by DWK | Oct 15, 2024 | Legal Developments and News
On August 19, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 956, which removes the previous January 1, 2025, sunset provision on school districts’ authority to use traditional design-build contracts for specified public works projects. With the enactment of Senate...
by DWK | Oct 3, 2024 | Legal Developments and News
Signed into law on September 29, 2024, Assembly Bill 2192 will increase the bidding thresholds for school districts and community college district who have adopted the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA). The default bid threshold for...
by DWK | Sep 25, 2024 | Legal Developments and News
A California Court of Appeal recently ruled against a school district’s challenge to the Legislature’s revival of claims involving childhood sexual assault. (West Contra Coast Unified School District v. Superior Court (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th 1243.) The Court ruled that...
by DWK | Aug 28, 2024 | Legal Developments and News
November 2024 marks the first presidential election cycle under new limitations which took effect in 2023 on soliciting campaign contributions to ballot measure committees. The new limits prohibit elected officials and chief executives of agencies (for example,...
