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Civil rights groups say San Mateo County courts are ignoring bail-reform mandate

Civil rights organizations claim California courts are failing to implement affordable bail and pretrial release mandates, impacting defendants who cannot afford bail.

California Law Helps Tribes Keep Kids Out of Foster Care. A New Court Ruling Strengthens Their Hand | KQED

Social workers must investigate claims of Native American ancestry more rigorously in foster care cases, adhering to the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Supreme Court Holds that Public Entities Are Not Subject to PAGA and Various Labor Code Violations

Public employers in California are exempt from Labor Code provisions and PAGA penalties according to the California Supreme Court's ruling in Stone v. Alameda Health System.

CDF Labor Law LLP

California Supreme Court's ruling confirms that aggrieved employees cannot intervene in PAGA actions of others, ensuring certainty and finality for settlements.

Supreme Court Holds that Public Entities Are Not Subject to PAGA and Various Labor Code Violations

Public employers in California are exempt from Labor Code provisions and PAGA penalties according to the California Supreme Court's ruling in Stone v. Alameda Health System.

CDF Labor Law LLP

California Supreme Court's ruling confirms that aggrieved employees cannot intervene in PAGA actions of others, ensuring certainty and finality for settlements.
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Uber and Lyft drivers will still be independent contractors after California Supreme Court ruling

The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of app-based companies like Uber, allowing them to classify drivers as independent contractors.

Uber and Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in California Supreme Court ruling

Tech giants like Uber and Lyft can continue treating drivers as independent contractors in California.

California Supreme Court upholds classification of gig workers as independent contractors

Ride-share companies in California can continue classifying gig workers as independent contractors due to the victory in the Supreme Court.

Uber and Lyft drivers will still be independent contractors after California Supreme Court ruling

The California Supreme Court ruled in favor of app-based companies like Uber, allowing them to classify drivers as independent contractors.

Uber and Lyft drivers remain independent contractors in California Supreme Court ruling

Tech giants like Uber and Lyft can continue treating drivers as independent contractors in California.

California Supreme Court upholds classification of gig workers as independent contractors

Ride-share companies in California can continue classifying gig workers as independent contractors due to the victory in the Supreme Court.
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Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have finally won the Prop 22 gig worker battle

California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers to remain independent contractors.

California Supreme Court Upholds Gig-Worker Proposition

The California Supreme Court ruled to uphold Proposition 22, classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors, thus allowing these companies to continue operating in the state.

California Supreme Court Rules That Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Remain Independent Contractors

The California Supreme Court ruled that app-based drivers will remain independent contractors, supporting Proposition 22 for gig-economy companies.

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash can continue to classify drivers as contractors in California | TechCrunch

California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 22, allowing app-based gig workers to remain independent contractors.
The ruling is a victory for app-based companies maintaining business models reliant on gig workers' flexibility and freedom to work as they choose.

Gig Companies Spent $200 Million to Write Their Own Labor Law. The State Supreme Court Could Throw it Out | KQED

California Supreme Court to hear case that could impact gig workers and industries reliant on app-based platforms.

California's Supreme Court will decide if gig drivers should be considered employees

California Supreme Court to consider Proposition 22 legality regarding gig workers' classification as contractors or employees.

Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash have finally won the Prop 22 gig worker battle

California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 22, allowing Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash drivers to remain independent contractors.

California Supreme Court Upholds Gig-Worker Proposition

The California Supreme Court ruled to uphold Proposition 22, classifying Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors, thus allowing these companies to continue operating in the state.

California Supreme Court Rules That Uber and Lyft Drivers Will Remain Independent Contractors

The California Supreme Court ruled that app-based drivers will remain independent contractors, supporting Proposition 22 for gig-economy companies.

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash can continue to classify drivers as contractors in California | TechCrunch

California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 22, allowing app-based gig workers to remain independent contractors.
The ruling is a victory for app-based companies maintaining business models reliant on gig workers' flexibility and freedom to work as they choose.

Gig Companies Spent $200 Million to Write Their Own Labor Law. The State Supreme Court Could Throw it Out | KQED

California Supreme Court to hear case that could impact gig workers and industries reliant on app-based platforms.

