The unprecedented action — for which Bianco obtained warrants from a local GOP-endorsed judge that he’d campaigned for — was quickly rebuked by state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta. Last month, the seizure was ruled unlawful by the California Supreme Court.

A California appellate court has ruled that certain felony marijuana cultivation convictions may be reduced to misdemeanors, reversing a San Bernardino County judge’s determination that the offenses were ineligible for reclassification. 

The Court of Appeal for this district has held that in an action alleging that a process server tortiously posted unlawful detainer notices at the gated residence of a lessor of commercial property, rather than on the leased premises as authorized by a judge, three named defendants were not the targets of a cause of action for trespass because they were not specifically identified as persons who “directed” the conduct.

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