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Judges and Judiciary

Jan. 5, 2010

Resolution For the New Year

Presiding Justice Arthur Gilbert of the 2nd District Court of Appeal considers the meaning behind political affiliation and its implications in the new year.

2nd Appellate District, Division 6

Arthur Gilbert

Presiding Justice, 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6

UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963

Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.

UNDER SUBMISSION

When I was a kid, rarely did we see "homeless" people wandering the streets, and never did we see someone putting cardboard boxes together to make a shelter to sleep in the park. The occasional vagrant begging for a handout was called "a bum" or "a drunk." I recall when I was a college student, a man, unshaven and wearing dirty clothes, approached a group of us walking down the street and asked for money. One of my friends tol...

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