Change is coming to the heavily agricultural San Joaquin Valley. We know that a combination of climate change, new environmental regulations, and especially the implementation of the 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) are leading to a decline in water available for irrigation.

(Subscription required) The suit alleged that San Francisco Superior Court judges routinely continued criminal cases past their statutory deadlines, leaving some defendants in jail even as civil disputes went to trial.

(Subscription required) When defendants have competing obligations, such as completing a drunken driving program, a parenting and domestic violence class, and possibly community service, "The message that I try to imply to them is, 'We all want you to be successful.'"

(Subscription required) UC Berkeley constitutional law professor John Yoo defended former Donald Trump attorney John C. Eastman’s position that the president of the Senate has the authority to resolve electoral disputes in State Bar Court testimony on Tuesday.