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The California Supreme Court has set a June 1 oral argument date in a lawsuit challenging the 2018 appointment of San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe.
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By Wes Venteicher
March 04, 2019 10:16 AM,
Updated March 04, 2019 06:47 PM
The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a pension law that stripped a retirement perk from public employees, issuing a narrow ruling that sidestepped a bigger question about whether employers can reduce pension benefits for current workers.
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that interest rates on consumer loans can be “unconscionably” high and therefore illegal.
By James Rufus Koren
Aug 13, 2018 | 4:00 PM
California’s high court has ruled that interest rates on consumer loans can be so high that they become “unconscionable” and, therefore, illegal — a decision that could call into question the validity of millions of loans and upend the state’s subprime lending market.
Capitol Alert
The go-to source for news on California policy and politics
By Taryn Luna
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Published: July 09, 2018 - 05:16 PM
Updated: July 18, 2018 - 01:26 PM
The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in favor of opponents of a plan to divide California into three, saying the measure should not appear on the November ballot.
Filed under: Campaigns, Courts, Elections, In the News, Legal, Politics, State of California, State Supreme Court
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, who on Tuesday called for an immediate change to court rules that would allow records of sexual harassment and discrimination settlements in the state judiciary to become public. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (Rich Pedroncelli / AP)
Greg Moran
Tuesday, April 11, 2018 - 3:15 p.m.
The leader of the state judiciary said Tuesday she wants immediate changes to court rules that now shield information about sexual harassment payouts to judges that would make such information public for the first time.
By Adam Ashton
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January 12, 2018 12:25 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown this week predicted that his 2012 pension law will survive union challenges in court and blow a hole in the so-called “California rule” that has restricted changes to public employee retirement plans for half a century.
California Gov. Jerry Brown gestures to a chart showing the increase spending…
Credit: Associated Press
By Associated Press
Thursday, December 28, 2017
For decades in California, a sacrosanct rule has governed public employees’ pensions: Benefits promised can never be taken away.
The State Worker
Chronicling civil-service life for California state workers
By Adam Ashton
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November 22, 2017 - 09:48 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown got most of what he wanted when he carried a proposal to shore up the state’s underfunded public employee pension plans by trimming benefits for new workers.
Filed under: Budget, Courts, Finance, In the News, Pension Funds, Pensions, State of California, State Supreme Court, Unions
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and his office is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the California Attorney General’s Office for allegations that prosecutors and police developed a network of jailhouse informants to illegally garner confessions from inmates. (File photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Tony Saavedra, Orange County Register
Posted: 07/29/17 - 12:52 PM PDT |
The gavels had fallen, the cases appeared closed:
By Bob Egelko
May 2, 2017 Updated: May 2, 2017 2:43pm
Prosecutors who withhold evidence that might have helped a criminal defendant will soon face the prospect of punishment by the State Bar of California, under rules already in place in every other state.
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By Christopher Cadelago
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March 8, 2017 - 5:37 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown will have another opportunity to shape the state’s highest court after Justice Kathryn M. Werdegar announced Tuesday her plans to retire later this year.
By Sudhin Thanawala
March 03, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government employees in California cannot keep the public from seeing their work-related emails and texts sent on personal devices and through private accounts, the California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday, closing a loophole that justices said could have allowed the “most sensitive and potentially damning” communications to be shielded.
California Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, seen in January, wrote the 4-3 ruling that said a government agency’s legal bills are generally public record in cases that have been resolved. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Maura Dolan
December 30, 2016
A government agency’s legal bills for a case that has been resolved are generally public record, a divided California Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Filed under: Cities, Counties, Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State of California, State Supreme Court
Voters passed Proposition 66, a ballot measure that aims to speed up the death penalty. No one has been executed in California since 2006 because of legal challenges to the lethal injection protocol. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee file)
By Alexei Koseff
Capitol Alert
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December 20, 2016 - 3:04 PM
A new voter-approved law intended to speed up California’s fractured death penalty system will not take effect while a court considers a lawsuit from its opponents.
