Patricia Guerrero made history as the first Latina to lead the California Supreme Court. Her appointment as the state’s 29th chief justice marked a major milestone for Latina representation at the highest levels of California’s legal system. 

On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors approved the sale of county-owned property at 1134 and 1144 Monterey St. to the Judicial Council of California. The state plans to develop and build a new courthouse at the site after agreeing to pay the county nearly $6.9 million.

(Subscription required) Starting next year, California attorneys will be required to disclose when they use generative artificial intelligence to create documents submitted to a court, under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week. SB 574 will also bar arbitrators from delegating any part of their decision-making to a generative-AI tool, a restriction aimed at an emerging field in alternative dispute resolution.

Div. One of the First District Court of Appeal held yesterday that Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer lacks authority to appeal a resentencing order entered in Alameda Superior Court that resulted in the early release of a convicted killer where the local prosecutor in that jurisdiction and the Attorney General each declined to challenge the decision.