Legal Alerts Dec 28, 2022
SB 972 and Its Effect on Sidewalk Food Vending
Cities' Enforcement Options are Further Limited with Decriminalization of California Retail Food Code
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Cities' Enforcement Options are Further Limited with Decriminalization of California Retail Food Code
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Los Angeles Blocked From Enforcing Ordinance Allowing for the Immediate Seizure and Destruction of Large Personal Property Stored in Public
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Cannabis, LAFCO Law and a Round Up of Other New Laws Impacting Public Agencies
Potential Fiscal Impacts and Confusion
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Proposal Open to Comments
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