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. 

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.

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.