In 2019, the California State Legislature enacted the Tenant Protection Act, aimed at protecting long-term residential tenants by limiting rent increases and restricting evictions. To date, statewide tenant protections have...more
Do Force Majeure Clauses Include the Coronavirus?
The COVID-19 pandemic generated sweeping changes for all California businesses. The state-wide stay-at-home order has forced many businesses to stop operating altogether,...more
Public agencies in California, along with those across the country, are seeing a dramatic increase recently in the number of Public Records Act requests. Some cities and local public agencies are staffing up to meet the...more
As part of a larger project, the Fair Political Practices Commission adopted language amending the set of regulations that identify the standards for determining what constitutes a material financial effect of a public...more