(Subscription required) The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will let stand an order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build housing for disabled and mentally ill veterans in Los Angeles. The panel agreed with a class of veterans that the VA violated Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act by denying them “meaningful access” to their healthcare. 

Unlike Biden, Newsom can’t act on his own: The California Supreme Court would have to approve commutations for people with multiple felony convictions (more than half of the relevant cases).

An Imperial County judge determined the data center must undergo a full environmental review, finding the project could have significant impacts on water, energy, air quality and other resources.

The State Bar of California has seized a Chula Vista law practice run by a man who allegedly provided legal immigration services despite not being an attorney.