Despite strong local support for Prop 36, Fresno County lags behind neighboring Tulare County in early case filings under the new law. Tulare County DA Tim Ward calls Prop 36 a success, pointing to accountability and compassionate drug treatment. DAs in Madera and Merced counties work to train law enforcement partners on applying the new Prop 36 standards.

Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the Trump administration had effectively dismantled AmeriCorps by abruptly canceling grants and cutting 85% of the workforce of the federal agency for national service and volunteering.

The Court of Appeal for this district has given an attorney a second chance to persuade a judge that a judgment in a fee dispute based on an arbitrator’s award to an ex-client should be vacated, holding that the power to afford equitable relief is not confined to circumstances were a default was entered.

Div. Eight of this district’s Court of Appeal held yesterday that a trial judge erred in granting summary judgment to a shopping center and the company that managed it, which were sued after a tenant’s employee tripped on a pothole in the parking lot, based on a lease provision purportedly limiting the defendants’ liability to store operators’ guests and workers relating to any negligent upkeep of the property.