Retired Los Angeles County Judge and co-author of the Judicial Conduct Handbook was a leader in judicial education on the subject of judicial ethics

When the court granted review in Harris in March 2022, it limited the issue to: “What evidence may a trial court consider at a bail hearing when evaluating whether the facts are evident or the presumption great with respect to a qualifying charged offense, and whether there is a substantial likelihood the person’s release would result in great bodily harm to others?”

A concurring statement by Justice Kelli Evans accompanying the denial urges the Legislature to take further action on what she calls the “unique and severe mental illness” of postpartum psychosis. Justices Goodwin Liu and Joshua Groban joined the statement.

California has made significant progress helping small communities address problems of contaminated drinking water, but the costs of bringing safe tap water to hundreds of communities over the next five years will run more than $11.5 billion, according to a new state estimate.