California's Supreme Court will decide if gig drivers should be considered employees

California Supreme Court to consider Proposition 22 legality regarding gig workers' classification as contractors or employees.
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Prop 22: CA Supreme Court hears case on law classifying app-based drivers as contractors

The California Supreme Court is set to determine the constitutionality of Prop 22, impacting ride-hailing companies and workers' classification.
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California Supreme Court will weigh removal of 'Taxpayer Protection Act' from ballot. Here's why

The California Supreme Court is considering whether to allow a ballot measure requiring voter approval for tax increases.
The 'Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act' faces opposition from Democratic officials and labor leaders.
The initiative aims to make California more business-friendly by implementing stricter tax increase approval processes.

California Supreme Court to weigh pulling measure making it harder to raise taxes from ballot

The California Supreme Court is considering a measure that would make it harder to raise taxes, leading to a legal battle between the governor and business groups.

California Supreme Court will weigh removal of 'Taxpayer Protection Act' from ballot. Here's why

The California Supreme Court is considering whether to allow a ballot measure requiring voter approval for tax increases.
The 'Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act' faces opposition from Democratic officials and labor leaders.
The initiative aims to make California more business-friendly by implementing stricter tax increase approval processes.

California Supreme Court to weigh pulling measure making it harder to raise taxes from ballot

The California Supreme Court is considering a measure that would make it harder to raise taxes, leading to a legal battle between the governor and business groups.
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California Supreme Court to rule on high-stakes battle over ballot measure restricting tax increases

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of a ballot measure that could significantly impact the balance of power between business and labor.
#measure-ula

Ballot Measure to Overturn ULA Struck Down by Court

California Supreme Court blocked a measure overturning Los Angeles' tiered transfer taxes, affecting Measure ULA and multiple other initiatives in the state.

California Supreme Court to Rule on Anti-ULA Ballot Measure

The California Supreme Court is set to discuss the constitutionality of Measure ULA, a mansion tax initiative in Los Angeles.

Ballot Measure to Overturn ULA Struck Down by Court

California Supreme Court blocked a measure overturning Los Angeles' tiered transfer taxes, affecting Measure ULA and multiple other initiatives in the state.

California Supreme Court to Rule on Anti-ULA Ballot Measure

The California Supreme Court is set to discuss the constitutionality of Measure ULA, a mansion tax initiative in Los Angeles.
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#uc-berkeley

State Supreme Court Ruling Allows Housing Plan To Move Forward At People's Park | KQED

UC Berkeley can proceed with construction on student housing in People's Park and a larger campus expansion project.

People's Park: California Supreme Court schedules arguments on controversial UC Berkeley development next month

California Supreme Court to hear UC Berkeley housing project appeal
Proposal includes housing for students and homeless residents

UC Berkeley's Plan to Build Housing on People's Park Heads to California Supreme Court | KQED

The California Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on a case opposing UC Berkeley's plan to build housing at People's Park.
The court's ruling may influence the demand for additional studies before constructing new housing projects, potentially impacting the development process.

State Supreme Court Ruling Allows Housing Plan To Move Forward At People's Park | KQED

UC Berkeley can proceed with construction on student housing in People's Park and a larger campus expansion project.

People's Park: California Supreme Court schedules arguments on controversial UC Berkeley development next month

California Supreme Court to hear UC Berkeley housing project appeal
Proposal includes housing for students and homeless residents

UC Berkeley's Plan to Build Housing on People's Park Heads to California Supreme Court | KQED

The California Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on a case opposing UC Berkeley's plan to build housing at People's Park.
The court's ruling may influence the demand for additional studies before constructing new housing projects, potentially impacting the development process.
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Ex-Trump lawyer John Eastman should be disbarred, judge rules

Judge Yvette Roland recommended disbarment for John Eastman for his role in promoting efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Eastman, facing 11 disciplinary charges, maintained his claim about state legislatures reversing the 2020 election outcome.

Ringleader in 2000 Bay Area murder spree loses death-penalty appeal

The California Supreme Court has affirmed the death penalty for a man convicted in a murder spree in Marin and Contra Costa counties.
The case centers on Glenn Taylor Helzer, a self-proclaimed prophet who led a small religious group called the Children of Thunder.

The Queerness of Camphor Trees - San Francisco Bay Times

By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney-
Two magnificent 103-year-old camphor trees stand together aside the majestic gate to the Meiji Shrine in the heart of Tokyo.A plaque underneath their broad and leafy branches proclaims that the trees "have grown under the protection of the deities to become huge and vivid and are considered to be sacred."The
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Former California chief justice joins private mediation firm after criticizing industry

(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Before leaving her post as California's top judicial official in January, former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she had serious concerns about the rapidly growing industry of private judges.In response to revelations by The Times that such for-hire judges had helped facilitate the misappropriation of client funds by fallen legal titan Tom Girardi, Cantil-Sakauye said in August that the largely unregulated industry was ripe for greater oversight.

