(Subscription required) The initiative would require voter approval for any state proposals that raise taxes, including increases to fees and local measures with retroactive effects. Critics argue that the initiative is unconstitutional because it removes powers from the state Legislature and the governor.

(Subscription required) To kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Federal Bar Association's Northern District of California chapter staged a reenactment of the trial proceedings following the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man bludgeoned to death by two white autoworkers.

(Subscription required) A federal judge on Thursday said he will approve a putative class of thousands of Los Angeles-based homeless and disabled veterans to join a lawsuit accusing the U.S. government and local authorities of a continued failure to provide adequate care and housing support.

(Subscription required) Edward O. Lear, a professional responsibility lawyer in Los Angeles, has received calls in recent days from law students wanting advice on how their campus protests over the war in Gaza might impact their admittance to the California Bar.