2022 elections
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC) on Wednesday issued preliminary maps for Congressional, state Legislature, and local jurisdictions in the November 2022 elections.
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Following California's gubernatorial recall election, campaigns prep for 2022
With the gubernatorial recall now behind Californians, questions remain about how the outcome will impact policy on homelessness, housing, crime, wildfires, water storage and schools, and what it all means for the 2022 election.
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Newsom record largely absent in final stretch appearances ahead of recall
With national figures flying in to campaign for Gov. Gavin Newsom in the lead up to the recall, it’s raising questions about the impact on the election outcome and how public education, homelessness, wildfires, and other issues that have led to the recall will be addressed.
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Education, homelessness policy emerge as key factors in California recall election
With the gubernatorial recall election around the corner, it’s raising questions about how many voters in the deep blue state could be disenchanted by one-party rule, leading to a vote against retaining Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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New lawsuit seeks to change upcoming gubernatorial recall election
New litigation challenging the gubernatorial recall as unconstitutional is raising questions about why it was filed weeks before the election.
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Judge rules against lawsuit to include party affiliation on recall ballot after statutory deadline
With California’s gubernatorial recall election fast approaching, Gov. Gavin Newsom learned last week that his name will appear on the ballot without his Democratic party designation.
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Twitter loses lawsuit after Texas AG makes inquiry into Trump ban, content censorship
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Twitter was too quick to sue the Texas attorney general over his reaction to President Donald Trump being banned from the social media platform.
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More challengers emerge as SOS verifies signatures for recall election
While preliminary data released by the Secretary of State shows the special election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely to proceed, Californians’ appetite to do so this fall compared to last remains to be seen.
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Texas AG Paxton sued by Twitter for allegedly retaliating to the platform's decision to ban Trump
The attorney general of Texas was sued in the Northern California District Court by Twitter for allegedly restricting the social media platform's rights to free speech and freedom of the press, according to documents filed on March 8.
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Common Sense Party sues to get on the ballot in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The Common Sense Party has sued California, arguing that its requirements for new parties can’t be met during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Republican National Committee sues Gov. Newsom over mail-in voting
SAN FRANCISCO - The Republican National Committee and the California Republican Party have sued California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Alex Padilla over the use of mail-in ballots for the upcoming November elections.
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California still a top ‘judicial hellhole’ according to annual ATRF report
WASHINGTON – The American Tort Reform Association (ATRF) released its annual Judicial Hellholes report this week with the state of California once again placing among the worst legal climates in the nation at number two, following only the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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California, other states grapple over climate change litigation
Should states intervene in lawsuits against fossil fuel companies over financial responsibility for future climate change costs?