Timeless Portraits of L.A.'s Arcades

I'll always remember the first time I stepped into Blipsy Bar on N. Western Avenue, in Los Angeles's Koreatown.I felt like a teenager from the '80s, here to escape the humdrum of the Hollywood crowds.I settled into the moody, retro atmosphere, watching people buy cheap drinks and looking nostalgically at the arcade games on offer: Ms. Pac-Man, Gun Fight, Track & Field, Paperboy.

California Courts Must Protect Data Privacy

If our legal rights to data privacy aren't enforceable, they are just empty promises.One of the best ways to enforce them is to let people sue the companies that violate their data privacy.Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has been chipping away at private enforcement by rewriting a legal doctrine called "standing," which determines who has been harmed enough to deserve their day in court.

California gig workers' fate to be debated Tuesday in Prop. 22 appeal

For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig-economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a judge invalidated the ballot initiative allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.On Tuesday, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in San Francisco on whether it should uphold the lower court that deemed Proposition 22 unconstitutional and unenforceable.

Former California chief justice joins private mediation firm after criticizing industry

(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Before leaving her post as California's top judicial official in January, former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she had serious concerns about the rapidly growing industry of private judges.In response to revelations by The Times that such for-hire judges had helped facilitate the misappropriation of client funds by fallen legal titan Tom Girardi, Cantil-Sakauye said in August that the largely unregulated industry was ripe for greater oversight.

Timeless Portraits of L.A.'s Arcades

I'll always remember the first time I stepped into Blipsy Bar on N. Western Avenue, in Los Angeles's Koreatown.I felt like a teenager from the '80s, here to escape the humdrum of the Hollywood crowds.I settled into the moody, retro atmosphere, watching people buy cheap drinks and looking nostalgically at the arcade games on offer: Ms. Pac-Man, Gun Fight, Track & Field, Paperboy.

California Courts Must Protect Data Privacy

If our legal rights to data privacy aren't enforceable, they are just empty promises.One of the best ways to enforce them is to let people sue the companies that violate their data privacy.Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has been chipping away at private enforcement by rewriting a legal doctrine called "standing," which determines who has been harmed enough to deserve their day in court.

California gig workers' fate to be debated Tuesday in Prop. 22 appeal

For more than a year, the California voter-approved gig-economy law known as Proposition 22 has hung in the balance after a judge invalidated the ballot initiative allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees.On Tuesday, a California appeals court will hear oral arguments in San Francisco on whether it should uphold the lower court that deemed Proposition 22 unconstitutional and unenforceable.
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California court upholds treating app-based drivers as contractors

A California state appeals court on Monday revived a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, in a major victory for the industry.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court reversed a lower court ruling in 2021 that the ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional.

California Court Mostly Upholds Prop. 22 in Win for Uber and Other Gig Companies

A California appeals court said on Monday that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, should remain state law.The decision by three appeals court judges overturned the ruling last year by a California Superior Court judge, who said the proposition was unenforceable.

California Supreme Court ends legal limbo for over $545 million in Bay Area bridge tolls

More than $545 million in Bay Area bridge tolls are now free to fund transit and highway projects across the region after the California Supreme Court ended a legal battle between a crusading anti-tax group and the Bay Area's bridge authority.Transit planners are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the court decision on Tuesday.

California court upholds treating app-based drivers as contractors

A California state appeals court on Monday revived a ballot measure allowing app-based services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc to treat drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, in a major victory for the industry.A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court reversed a lower court ruling in 2021 that the ballot measure, known as Proposition 22, was unconstitutional.

California Court Mostly Upholds Prop. 22 in Win for Uber and Other Gig Companies

A California appeals court said on Monday that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, should remain state law.The decision by three appeals court judges overturned the ruling last year by a California Superior Court judge, who said the proposition was unenforceable.

