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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed into law important foreclosure legislation, Senate Bill 1137. While SB 1137 is primarily focused on the mortgage and lending industry, it contains provisions which are critical for local government and their respective code enforcement departments. SB 1137 applies to residential.

Senate Bill 1126 (Cedillo) was recently signed into law, authorizing law enforcement agencies to collect assets from criminal street gang members who create or maintain a public nuisance. Previous California law allowed agencies to only collect assets derived from the criminal activity being abated or.

In California, the Ralph M. Brown Act requires that the public be allowed to address a public body on any item of interest within the body’s subject matter jurisdiction. But how far can public comments at a meeting go before the speech actually becomes slander.

In an effort to keep you updated on pending legislation and important legal developments directly affecting local government, Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin is proud to offer you our quarterly legislative summary, The Capitol Report. Click here for The Capitol Report

On June 10, 2008, the California Court of Appeals issued its decision in People v. Manchel,[1] holding that a convicted felon who was required to register as sex offender could not escape the registration requirement merely because he engaged in oral copulation rather than sexual.