Second District holds the California State University has a duty under HEERA to bargain over reasonably foreseeable effects of its 2023 student-vaccine policy on faculty health, but vacates PERB’s violation finding because there was no substantial evidence CSU had implemented the policy or def
Fourth District reverses denial of a preliminary injunction by a licensed sidewalk vendor against the City of San Diego, holding that at least two of the City’s vending ordinances — covering impoundment of merchandise and operating-hour restrictions — directly conflict with state sidewalk-vend
In an APA challenge to ICE’s withdrawal of the school’s certification to enroll foreign students, the magistrate judge refused to compel the agency to add documents to the administrative record or to allow a deposition of the deciding official, ruling that the school’s claims of mi
Fourth District grants writ relief, holding that Government Code section 27706(g) gives a public defender discretion to decline appointment to represent a habeas petitioner — including a Racial Justice Act claimant — without showing unavailability.
Fourth District affirms denial of writ relief in a Housing-Element Law challenge, holding that subsequent draft revisions made to obtain HCD certification need not be re-noticed for public hearing or readopted by the City Council.
The California Supreme Court holds that requesters under the California Public Records Act can sometimes obtain declaratory relief even after the agency has produced everything responsive, but the statute does not impose a three-year duty to preserve records the agency has withheld as exempt.
First District reverses dismissal of a Brown Act suit, holding that plaintiffs adequately alleged the Berkeley City Council violated Government Code section 54957.9 by recessing disrupted meetings and reconvening them in a smaller room instead of clearing the original room and continuing in session
Eastern District of California affirms a disability denial where the administrative law judge erred by stating that the claimant never reported her need to lie down — the records did show such reports — but the error was harmless because the ALJ provided independent, valid reasons to discount the te
Eastern District of California recommends remanding a partial denial of Social Security disability benefits because the vocational expert’s testimony failed to adequately resolve an apparent conflict between the claimant’s limitation to simple, repetitive tasks and the Dictionary of Occu
Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott affirmed a Social Security denial, holding the ALJ reasonably interpreted Dr. Abrahimi’s ‘simple work’ opinion as compatible with Level Two reasoning jobs given the plaintiff’s daily activities and part-time work as a hair stylist (a Level Four