A county that is being sued for wrongful discharge—allegedly based on the plaintiff having contracted cancer—is not entitled to discovery of records relating to the man’s previous employment by another county, the Fifth District Court of Appeal held yesterday, partially granting a petition for a writ of mandate ordering that a subpoena duces tecum be quashed.

In a long-running battle between the state and local governments over housing, the California Supreme Court required Huntington Beach on Wednesday to approve plans for residences that low-income people could afford in the Orange County community.

The order charges the U.S. attorney general with challenging state laws that contradict plans for a “minimally burdensome national policy framework for AI” and opens the door to withholding broadband funding from states that adopt “onerous AI laws.”

(Subscription required) The Commission on Judicial Performance found that Commissioner Robert Driessen engaged in professional misconduct eight times during his three-year tenure at San Bernardino County Superior Court, which ended in 2024.