• New Trump order seeks to name and shame sanctuary cities. Can he go any further?

    San Francisco Chronicle
    April 28, 2025

    Less than a week after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold billions of dollars in federal funds from sanctuary cities and states, he signed a new order Monday promising to terminate funds for governments that decline to assist with federal immigration enforcement.

  • Fresno abruptly loses federal grant credited for big drop in city’s gun violence

    Fresno Bee
    April 28, 2025

    “On Tuesday afternoon, Fresno EOC Advance Peace Fresno received word that its $2 million, three-year grant from the Department of Justice ended immediately with no forewarning,” Brian Angus, Interim CEO of Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, said in a statement to The Bee Thursday afternoon.

  • Early data shows Valley DAs getting to work utilizing stricter penalties under Prop. 36

    San Joaquin Valley Sun
    April 28, 2025

    Months after California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 to strengthen criminal penalties for drug and theft crimes, reversing a decade of decriminalization, a new report from a top California think tank shows a surprising chasm between two major Central Valley counties and how they are pursuing cases.

  • Contractually limiting damages for willful injury is not allowed

    At the Lectern
    April 28, 2025

    The court decided that contractually limiting willful injury damages is just as improper as agreeing to eliminate those damages. It said, “contractual releases of tort liability threaten to undermine our tort system’s goal of maintaining community standards of conduct and ensuring wrongdoers compensate those they harm.”

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