The Supreme Court of California has refused to review the Court of Appeal’s recent opinion holding that AUSD’s Measure A parcel tax is legal and valid. The denial means that this measure can no longer be challenged, and the district can continue to use the revenue raised to support AUSD’s high-quality schools.

Speaking before an audience in a conversation with former Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Guerrero noted that seven courts this month rolled out Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment, or CARE, courts as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to push Californians with unmanaged mental illnesses and substance abuse into treatment.

Phil Isenberg, a former Sacramento mayor and one of the most influential Democratic members of the Assembly in the 1980s and 1990s, died Thursday after a short illness. He was 84. A UC Berkeley-educated lawyer whose public career spanned 50 years, Isenberg worked for a time for Willie Brown’s San Francisco law firm as he rose in Democratic politics in the 1960s.

(Subscription required) With the goal of ensuring a smooth transition for all jurisdictions, the current bar exam will remain available to jurisdictions through the February 2028 administration, so the current exam and the NextGen exam will be offered concurrently for two full years, according to NCBE’s announcement.