Jeff McDonald
November 28, 2016
The California Supreme Court has declined to take up a lawsuit seeking release of dozens of emails to and from the Governor’s Office regarding the San Onofre nuclear plant failure.
By Ed Mendel
November 28, 2016
The state Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an appeal of a groundbreaking ruling that allows cuts in the pensions earned by current state and local government workers, including judges.
Filed under: Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Pensions, State of California, State Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court will review a case that gave state and local government new authority to reduce public employee pensions.
Maura Dolan
November 22, 2016
The California Supreme Court decided Tuesday to review a ruling that would give state and local governments new authority to cut public employee pensions.
Capitol Alert
By Dan Walters
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November 18, 2016 - 10:30 AM
Reacting to a legislative stalemate over the State Bar’s future, the California Supreme Court late Thursday authorized the legal profession’s regulatory agency to collect $297 in dues from each state-licensed attorney next year – enough to cover its basic functions but less than it wanted.
By Dan Walters
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October 17, 2016 - 3:13 PM
The state Legislature adjourned on Aug. 31 without passing the annual bill authorizing the State Bar to collect “dues” from the state’s attorneys to finance its operations.
By Tony Saavedra / Staff Writer
Oct. 8, 2016 - Updated 10:56 a.m.
Local public defenders, frustrated by the District Attorney’s practice of barring certain judges from key homicide cases, have taken their argument to the California Supreme Court.
Paresh Dave
September 21, 2016
The California Supreme Court agreed to review Yelp’s objection to a decision ordering it to strip the Internet of comments posted about a San Francisco law firm.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
September 12, 2016 - 9:54 PM
Political and legal wrangling over the fate of the State Bar took another turn Monday.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 08/18/16 - 7:56 PM PDT |
The California Supreme Court has rejected a petition by a defense attorney in a San Bernardino County public corruption case to consider dismissing the indictment on grounds of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, paving the way for trial in October.
Los Angeles Times: California high court says legislators’ votes are protected by free speech rights
California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, shown in 2011, argued in a dissent that California officials’ public votes are not protected under state and federal free speech laws. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)
Maura Dolan
August 8, 2016
The California Supreme Court decided Monday that the votes of elected officials are protected free speech.
Filed under: Cities, Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Montebello, State of California, State Supreme Court
By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 07/20/16 - 5:40 PM PDT |
UPLAND >> Was Upland correct in deciding to delay a citizen-backed initiative until the general election because officials believed it was a tax?
Filed under: Cities, Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State of California, State Supreme Court, Upland
By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 05/08/16 - 12:24 PM PDT |
UPLAND >> The city was ready to cut its losses.
After more than a year of costly legal battles, a Fourth District Appellate Court last month in unprecedented move ruled the city had no legal standing to deny the California Cannabis Coalition the right to hold a special election on a ballot measure that aimed to overturn Upland’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries.
Filed under: Cities, Courts, Elections, In the News, Legal, Local Government, State Supreme Court, Upland
By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 05/02/16 - 4:26 PM PDT |
UPLAND >> Upland has a new ally in its battle against the California Cannabis Coalition: the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
By Liset Márquez, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 04/13/16 - 5:51 PM PDT |
UPLAND >> A battle to keep out medical marijuana dispensaries has turned into a legal tax issue with possible statewide implications.
By Jonathan Cooper, AP
March 8, 2016 - 7:40 PM ET
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Supreme Court will begin streaming oral arguments online.
Gov. Jerry Brown arrives for the State of the State in the Assembly Chamber at the State Capitol on Thursday January 21, 2016. (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / [email protected])
Capitol Alert
By David Siders
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February 27, 2016 7:43 PM
- California governor defends administration’s handling of crime initiative
- Brown supporters expected to start circulating petition immediately
- Brown says “the process worked”
Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday that it only took so long to file his ballot initiative to make certain nonviolent felons eligible for early parole because he was consulting with law enforcement groups, saying the “process worked” despite legal uncertainty surrounding the measure.
