Government,
California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 17, 2018
Legislators hope to bypass court-ordered debt payment with new law
Can California legislate its way out of a $331 million court-ordered debt? That’s what plaintiffs in a long-running legal case say Democratic lawmakers are trying to do with a pair of nearly identical bills introduced this week.
SACRAMENTO -- Can California legislate its way out of a $331 million court-ordered debt? That's what plaintiffs in a long-running legal case say Democratic lawmakers are trying to do with a pair of nearly identical bills introduced this week.
SB 861 and AB 1829 appeared in print on Tuesday, about a month after an appeals court ruled the state illegally appropriated money from a multi-million dollar mortgage settlement to pay off bo...
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