US EditionPlaying political Whac-A-Mole as issue of bond measure language pops up again
- Personal injury lawyers worked for 47 years to change a law limiting damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, finally reaching a compromise in 2022.
- Assembly Bill 699, introduced by Assemblywoman Catherine Stefani, proposes allowing bond measure tax effects to be posted online instead of being mailed, and is supported by advocates of low-income housing.
- Scott Wiener sponsored legislation to repeal earlier reforms that aimed for more transparency in ballot measure language, but it was vetoed by the Governor.
- A law from 1975 limited damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, and personal injury lawyers attempted to change it for 47 years without success, until a compromise was achieved in 2022.
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Playing political Whac-A-Mole as issue of bond measure language pops up again
The California Legislature is often the arena for games of political Whac-A-Mole. A piece of controversial legislation fails to clear all of the Capitol’s procedural hurdles and appears to die, but suddenly it reappears through the legislative gimmick known as “gut-and-amend” or it’s reintroduced in the subsequent legislative session. A classic example involves a law passed by the Legislature in 1975 that limited monetary damages in medical malp…
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