Gov. Jerry Brown at his State of the State address in January. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
John Myers
February 26, 2016
The California Supreme Court on Friday evening allowed Gov. Jerry Brown and his political allies to begin gathering voter signatures for a November ballot measure to revamp prison parole policy, a temporary victory until the justices determine whether state officials properly followed election laws.
By Don Thompson, Associated Press
Feb. 25, 2016 - 8:23 PM ET
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday asked California’s Supreme Court to stay a judge’s ruling that could stall his proposal to reduce the state’s prison population for two years.
Filed under: Courts, Elections, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, State of California, State Supreme Court
Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 09:00 a.m.
There is new local news coverage of the long-running San Bernardino County Colonies case.
To read the coverage, click the following links:
The Sun / Daily Bulletin: Key conspiracy charge still out in San Bernardino County’s Colonies case
The Press-Enterprise: SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: Supreme Court rejects Colonies appeal
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
November 26, 2015
- Financial, managerial problems plague system
- Rebel judges battle with judicial leaders
- Ability of courts to function threatened
There’s nothing more fundamental to a well-functioning society than an efficient, fair court system to resolve civil disputes and criminal cases.
Thursday, November 26, 2015 - 10:30 a.m.
There’s new coverage of recent developments in a long-running high-profile San Bernardino County legal case.
By Jason Henry, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Posted: 08/21/15 - 10:11 PM PDT |
Two advocacy groups suing the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA County Sheriff’s Department for access to data from automated license plate readers have won a chance to argue before the California Supreme Court.
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By Dan Walters
[email protected]
July 27, 2015
- Most appellate court decisions are not published
- They cannot be cited by parties in other cases
- The result is uneven judicial policy around the state
The Sacramento region’s state appeals court declared three decades ago that when a corporation hires lobbyists to pass a bill, it loses its claim of privacy in a libel action.
Filed under: Courts, In the News, Legal, State Court of Appeal, State of California, State Supreme Court
By IE Business Daily
July 25, 2015
In a stunning rejection of the wishes of California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Governor Jerry Brown, the California State Supreme Court this week refused their unusual request to “depublish” a 4th District Court of Appeals decision that applied Proposition 218 limits to tiered water rates.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 04:15 p.m.
The California Supreme has denied a request to depublish a pivotal water rate ruling, by the Fourth District Court of Appeal, which found that tiered water rates violate Proposition 218.
Filed under: Courts, Legal, Local Government, State of California, State Supreme Court, Water Resources
California
July 7, 2015
By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
The California Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors aren’t required to help defendants fight their criminal cases by reviewing the personnel files of police officers serving as witnesses.
By Meghann M. Cuniff / Staff Writer
June 17, 2015
Updated: June 18, 2015 - 6:13 p.m.
Related stories:
- State pushes back on San Juan Capistrano’s tiered water rate ruling
- San Juan Capistrano water customers to get refunds for tiered rates
- San Juan Capistrano won’t appeal water-rate ruling
- San Juan Capistrano asks court to reconsider tiered water rates case
- San Juan Capistrano water rates lawsuit grew from grassroots effort to statewide implications
- Victorious San Juan Capistrano water users want a refund
San Juan Capistrano has set aside $4.1 million to refund residents and businesses who paid for water under steep tiers recently deemed illegal by an appellate court panel.
By Maura Dolan
June 15, 2015
Citing an affordable housing crisis of “epic proportions,” the California Supreme Court made it easier Monday for cities and counties to require developers to sell some housing at below-market rates.
Filed under: Courts, In the News, Legal, Local Government, Real Estate, Redevelopment, State Supreme Court
By Meghann N. Cuniff / Staff Writer
June 11, 2015 - Updated 10:22 p.m.
