(Subscription required) The matter is related to multiple coordinated lawsuits against Liberty Utilities, many of which were filed in Mono County. Los Angeles Judge Kenneth R. Freeman is presiding over the coordinated proceedings.

Today, the Supreme Court finds resentencing is in fact necessary under the 2021 legislation, which requires reduced prison terms in some cases when “psychological, physical, or childhood trauma” was “a contributing factor in the commission of the offense,” “unless the court finds that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances that imposition of the lower term would be contrary to the interests of justice.”

(Subscription required) California attorneys and lawmakers have rejected for years the State Bar’s pursuit of alternate pathways to licensure, and history seems to be repeating itself as the board of trustees sent to the Supreme Court another proposal for a pilot program that would require 700-1,000 hours of supervised legal practice instead of an exam.

The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low for years during a lengthy statewide moratorium. In the year after it ended, cases soared and still remain high in large counties.