San Francisco Sheriff’s officers can conduct warrantless searches of criminal defendants who have been released while awaiting trial, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, reversing a judge’s decision that the search orders exceed the sheriff’s authority and violate the right to privacy.

Data covering the first few months of Prop 36 indicate that prosecutors are applying these new elements. A recent survey by California’s Judicial Council of the courts—conducted in the second half of February and covering the vast majority of counties—indicates that about 1,500 theft and 1,900 drug cases have been filed by prosecutors applying the new law’s felony charges.

In all these spheres and more, AI has significant potential to support the UN by promoting inclusivity, reducing inequalities, helping to accelerate nearly 80% of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthening the work of the United Nations system.

The justices heard arguments in an appeal by a Valero Energy subsidiary and fuel industry groups of a lower court's ruling that they lacked the required legal standing to challenge a 2022 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to let California set its own regulations, separate from those of the federal government.