Related stories:
- San Juan Capistrano won’t appeal water-rate ruling
- Victorious San Juan Capistrano water users want a refund
- San Juan Capistrano backs off request for court to rehear tiered water rates case
- San Juan Capistrano asks court to reconsider tiered water rates case
Tiered pricing might not be dead as a tool to encourage water conservation.
By Maura Dolan and Lee Romney
May 21, 2015
Weighing in on a troubled system, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye has called for an emergency rule to prevent courts from requiring drivers to pay traffic tickets before they can go to court to contest them.
California Supreme Court Justices Leondra Kruger, center, and Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, right, provided the necessary votes to rehear a death penalty case. (S. Todd Rogers / Associated Press)
By Maura Dolan
March 11, 2015
Gov. Jerry Brown’s two newest appointees to the California Supreme Court provided enough votes Wednesday for reconsideration of a death penalty case, the first example of the impact Brown is having on the state’s highest court.
By Maura Dolan
January 21, 2015
On the day justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Leondra R. Kruger were sworn in this month, the California Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling leaving in place a death sentence for a man with a long criminal record.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
01/12/2015 12:01 AM
The Alliance of California Judges, a feisty band of rebels in robes, has complained for five years that the state’s judicial bureaucracy had become bloated, overpaid, arrogantly dismissive and incompetent.
Jerry Brown, with his wife, Anne Gust Brown by his side is sworn in by Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of the California State Supreme Court, right, during his inauguration at Memorial Auditorium in 2011.
By Dan Morain
[email protected]
12/28/2014 8:38 AM
Amid pomp and self-important speechifying, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Kamala Harris and the other statewide elected officials will take their oaths of office a week from Monday.
Gov. Jerry Brown of California at his office in Oakland, where he discussed his thinking behind the three unconventional, but applauded, nominations he has made to the State Supreme Court. (Credit: Jason Henry for The New York Times)
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
DEC. 25, 2014
OAKLAND, Calif. — When Jerry Brown first served as governor of California, he set out to reshape the powerful California Supreme Court by appointing its first female chief justice. But his pick, Rose Bird, had never served as a judge before and came to be perceived as a liberal ideologue.
By David Siders
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12/16/2014 3:15 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest California Supreme Court nominee isn’t likely to run into serious resistance at her confirmation hearing next week, but criticism of Leondra Kruger’s residency (out of state) and judicial experience (none) has brought Brown to her defense.
Leondra R. Kruger, 38, who became a rising legal star and top Obama administration lawyer, was appointed Monday to the California Supreme Court by Gov. Jerry Brown. She will be the seven-member court’s third Democratic appointee. (California governor’s office)
By Maura Dolan
November 24, 2014
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday that he would nominate Leondra R. Kruger, a federal government lawyer, to the California Supreme Court.
By Bob Egelko
Monday, November 17, 2014
The California Supreme Court, which is supposed to have seven justices, has had only six for more than seven months, an interval that may be unprecedented and is at least the longest in a half century. The reason is inaction by Gov. Jerry Brown.
By Bob Egelko
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
At the request of San Francisco’s district attorney and police, the state Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether prosecutors must examine officers’ confidential personnel files for evidence of misconduct that could help the defense in a criminal trial.
The high-speed rail project won another victory today when the California Supreme Court announced it would not hear an appeal. (Associated Press)
By Lauren Raab
October 15, 2014
The state’s $68-billion bullet train project will proceed after the California Supreme Court decided Wednesday not to review a lower court ruling that said project officials have complied with a high-speed rail ballot measure that voters approved in 2008.
By Dale Kasler
[email protected]
Published: Monday, Sep. 15, 2014 - 3:56 pm
The state Supreme Court has cleared CalPERS to sue Wall Street’s leading ratings agencies over a series of disastrous investments that cost the pension fund more than $1 billion.
