The court granted review in Town of Apple Valley v. Apple Valley Ranchos Water, and it limited review to this issue: “When a public entity files an eminent domain action seeking to take privately held public utility property, and the owner objects to the right to take, what is the proper standard of judicial review for the trial court to apply to determine whether the property owner has rebutted the presumptions under Code of Civil Procedure sections 1245.250, subdivision (b) and 1240.650, subdivision (c)?”

The Trump administration accused UC Berkeley of failing to disclose millions of dollars in foreign funding on Friday, touting muscular new enforcement of an obscure federal rule amid ongoing efforts to bridle America’s top research institutions.

Several states, including California have sued the Trump administration over its demand that public schools eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the Trump administration has taken a “distorted view” of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to wage a “cultural war” over vaguely defined DEI initiatives.

According to the report, Kern County prosecutors file 24 cases per 100,000 residents, making Kern the county with the highest rate of felony filings using Proposition 36. The county with the next highest rate is Orange County with 18 cases filed per 100,000 residents.