While SB 107 does not grant California courts any new powers to take custody of minors away from parents, according to legal analysts, it was designed in part to prevent California courts from participating in another state’s attempt to take custody away from parents for providing gender-affirming care to their child.

The biggest change during her tenure as a judge has been Humphrey decisions, following last year’s ruling by the California Supreme Court that holding a defendant in jail only because they cannot pay bail is unconstitutional.

The moratorium, which went into effect on May 22 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, had curtailed landlords’ options to pursue evictions, allowing them only in situations where a tenant didn’t pay rent or violated a rental agreement.

Lawyers for the State Bar want former employees believed to have "information relevant to the investigation" into Girardi to submit to questioning and turn over records.