Filed under: Business, CalPERS, Courts, Finance, In the News, Investments, Legal, Pension Funds, State of California, State Supreme Court
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Sep 2, 7:45 PM EDT
By JULIET WILLIAMS
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Opponents of California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project submitted an appeal Tuesday to the state Supreme Court, asking it to overturn a lower court’s ruling that allowed the project to proceed despite questions about whether it complies with promises made to voters.
Filed under: Budget, Courts, Finance, In the News, Legal, State of California, State Supreme Court, Transportation
By Maura Dolan
Augs=ust 28, 2014
A state commission decided unanimously Thursday to confirm the appointment of Stanford law professor Mariano-Florentino Cuellar to the California Supreme Court, paving the way for Gov. Jerry Brown’s second high-court nominee this term to take the bench in January.
By PAUL ELIAS
Associated Press
Published: Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 - 9:44 am
To read the published opinion, click the following link: People v. Tom
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court has ruled that the silence of suspects can be used against them.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 - 9:19 pm
Last Modified: Friday, Aug. 15, 2014 - 6:42 am
The state Supreme Court – or at least five of its members – got it right by declaring that an advisory measure on campaign finance placed on the Nov. 4 ballot by the Legislature is legally suspect and should be removed.
Filed under: Campaigns, Courts, Elections, In the News, Legal, Politics, State of California, State Supreme Court
By Christopher Cadelago and Jim Miller
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Published: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 - 12:00 am
The California Supreme Court on Monday effectively blocked a November advisory ballot measure on the merits of unlimited independent campaign spending, dashing some Democrats’ hopes that the measure would boost voter turnout in what could be an otherwise staid election.
Filed under: Campaigns, Courts, Elections, In the News, Legal, Politics, State of California, State Supreme Court
San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Michael Smith plans to issue a ruling in the Colonies criminal case Monday morning
Published: July 24, 2014 Updated: 8:04 p.m.
Defense attorneys in a high-profile San Bernardino County corruption case fought vigorously to get all or most of the charges thrown out Thursday on the second day of a court hearing.
To read story by Imran Ghori in the Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Thursday, Jul. 24, 2014 - 9:52 pm
Last Modified: Thursday, Jul. 24, 2014 - 10:07 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court has undergone very obvious ideological cycles – depending on who happened to be in the White House when vacancies occurred.
Stanford law Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar is Gov. Jerry Brown’s state Supreme Court nominee. (Photo: Courtesy Governor’s Office)
Bob Egelko
Updated 10:55 pm, Tuesday, July 22, 2014
As a boy, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar walked 7 miles each way from his home in Mexico to a school in Texas. On Tuesday, Cuéllar, a Harvard graduate and Stanford law professor, was nominated by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Supreme Court.
By Dan Walters
[email protected]
Published: Monday, Jun. 30, 2014 - 12:00 am
When the Legislature and then-Gov. Pete Wilson agreed in 1997 that the state would assume the entire cost of financing California’s largest-in-the-nation court system, judges rejoiced.
By PAUL ELIAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 28, 2014, 10:57 AM
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court will decide if private emails and other electronic communications of government officials are public records open for inspection.
By Greg Yee, Press-Telegram
Posted: 05/29/14, 10:54 AM PDT | Updated: 6 hrs ago
California’s police departments do not have a blanket right to conceal the names of officers involved in shootings, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a decision expected to have statewide implications.
By Howard Mintz [email protected]
Posted: 05/13/2014 12:08:03 PM PDT# Comments
Updated: 05/13/2014 12:26:00 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO — After years of budget bloodletting, California’s courts received a $160 million bump in funding in Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget plan — although with some strings attached and a stern warning that the state’s judicial leaders need to do more to tighten spending.
Maura Dolan
May 1, 2014, 5:31 p.m.
Reporting from San Francisco—
New California lawyers will soon have to swear to be courteous and dignified under a change in the legal oath approved by the California Supreme Court, it was announced Thursday.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
March 17, 2014
California faces a “civil rights crisis” because of years of funding reductions for the judicial branch, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Monday afternoon during her third State of the Judiciary Address.
