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Judge Blocks California Fee-Shifting Statute That Targets Gun Lawsuit Plaintiffs (and Lawyers)

From Miller v. Bonta, decided today by Judge Roger Benitez (S.D. Cal.): "It is cynical." "It is an abomination." "It is outrageous and objectionable." "There is no dispute that it raises serious constitutional questions." "It is an unprecedented attempt to thwart judicial review." Such are the Intervenor-Defendant Governor's expressed views…

Reason

California Democrats bring back concealed carry bill in renewed push for gun safety

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker will make another attempt to shore up the state’s concealed carry gun laws following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down key provisions.

Tribune News Service

Federal judge to block part of California gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban

A federal judge issued a tentative ruling Friday that blocks half of a California gun bill that state legislators, at the behest of Gov. Gavin Newsom, modeled after the controversial Texas law allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers.

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California could receive more than $500 million from Walgreens opioid settlement

California could receive more than $500 million from a $5.7 billion multistate agreement to settle a raft of lawsuits filed against Walgreens over the pharmacy chain's role in the opioid crisis, officials said.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court upholds California ban on sale of flavored tobacco products

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a last-minute plea from the tobacco industry and cleared the way for California to enforce a statewide ban on the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes.

Los Angeles Times

Report: California gun data breach was unintentional

California's breach of personal information for hundreds of thousands of gun owners earlier this year was the result of poor training and lack of technical expertise

The Independent UK

LAPD serves search warrants in investigation of who recorded racist City Hall leak

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police detectives have served several search warrants as they attempt to find out who recorded a meeting among three L.A. City Council members and a powerful labor leader filled with racist and offensive comments, law enforcement sources told The Times on Tuesday.

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After election win, California’s attorney general turns to investigating hospital algorithms for racial bias

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sailed to victory in the Nov. 8 election, riding his progressive record on reproductive rights, gun control and social justice reform. As he charts a course for his next four years, the 50-year-old Democrat wants to target racial discrimination in health care,…

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Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

Los Angeles Times

States take key role in fighting fake online reviews

With studies showing that at least three-quarters of online shoppers check product and service reviews before they buy, the evaluations have become more important than ever in global commerce. But fake reviews upend the system.

Tribune News Service

Tapping into ‘a simmering rage’: Democrats’ emphasis on abortion stopped GOP gains

This summer, in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, more than three-quarters of a million residents of Michigan signed petitions to put a measure on the ballot to add abortion rights to the state constitution.

Los Angeles Times

Bosch Agrees To Pay $25M To Resolve Diesel Emissions Scandal In California

The Dieselgate saga ain't over yet.

Motor1

Calif. wants proof plastic is recyclable

“Let’s see the evidence.”

Salon

Editorial: What plastic bag ban? California stores still doling out disposable sacks

Didn’t we ban single-use plastic shopping bags in California? Yes — in 2014, though the law didn’t take effect until two years later because the plastic industry tried to overturn it on the 2016 ballot.

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The Independent UK

AG won't seek charges in LAPD shooting of man with fake gun

California’s attorney general will not seek criminal charges against Los Angeles police officers who fatally shot a man on Hollywood Boulevard last year, even though it turned out the gun he carried was fake

WEKU

The Los Angeles City Council censures members involved in racist conversation

The vote to censure the former council president and two current councilmen is the strongest step the council can take to reprimand them for taking part in a recorded meeting laced bigoted comments.

Los Angeles Times

California attorney general demands Albertsons delay $4 billion dividend ahead of possible Kroger merger

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his peers in several other states demanded Wednesday that Albertsons Cos. delay paying a $4-billion dividend to investors until after the company's merger with rival supermarket chain Kroger Co. is reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Los Angeles Times

Victim's family demands state investigation of LAPD after pursuit-turned-carjacking

LOS ANGELES — Nearly two weeks after her husband was dragged to his death after being carjacked by a suspect fleeing Los Angeles police, nothing makes sense to Gaynell Walker.

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LAPD launches criminal probe into leak of City Council members' racist recordings at request of Martinez, de León, Cedillo

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore announced Tuesday that his department had launched an investigation into the source of the leaked racist recordings that thrust L.A. City Hall into a harsh national spotlight.

Los Angeles Times

The race for California's top cop focuses on abortion, gun control and crime

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has spent the last year and a half working on the same progressive issues he supported during his tenure in the California Assembly.

Reason

Marijuana Legalization in California Has Gone Miserably, So Officials Are Expanding Drug Enforcement

The Golden State promises a progressive, environmentally conscious, labor-friendly war on weed.

Los Angeles Times

Union calls leak of racist recordings illegal, but LAPD has not been asked to find culprit

LOS ANGELES — Even though Los Angeles labor officials have called the leak of racist recordings involving three L.A. City councilmembers a serious crime, the Los Angeles Police Department is not investigating who recorded and posted the clips because no one has filed a police report.

Los Angeles Times

New details show sprawling web of corruption in Southern California cannabis licensing

LOS ANGELES — As a California lawmaker called for a statewide task force to crack down on corruption in the legal cannabis market, new details are emerging in a bribery scandal that has ensnared local government officials from the Inland Empire to the San Gabriel Valley and southeast Los Angeles…

Benzinga

Cannabis Enforcement Task Force Destroys $15M In Illegal Marijuana As CA Gov. & AG Crack Down On Criminal Operations

California governor Gavin Newsom’s recently established Unified Enforcement Task Force (UCETF) in an effort to crack down on illegal marijuana operations, which have been an ongoing problem in the state for a while now.

The Guardian - US

Nury Martinez resigns from LA city council after racist remarks leaked

The former city council president faced intense pressure to step down, including from Joe Biden

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