With runoff from this year’s snow and rain boosting the levels of California’s reservoirs, state water managers on Tuesday announced plans to increase deliveries of supplies from the State Water Project to 40% of full allotments, up from 30% last month.
The Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals held yesterday that an employee plaintiff may pursue a federal hostile-work-environment claim against under either the Americans with Disabilities Act or the Rehabilitation Act and found that a scientist with hip and spinal disabilities had alleged sufficiently severe and pervasive harassment by his employer, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to withstand dismissal.
The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments today in a case very important to California. Both sides say the court’s decision will impact large portions of the country’s unhoused population – either protecting them from criminalization or giving authorities more leeway to prevent them from camping in public spaces.