(Subscription required) The deal will increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual consumer price index increase in April, a compromise compared to the possible $22 an hour workers could have gotten under Assembly Bill 257, signed into law last year.

With two narrow exceptions, rule 8.1115(a) states, “an opinion of a California Court of Appeal or superior court appellate division that is not certified for publication or ordered published must not be cited or relied on by a court or a party in any other action.” “[M]ust not be cited or relied on by a court . . . in any other action” is broad and clear. However, as we’ve noted, litigants, Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court itself regularly violate the rule’s plain terms.

While California is considering a ban on most pretext stops, federal law allows them. But on Tuesday, a federal appeals court said the San Francisco officers had failed to offer a valid reason for prolonging the stop and interrogating the driver.

It’s the final week of the 2023 legislative session, so anyone connected to the state Capitol — lawmakers, staffers, lobbyists and, yes, reporters — will be super-busy.