A California appellate court has ruled that certain felony marijuana cultivation convictions may be reduced to misdemeanors, reversing a San Bernardino County judge’s determination that the offenses were ineligible for reclassification. 

The unprecedented action — for which Bianco obtained warrants from a local GOP-endorsed judge that he’d campaigned for — was quickly rebuked by state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta. Last month, the seizure was ruled unlawful by the California Supreme Court.

The Judicial Council of California approved three changes to how the state’s courts recruit, pay, and deploy interpreters at its October 16, 2026 business meeting.

(Subscription required) California’s Supreme Court has declined to hear petitions in two cases involving the state’s so-called Yelp Law, letting stand decisions limiting private enforcement of a statute that shields consumers’ online criticisms.