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           All builders know they must be properly licensed. Under Business and Professions Code 7031, an unlicensed contractor may not go to court to recover compensation even if the job was fully performed. Worse yet, an unlicensed contractor may have to reimburse the owner for monies previously paid under the contract. [...]

           I’m sorry, I just popped a cork. Two weeks ago Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who is white, arrogant, privileged, and filthy rich (estimated $30 million) can now add “racist” to his resume, something we have known for years.             President Biden nominated a brilliant, experienced and highly credentialed lawyer [...]

           Unless you have been living in a cave, you are aware of “the Big Lie.” Trump and his followers continuing claims that he won the presidential election “by a landslide” and that Biden “stole the election.” According to polls, a majority of Republicans believe the Big Lie.             Trump and [...]

            Today’s column is another sad story about a completely preventable accidental drowning. If you can’t swim, don’t use a paddleboard. STEARNS WHARF             Thirty-year-old Davies Kabogoza and a friend he had just met rented paddleboards from a concessionaire on Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara. On the drive to the [...]

            If you are injured and want to sue a public entity, you may do so under the law. That’s the good news. But laws in California and other states don’t want to make it too easy to do so. California for example requires that you file a claim with the public entity before filing [...]

           Hopefully you will never need the advice garnered from today’s Law Review regarding submitting to a blood or breath test for alcohol. BORDER PATROL ARREST             A little past midnight and about fifteen yards north of the Mexican border, Miguel Ponce of the Border Patrol sat in his parked cruiser. [...]

           The arcade game high score. The apogee in the annals of pixilated history. The record meant to be broken, but never stolen. In William James Mitchell v. Twin Galaxies, LLC, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, weighed in on one man’s quest to preserve the legacy of his [...]

           Short-term rentals, sometimes called vacation rentals, are a hot item in the law and in reality. In some ways, short-term rentals allow a hotel-type use in a residential zone which causes conflicts with neighbors.             For those reasons Protect Our Neighborhoods (PON) sued the City of Palm Springs claiming its [...]

                   We have heard it over and over, “get your vaccine shots and booster” knowing that will reduce the chance of getting COVID and the severity of the symptoms if you get the virus. Here is my recent personal testimony. You don’t want to get COVID. PLANNED [...]