(Subscription required) The state Supreme Court has not scheduled oral arguments for the challenge to Prop. 22, which voters overwhelmingly approved to overturn parts of AB-5, an anti-gig worker law.

(Subscription required) A San Francisco judge declined a request from the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District to vacate the trial date in a construction dispute originally between a steel manufacturer and the general contractor overseeing the Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent and Wind Retrofit Project.

Some notable  Supreme Court actions taken at yesterday’s conference include: pensions, canal immunity dissenting vote, Racial Justice Act procedure, grant-and-hold disposal, and criminal case grant-and-transfer.

Nine arguments makes early-May the largest calendar of the 2023-2024 term thus far and goes a long way towards fulfilling Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero’s pledge to increase the court’s opinion output during the term’s second half.