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California Financing Law | The Department of Business Oversight

By Letitia Denham 1 month ago

Responsible Small Dollar Loans Pilot Program

Senate Bill 318 (Chap. 467, Stats. 2013) was signed into law on October 1, 2013 and is operative January 1, 2014. The bill created the Pilot Program for Increased Access to Responsible Small Dollar Loans (RSDL) to increase the availability of responsible small dollar installment loans of at least $300 but less than $2,500. Finance lenders who are licensed underthe CFLL and approved by the Commissioner of Business Oversight (Commissioner) to participate in the program may charge specified alternative interest rates and charges, including an administrative fee and delinquency fees, on loans of at least $300 but less than $2,500, subject to certain requirements. Licensees participating in the program are also permitted to use the services of a finder as defined in Section 22371 of the Financial Code.

Licensees under the former pilot program for affordable credit-building opportunities:

Effective January 1, 2014, Senate Bill

COVID-19 Statewide Update

By Letitia Denham 1 month ago

Update for June 26, 2020

California now has 200,461 confirmed cases of COVID-19, resulting in 5,812 deaths. The number of COVID-related deaths increased by 1.4 percent from Wednesday’s total of 5,733. The number of COVID-19 diagnostic test results in California reached a total of 3,771,314 an increase of 76,969 tests since Wednesday. The rate of positive tests over the last 14 days is 5.3 percent. California’s hospitalizations due to COVID-19 increased by 140 from Wednesday.

Updated June 26, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. with data from June 25.

How are COVID-19 cases progressing?

There were 4,890 new confirmed cases Thursday. Numbers may not represent true day-over-day change as reporting of test results can be delayed. The total number of deaths is 5,812, an increase of 79 from Wednesday.

What is the current state of test results reported?

Note: 4/3 and 4/22 testing counts have

Law legal definition of law

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Law

A body of rules of conduct of binding legal force and effect, prescribed, recognized, and enforced by controlling authority.

In U.S. law, the word law refers to any rule that if broken subjects a party to criminal punishment or civil liability. Laws in the United States are made by federal, state, and local legislatures, judges, the president, state governors, and administrative agencies.

Law in the United States is a mosaic of statutes, treaties, case law, Administrative Agency regulations, executive orders, and local laws. U.S. law can be bewildering because the laws of the various jurisdictions—federal, state, and local—are sometimes in conflict. Moreover, U.S. law is not static. New laws are regularly introduced, old laws are repealed, and existing laws are modified, so the precise definition of a particular law may be different in the future from what it is today.

The U.S. Constitution

The highest law in the United

19 Top California Law Schools (2020 Rankings)

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Below you will find a list of top California Law Schools approved by the American Bar Association in 2020.

American Bar Association, or ABA, is the largest private organization of American lawyers.

ABA is an authority in formulating guidelines for the practice of law, advising legislation, lobbying for the law as a profession, even evaluating federal judges.

Call Merrill, Arnone & Jones at (707) 528-2882 to learn more or visit American Bar Association.

California Western School of Law

Application Deadline: April 1

Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Application Deadline: April 16

Golden Gate University School of Law

Application Deadline: April 15

Loyola Law School

Application Deadline: February 1

Pepperdine University School of Law

Application Deadline: April 15

Santa Clara University School of Law

Application Deadline: February 15

Southwestern Law School

Application Deadline: April 1

Stanford Law School

Application Deadline: February 1

William L. Adams is a Partner at MAJ Law and an alumnus of Stanford Law School

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1992 Los Angeles riots – Wikipedia

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

1992 Los Angeles riots

Date	April 29 – May 4, 1992
Location
Caused by	Reaction to acquittal of four policemen on trial in beating of Rodney King; death of Latasha Harlins
Methods	Widespread rioting, looting, assault, arson, protests, property damage, firefights, murder
Parties to the civil conflict

Casualties
Death(s)	63^[1]
Injuries	2,383
Arrested	12,111^[2]^[3]

The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising,^[4]^[5] were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May 1992. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a trial jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for usage of excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King, which had been videotaped and widely viewed in TV broadcasts.

The rioting took place in several areas in the Los Angeles

New L.A. law allows tenants to sue landlords over evictions

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Tenants will soon have the right to sue landlords who violate restrictions that Los Angeles has placed on evicting renters during the coronavirus crisis, under a law passed Wednesday by the City Council.

Renters could potentially win penalties of up to $10,000 per violation — or $15,000 per violation if the tenant is disabled or a senior. The effort was about “giving the tenants a big stick,” Councilman Bob Blumenfield said.

After the vote, Council President Nury Martinez said in a statement that although good landlords were working to help tenants stay in their units, “I want the bad operators to know, today, the city of Los Angeles is putting you on notice.”

Landlords are currently barred from evicting tenants who have been affected by the coronavirus, although the council has held off on imposing a blanket ban on evictions sought by tenant activists.

The City Attorney’s Office said in

law | Definition, Systems, Institutions, & Fields

By Letitia Denham 2 months ago

Law, the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as binding by the community. Enforcement of the body of rules is through a controlling authority.

**Harvard Law School: Dane Hall**Dane Hall, one of the early buildings of Harvard Law School. Illustration made after 1845, when the addition was added.The Harvard Law School, 1817-1917 by the Harvard Law School Association, 1917

Law, Legislation, Document

Britannica Demystified

What Is an Injunction?

What they do, what they’re for, and how you go about getting one.

The law is treated in a number of articles. For a description of legal training and a general background, see legal profession, legal education, and legal ethics. Articles that delineate the relationship of law to political structures are constitution; ideology; political party; and political system. For articles that discuss the importance of law regarding social justice and

California high court hears suit on 2012 pension reform law

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

The California Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with whether to uphold a state law designed to help reduce a shortfall of hundreds of billions of dollars in state and local pension systems.

During a hearing, the state’s highest court did not clearly indicate which way it would rule. Only four of the court’s seven justices asked questions, and those who did speak challenged both sides in the dispute.

The court is considering a challenge by unions to a 2012 law that forbade the practice of “pension spiking” for all government employees. The practice involves inflating a future pensioner’s pay, usually at the end of their career, by cashing in years of accumulated vacation or sick pay or volunteering for extra duties.

Because pension payments are calculated based on a worker’s highest year of earnings, spiking can produce a more lucrative retirement than what the employee earned on the job. At least

Best Law Firms in Los Angeles, CA

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

Coronavirus in Pennsylvania

By Letitia Denham 3 months ago

The Latest Guidance

Pennsylvania counties in the red phase are under a Stay at Home Order through June 4.

37 counties are currently in yellow and include: Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Bradford,
Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie,
Fayette, Forest, Fulton, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Montour,
Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, Washington and Westmoreland. 12 counties will move to the yellow phase of
reopening at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 22. Those counties include Adams,
Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Wayne, and York.

Pennsylvania is utilizing a three-phase matrix to determine when
counties and/or regions are ready to begin easing some restrictions on
work, congregate settings, and social interactions. View Governor’s Wolf’s phased reopening plan for Pennsylvania. View the testing and contact tracing plans.

Stay home as much as possible.