Assembly Bill to Freeze Tuition Clears Higher Education Committee with Bipartisan Support

Assembly Bill to Freeze Tuition Clears Higher Education Committee with Bipartisan Support

Sacramento — Today, Assembly Bill 67, a joint effort between Assemblymembers Kristin Olsen, (R-Modesto), Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside) and Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) passed out of the Assembly’s Higher Education Committee with bipartisan support. To ensure that Proposition 30 tax dollars are actually used to protect higher education as the voters intended, Assembly Bill 67 would freeze […]

Governor Brown Grants Pardons

Governor Brown Grants Pardons

SACRAMENTO – On the eve of Easter, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that he has granted 65 pardons. The individuals granted pardons all completed their sentences and have been released from custody for more than a decade without further criminal activity. Individuals who have been convicted of a crime in California may apply to […]

United States Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Klein Finds Stockton Eligible to be a Chapter 9 Debtor

United States Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Klein Finds Stockton Eligible to be a Chapter 9 Debtor

(Stockton, CA) – After hearing arguments and testimony at a trial lasting just three days, Chief United States Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher M. Klein approved the City of Stockton’s petition for chapter 9 bankruptcy relief, filed on June 28, 2012. The City defended its eligibility, while attorneys representing several large financial creditors in the case, […]