By Makenna Haskill On January 1, 2026, the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology published its 2026 Sunset Review Report in preparation for its Joint Sunset Review Oversight hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Business, Continue reading
By Reese Galvin AB 2239 (Carrillo), as introduced February 19, 2026, would require the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to take actions to expand the electrical infrastructure and storage capabilities in Infrastructure-Constrained Energization Areas (ICEA) within California, and take action Continue reading
By Charlotte Fuchs On February 13, 2026, the Department of Insurance (DOI) released the amended text of proposed regulations modernizing California’s intervenor and Administrative Hearing Bureau processes under Proposition 103. Proposition 103, passed by voters in 1988, dictates that the Continue reading
By Amine Elrayes At its November 20, 2025, meeting, the Board of Trustees of the California State Bar unanimously voted to release for public comment proposed amendments related to its rules governing Lawyer Referral Services (LRSs) [Agenda Item 6.18]. The Continue reading
By Nisha Ahmed On December 4, 2025, the CPUC approved $1.2 million in grants to fund clean energy access projects for community-based organizations in Los Angeles County. The Clean Energy Access: LA County TECH (CEA-LAT) grant will distribute significant funding Continue reading
By Kelley Downes On August 28, 2025, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued Decision 25-08-050 in Rulemaking 20-02-008 to approve a three-year, voluntary, technology-neutral, Home Broadband Pilot program. The program will allow eligible households to apply the California LifeLine Continue reading
By Jordan Simoes AB 1502 (Berman), as amended September 3, 2025, extends the California Veterinary Medical Board’s (VMB) sunset date to January 1, 2030. On November 18, 2024, VMB published its Sunset Review report, and the Joint Legislative Committee published Continue reading
By Alexander M. Wood On May 5, 2025, the State Bar of California filed a lawsuit against ProctorU, doing business as Meazure Learning, which was contracted to facilitate the remote and in-person administration of the 2025 February Bar Exam. In Continue reading
By Justin J. Voeller On August 18, 2025, the State Bar of California reissued proposed amendments to Rules 8.2 and 8.4 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, opening an additional 45-day public comment period. No changes were made to the Continue reading
By Azad Hassan Khanzadeh Faal On August 28, 2025, the California Public Utilities Commission (“the CPUC” or “commission”) adopted Rulemaking 25-04-010, which set out new long-term energy efficiency objectives for California’s investor-owned utilities regarding ratepayer-funded energy efficiency portfolios for 2026–2037. Continue reading
