CA Pub. Decisions

In 2022, San Francisco voters approved Proposition M to “tax” owners of certain residential units in buildings with more than two units for any unit kept “vacant” for more than 182 days, which need not be consecutive, during a tax year. (S.F. City & County Sample Ballot and Voter Information Pamp., Gen. Elec. (Nov. 8, 2022) text of Prop. M, pp. 240–242 (hereafter “Pamphlet”).) The stated purpose of the measure is to “disincentivize

Pursuant to a negotiated disposition, defendant Joseph Kent Putallez entered a no contest plea to theft of an elder or dependent adult by a caregiver, and the trial court placed him on two years’ formal probation. Defendant’s sole claim on appeal is that one of the probation conditions impermissibly delegates judicial authority to nonjudicial officers. Finding no error, we affirm.

Mary D.1 sued Matthew McCauley for personal injury based on years of sexual abuse when she was a minor. A jury found him liable for multiple torts, and it awarded Mary D. compensatory and punitive damages. On appeal, McCauley contends that the trial court: (1) deprived him of his constitutional right to meaningful access to the courts—and abused its discretion—by denying his requests for a continuance to enable him to retain counsel; (2

‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗‗ Plaintiff and respondent Dan Schneider is a television producer, creator, and writer, who is associated with a number of children’s television shows airing on the Nickelodeon network from the late 1990’s and 2000’s, including All That, The Amanda Show, Drake & Josh, and iCarly, among others. He is also one of the primary subjects of the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark

When undisputed evidence shows defendants have repaid a debt, plaintiffs cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment simply by swearing “we never got our money back.” In financial matters, unexplained statements of fervent belief lose to an objective record of fact. We affirm.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) appeals an order compelling it to comply with the California Civil Rights Department’s (CRD) investigatory subpoena. CRD issued the subpoena after receiving an administrative complaint from a former SpaceX employee alleging violations of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA, Gov. Code, § 12900 et. seq.).1 SpaceX argues the federal constitution, the presumption against extraterr

Piong Bin Hong, doing business as Five Star Restaurant, appeals from the judgment entered in favor of his commercial landlord, Universal Shopping Plaza (Universal), following a court trial in Universal’s unlawful detainer action. Hong contends the trial court erred in entering judgment in favor of Universal because Universal’s three-day notice to pay rent or quit was invalid under California Code of Civil Procedure section 1161, subdivi

Over 15 years ago, Jason Harley Moore’s infant daughter, Charlotte, sustained fatal head injuries while in his care. He claimed Charlotte fell off a bed while he was in the shower, but doctors suspected abuse. Moore was charged with one count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury on a child resulting in death pursuant to Penal Code section 273ab. In 2014, a jury convicted him as charged and the trial court

* * * This Welfare and Institutions Code section 602 case arises from a police officer’s search of N.S. for weapons at his middle school. The juvenile court found that N.S. had violated Penal Code section 148, subdivision (a)(1), by willfully resisting, delaying, or obstructing the weapons search.1 N.S. challenges this finding on two grounds. First, he claims there was insufficient evidence to support the court’s finding that he unlawfu

This case involves a decade-long custody dispute between Jessica L. (Mother) and Sammer Z. (Father) over their only child, G., born April 2016 (Minor). In the most recent of four appeals filed by Mother, 1 she requests that we reverse in part the family court’s December 23, 2024, findings and order after hearing, as amended (December 23 FOAH), awarding Father joint