California Supreme Court ends legal limbo for over $545 million in Bay Area bridge tolls

More than $545 million in Bay Area bridge tolls are now free to fund transit and highway projects across the region after the California Supreme Court ended a legal battle between a crusading anti-tax group and the Bay Area's bridge authority.Transit planners are breathing a collective sigh of relief after the court decision on Tuesday.
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The Briefing Podcast: Ninth Circuit Agrees with Woz - No Promise to Pay, No Desny Claim

The 1950 case Desny v. Wilder set the ground rules for an idea theft/implied contract case in California.In Desny, the plaintiff Victor Desny wrote a script depicting the real-life story of Floyd Collins, a boy who made headlines after he was trapped in a cave 80 feet underground.In an effort to market his script, Desny called Billy Wilder, a writer, producer and director at Paramount Pictures.

Sumo Dancers - San Francisco Bay Times

By John Lewis-
The powerful Japanese giants, weighing as much as 350 pounds and clad only in their mawashi (loin cloths), dig their heals into the compressed clay surface of the dohyo (the sumo wrestling ring).These rishiki (literally strong warriors) crouch in fearless and commanding postures, synchronize their breaths as one, and when they both have touched their hands to the ground, lunge forward to engage each other with all the physical strength, as well as mental acumen, they possess.
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UC Strike Continues Despite Tentative Deal | KQED

The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers to increase their pay and other benefits.Those UC workers are staying on the picket lines in solidarity with their United Auto Worker union members who still have not reached a deal.Reporter: Laura Fitzgerald, KQED
California Chief Justice's Final, Year-End Media Briefing
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, held her annual year-end media briefing yesterday.

California Supreme Court allows San Jose church to avoid over $200,000 in COVID-19 fines

A California Supreme Court ruling brought an end to one chapter of an ongoing legal battle between a San Jose church and county officials that could have wide-ranging implications for religious activists and public health authorities.Wednesday's ruling denied a final bid by Santa Clara County to force Calvary Chapel to pay more than $200,000 in fees after the church was found in contempt of court.

UC Strike Continues Despite Tentative Deal | KQED

The University of California has reached a tentative agreement with postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers to increase their pay and other benefits.Those UC workers are staying on the picket lines in solidarity with their United Auto Worker union members who still have not reached a deal.Reporter: Laura Fitzgerald, KQED
California Chief Justice's Final, Year-End Media Briefing
Tani Cantil-Sakauye, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court, held her annual year-end media briefing yesterday.

California Supreme Court allows San Jose church to avoid over $200,000 in COVID-19 fines

A California Supreme Court ruling brought an end to one chapter of an ongoing legal battle between a San Jose church and county officials that could have wide-ranging implications for religious activists and public health authorities.Wednesday's ruling denied a final bid by Santa Clara County to force Calvary Chapel to pay more than $200,000 in fees after the church was found in contempt of court.
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California Supreme Court Allows U.C. Berkeley to Build at People's Park

California Supreme Court ruled in favor of building housing for students and homeless at People's Park in Berkeley, despite noise pollution concerns.

Walters: California Democrats score big win as Supreme Court blocks anti-tax ballot measure

California Supreme Court blocked initiative to make raising taxes harder.

California Supreme Court Blocks Anti-Tax Ballot Measure In Rare Move, Siding With Newsom and Legislature

The California Supreme Court invalidated an anti-tax initiative for violating state constitutional procedure.
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California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls

The California Supreme Court removed a tax increase restriction measure from the November ballot, preserving government functioning and existing tax approvals.

California voters lose a shot at checking state, local tax hikes at the polls

The California Supreme Court removed a measure from the November ballot that aimed to make it harder to raise taxes.

California voters lose a shot at checking state and local tax hikes at the polls

The California Supreme Court removed a tax increase restriction measure from the November ballot, preserving government functioning and existing tax approvals.

California voters lose a shot at checking state, local tax hikes at the polls

The California Supreme Court removed a measure from the November ballot that aimed to make it harder to raise taxes.
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Measure to restrict tax increases cannot appear on November ballot, California Supreme Court rules

California Supreme Court ruled a ballot measure, requiring voter approval for state tax hikes, violates the constitution and cannot appear on November ballots.

Silicon Valley voters won't see anti-tax measure on November ballot - San Jose Spotlight

California Supreme Court blocks anti-tax ballot measure in Santa Clara County, citing broad impact on local revenue measures and essential services.

California Supreme Court orders Taxpayer Protection Act off the ballot, siding with Newsom

California Supreme Court removed a citizen initiative from the ballot for the first time due to being an illegal constitutional revision.
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