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José Luis Villegas/AP PhotoWhy Newsom and California lawmakers want the state Supreme Court to remove a 2024 ballot propositionA ballot measure being pushed by business groups could place strict new limits on the ability of state and local governments to raise taxes. But California Democrats — from Governor Gavin Newsom to mayors from around the state — are asking the state Supreme Court to invalidate the proposition and remove it from the 2024 ballot. -
Rahul Lal/CalMattersIt was a case that some said threatened to erode California’s voting rights law. But after a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court on Thursday, some of its protections are reaffirmed, for now.
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More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial. -
Unlike the U.S. Supreme Court, California’s highest court is more obscure and rarely issues polarizing opinions.
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Justice Patricia Guerrero has been an associate justice in a federal appeals court, a trial court judge, a law partner and a federal prosecutor.
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Patricia Guerrero, a daughter of immigrants, would become the high court’s first Latina — significant in a state court system where Latinos are underrepresented.