By Maura Dolan
March 4, 2014, 12:13 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court appeared inclined during a hearing Tuesday to favor a ruling that the public has the right to know the names of police officers involved in shootings.
February 12, 2014; 09:53 PM
California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye urged Inland attorneys to lobby local legislators for funding to bring the area more judges, and pushed back on criticisms that the state court system is solely responsible for its financial straits.
To read story by Richard K. De Atley in The Press Enterprise, click here.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
February 11, 2014
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Joyce Kennard has announced her intention to leave the state’s highest court later this year.
San Bernardino County developer, officials in corruption scandal say their rights were violated
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
By Katie Lucia
Defendants charged in a wide-ranging public corruption scandal are trying to convince a judge to toss the case, alleging a litany of prosecutorial misconduct.
Glass
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
January 27, 2014
Stephen Glass, a former journalist whose career came crashing down after he was found to be a serial fabricator, has had his quest for a law license stymied by the California Supreme Court.
By Associated Press
Posted: 01/27/14, 8:11 AM PST |
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court is set to decide whether disgraced former journalist Stephen Glass should be allowed to practice law in the state.
By David Siders
[email protected]
Published: Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 - 12:00 am
Last Modified: Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 - 7:33 am
The Brown administration, which previously downplayed the significance of court rulings against California’s $68 billion high-speed rail project, asked the California Supreme Court to intervene Friday, saying the rulings “imperil” the project.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
January 22, 2014
By Richard Chang
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye today said Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget shortchanges the judicial branch.
By Beau Yarbrough, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 01/15/14, 8:14 PM PST |
Sacramento >> An attempt to pump more money into underfunded courthouses has died in committee.
Defense Attorneys and Prosecutors appear before Superior Court Judge Michael Smith during a hearing in 2012, in the Colonies case. (File Photo/The Sun)
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 12/28/13, 5:30 PM PST |
Defense attorneys said Friday they will push to get San Bernardino County’s Colonies corruption case back to trial court so they can present additional evidence they say will help prove their clients’ innocence.
By Mark Gutglueck
Posted on December 27, 2013
(December 26) SACRAMENTO—The California Supreme Court on December 23 reestablished the essential elements of the Colonies Lawsuit Settlement Public Corruption Prosecution, granting the gist of prosecutors’ appeal more than a year and two months after the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Riverside dismissed the most crucial charges lodged against developer Jeff Burum, the central defendant in the case.
Filed under: County of San Bernardino, Courts, In the News, Legal, Polls, State of California, State Supreme Court
December 23, 2013 - 12:30 p.m.
The trajectory of the highly-publicized $102 million Colonies corruption prosecution remains, at least for the moment, at a standstill.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 12/20/13, 1:46 PM PST |
SAN BERNARDIN0 >> The California Supreme Court is set to release its opinion on San Bernardino County’s Colonies corruption case at 10 a.m. on Monday, according to the court’s website.
Cassie MacDuff
November 22, 2013
The wheels of justice turn slowly. That’s clear from public corruption cases that have ensnared officials in San Bernardino and Riverside counties.
To read column by Cassie MacDuff in The Press-Enterprise, click here.
By Mark Gutglueck
November 14, 2013
Whether a landmark political corruption case against Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum and three former San Bernardino County political figures will proceed to trial now hinges on the California Supreme Court’s determination of a highly arcane legal issue.
By Joe Nelson, The Sun
Posted: 11/05/13, 5:54 PM PST |
SACRAMENTO >> The California Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments from a prosecutor and a defense attorney in San Bernardino County’s Colonies corruption case. The high court’s decision will determine whether bribery charges will be reinstated against a key defendant in the case or whether the case will move forward as it now stands.
Filed under: County of San Bernardino, Courts, In the News, Law Enforcement, Legal, State Supreme Court