Julie Hamill tracks legislative and litigation updates relevant to California Justice Center’s mission, and shares weekly posts here to provide you with direct access to primary sources and easy to follow summaries of the most important legal issues impacting Californians.

Julie Hamill tracks legislative and litigation updates relevant to California Justice Center’s mission, and shares weekly posts here to provide you with direct access to primary sources and easy to follow summaries of the most important legal issues impacting Californians.

California Policy Center filed an amicus brief supporting the City of Huntington Beach’s petition for rehearing en banc in the City’s challenge to California’s unconstitutional housing mandates. 

California Justice Center president and attorney Julie Hamill notified the City of Santa Ana that the denial of Ms. Lebsack’s application amounts to viewpoint discrimination by a government entity and a prior restraint of free speech which are unconstitutional under the First Amendment. California Policy Center is supporting Lebsack in her request that the City of Santa Ana approve her proposed ad and revise its existing advertising standards. 

The politicization and orthodoxy in our public schools comes from the unions and the Democratic party.  It is the State and teachers’ unions imposing rigid and exclusive indoctrination of children with divisive race and gender theories, and the district merely adopted policies to mitigate the orthodoxy imposed by those entities.

California Policy Center filed an amicus curiae brief Monday in support of the First Amendment rights of a California first grader who was punished by her school after she drew a picture containing the words “Black Lives Mater [sic]… any life.” The school principal disciplined the student by depriving her of recess for two weeks and prohibiting her from drawing. 

California Justice Center attorney Julie Hamill compares Governor Newsom's leadership style with the list of grievances against King George outlined in the Declaration of Independence.

California Justice Center attorney Julie Hamill explains social media use for government officials in light of the United States Supreme Court decision in Lindke v. Freed and O’Connor-Ratcliff V. Garnier.

Last month, the California Court of Appeal issued a decision in Visalia Unified School District v. Public Employees Relations Board, impacting personnel disputes in school districts throughout California. This is a must-read for all California school district HR directors.

California Justice Center attorney Julie Hamill examines the existential question: What is the point of government?

California Justice Center attorney Julie Hamill explains the need for her substack, A Republic If You Can Keep It.

Community development staff at public agencies throughout California have had the rug pulled out from under them repeatedly over the last few years. Long standing norms and laws are now subject to constant changes - from small tweaks to sweeping reforms. Just as cities were settling in to the latest standards and requirements, our legislators in Sacramento are once again changing the rules of the game.

This post addresses only a handful of new bills - it is not exhaustive by any means. Through these bills, the legislature wants to prohibit local agencies from allowing owner-occupancy requirements for ADUs, shorten the time period a local agency has to approve or deny a JADU, and require property owners to give a right of first refusal to residential tenants (among other things).