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LET MY PEOPLE GO: A PROPOSAL TO UPDATE AND REFORM CALIFORNIA PARTITION LAW
By Elijah Underwood
Currently, California partition law contains provisions crafted to solve problems relating to the loss of generationally owned farmland resulting over the course of a century in Georgia, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Unfortunately, Californians are subject to laws created to solve a problem that never existed in California.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO DEMYSTIFYING CALIFORNIA COASTAL LAW FOR CALIFORNIA REAL
PROPERTY ATTORNEYS "A VERY BRIEF HISTORY" (A WORKING WHITE PAPER SERIES) PART 1
By Louis A. Galuppo
California’s coasts have inspired and draw people from around the world in wonder of what it would be like to visit or live by the Pacific Ocean. As part of the marine environment, these natural and manmade resources should be preserved for the benefit of all to enjoy now and into the future.
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE NEW LAWS PERTAINING TO CALIFORNIA’S RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
By Mark T. Guithues
Each year California’s legislature and courts provide direction to community associations, as to how these entities are desired to operate. This article outlines the operational changes offered during calendar year 2024 on issues pertaining to corporate compliance, balcony inspections and repairs, voting and quorum, ADUs and more.
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SAVE ME OUT AT THE BALL GAME: IS BEING A BASEBALL FAN A CONTACT SPORT? HOME RUN BALLS, ABANDONED PROPERTY, AND VIOLENCE IN THE STADIUM
By Paul Finkelman
The baseball goes over the fence. Fans scramble to pick it up. The ball is a great souvenir to take home, but it has also become a dangerous object. Once the ball goes over the fence it is abandoned property that no one owns, yet the ball is an attractive nuisance. This article provides a bit of baseball history and some property theory to propose how to address that nuisance.
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