by pddg_admin | Feb 14, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
Senate Bill No. 216 (“SB 216”) went into effect as of January 1, 2023, amending section 7125 of the Business and Professions Code concerning workers’ compensation insurance requirements. Previously, section 7125 required only roofing contractors (C-39 license) to...
by pddg_admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
Effective January 1, 2023, the bid threshold for contracts awarded by school districts competitively bid pursuant to Public Contract Code (PCC) section 20111(a) increased from $99,100 to $109,300 (link available here). The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s...
by pddg_admin | Jan 17, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal, First District (“Court”), overturned the City of San Francisco’s (“City”) decision that a proposed high school stadium 90-foot lighting project was exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Saint Ignatius...
by pddg_admin | Jan 3, 2023 | Legal Developments and News
The Ninth Circuit held that a school district that refused to allow a student to wear Native American religious symbols on her graduation cap while allowing other students to wear secular messages on their caps violated the student’s First Amendment rights. (Waln v....
by pddg_admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
The California Court of Appeal recently concluded that school districts that receive School Facility Program funds for locally bond-funded projects after the project has been constructed must adhere to a narrow range of options for use of those State funds. In Bates...
by pddg_admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Legal Developments and News
Taking effect January 1, 2023, Assembly Bill No. 2449 (“AB 2449”) will provide members of legislative bodies subject to the Brown Act another option for attending meetings remotely. While maintaining the traditional teleconference requirements previously found in the...
