Reports

2023

The Administration's Policy Package on California Environmental Quality Act Judicial Review

Agenda 6.7.23 [pdf]
Background Paper [pdf]
Letters
100+ Organizations Concerns Letter [pdf]
ACWA Support Letter [pdf]
ACWA + Coalition Support Letter [pdf]
AA Support Letter [pdf]
CBD PCL Oppose Letter [pdf]
CEJA Coalition Concerns Letter [pdf]
DC Coalition Oppose to Delta Tunnel Letter [pdf]
MWA Support Letter [pdf]
RCRC Support Letter [pdf]
SCWC Support Letter [pdf]
PCWA Support Letter [pdf]
CMWD Support Letter [pdf]

The California State Bar - Administrative Arm of the Supreme Court: Disconcerting Revelations Raise Questions About its Ability to Protect the Public

2021

The Lanterman-Petris-Short Act: How Can it be Improved?

COVID and the Courts: Assessing the Impact on Access to Justice, Identifying Best Practices, and Plotting the Path Forward

Family Separations at the Border: How Can California Further Support Immigrant Families?

2020

How Can California Improve Access to Justice for Unrepresented Litigants?

2019

How Can California Increase the Diversity of the Legal Profession and the Judiciary?

2018 Reports

Initiative Statute: Division of California Into Three States. (#1814)

Agenda 6/7/18 [pdf]
Background paper 6/7/18 [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (June 2018)
Appendix A -Constitutional and Historical Background [pdf] Prepared by Thomas Clark
Appendix B - Data Regarding Small and Large States [pdf] Prepared by Sandra Nakagawa
Initiative [pdf]

Initiative Statute: Eliminates Certain Liability for Lead-Paint Manufacturers, Authorizes Bonds to Fund Structural and Environmental Remediation Projects. (#1845)

Agenda 5/23/18 [pdf]
Background paper 5/23/18 [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (May 2018)
Initiative [pdf]
LAO report [pdf]

2017 Reports

How Can California Best Serve the Needs of Youth Involved with Both the Dependency and Delinquency Systems?

Agenda 2/22/17 [pdf]
Background paper 2/22/17 [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (February 2017)

Declining Passage Rates on the California Bar Exam

Agenda 2/14/17 [pdf]
Background paper 2/14/17 [pdf] Prepared by Assembly Judiciary staff (February 2017)

2015 Reports

Protecting Workers' Rights in Religious Employment after Hosanna-Tabor

Agenda 7/15 [pdf]
Background paper 7/15 [pdf] Prepared by Thomas Clark (July 2015)
Kathleen Purcell testimony [pdf]

Government Contracting in California: Impacts of Proposition 209

Background paper 2/15 [pdf] Prepared by Thomas Clark (February 2015)
Agenda 2/15 [pdf]
Ideas Generated from the Informational Hearing [pdf]
Anne Cervantes testimony [pdf]
Eddy Lau testimony [pdf]
Ingrid Merriwether testimony [pdf]
Ruth Bley testimony [pdf]
Tanya Little testimony [pdf]
Tim Lohrentz testimony [pdf]

2013-14 Reports

Proposition 46: The Troy and Alana Pack Patient Safety Act agenda for September 29, 2014 [pdf]
Drones in Our Future: Opportunity and Privacy Considerations [pdf] Prepared by Thomas Clark (August 2014)
Drones agenda for August 8, 2014 [pdf]
Byte by Byte: Is Our Personal Data Really Safe and Secure? A Review of the Recent Retail Data Attacks [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (February 2014)
Data Breach agenda for February 18, 2014 [pdf]
Balancing Privacy and Opportunity in the Internet Age [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (December 2013)
Privacy agenda for December 12, 2013 [pdf]
Brave New World: The Collecting, Sharing and Tracking of Personal Information On-line and in the Mobile App Ecosystem [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (March 2013)
Arbitration agenda for March 18th [pdf]
Mandatory Consumer Arbitration: Has Compliance With California's Landmark Data Transparency Law Been Sufficient to Accomplish the Legislature's Goals? [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (March 2013)
The Access to Justice Crisis Facing California Families [pdf] Prepared by Assembly Judiciary staff (February 2013)

2010-11 Reports

Options for Improving Outcomes for Foster Children [pdf] By Increasing the Effectiveness of Dependency Hearings Prepared by Leora Gershenzon (March 2011)
Home Foreclosures in California [pdf] Prepared by staff of the Assembly Banking, Housing, and Judiciary Committees (January 2011)
Citizens United, Caperton, and Judical Elections [pdf] Prepared by Thomas Clark and Drew Liebert (May 2010)
The Legal Aid Funding Crash: How Low is too Low? [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (April 2010)
Fair Employment and Housing 50 Years after FEHA [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (February 2010)

2007-09 Reports

Select Commmittee on Improving State Government October 22 Agenda [pdf]
Select Commmittee on Improving State Government Background Paper [pdf]
Ski and Snowboard Health, Safety and Liability Standards [pdf] Prepared by Manuel Valencia (November 2008)
Court Interpreters: Meeting Essential Needs For Equal Access After the Governor's Vetoes [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (November 2008)
Disclosure Requirements Under California's Breach Notification Law [pdf] Prepared by Tom Clark (November 2008)
Proposition 8: Amending the Constitution to Eliminate the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry [pdf] Prepared by Committee Staff (October 2008)
Top 10 Consumer Complaints [pdf] (July 2007)
Equal Access to Justice: Action Needed to Close the Justice Gap [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (February 2007)

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2005-06 Reports

Proposition 90: Government Acquisition and Regulation of Private Property [pdf] Prepared by Tom Clark (October 2006)
Court Facility Bonds: How Can the State Best Address Its Court Facility Deficiencies? [pdf] Prepared by Committe Staff (February 2006)
Better Protection for Our Most Vulnerable Adults: Is it Time to Reform the Conservatorship Process? [pdf] Prepared by Tom Clark (December 2005)
What Is To Be Done? Legislators Look at Redevelopment Reform [pdf] Prepared by various legislative committee staff (November 2005)
Equal Access to Justice: A Brief History of the Efforts and Challenges in California [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (November 2005)
Implementation of Proposition 71: Options for Handling Intellectual Property Associated with Stem Cell Research Grants [pdf] Prepared by various legislative committee staff (October 2005)
Risks & Liability: Who is Responsible for Avoiding a CA "Katrina" and Who will Pay if We Do Not? [pdf] Prepared by Committee staff (October 2005)
International Outsourcing of Voter Information: Risks to Our Privacy? [pdf] Prepared by Assembly Judiciary Counsels (March 2005)
The Child Support Program in California: Current Challenges, Future Objectives [pdf] Prepared by Leora Gershenzon (March 2005)

2002-03 Reports

A Primer on Business & Professions Code Section 17200: California's Unfair Competition Law [pdf] Prepared by Saskia Kim and Claudia Wrazel (January 2003)
Proposition 54: Impacts on Health, Law Enforcement, Education, and Human Rights of Californians [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker and Gloria Ochoa (August 2003)
Possible Approach to Analyzing Anti-Terrorism Proposals [pdf] Prepared by Assembly Judiciary Committee Counsel (January 2002)
Arbitration in Consumer Disputes: A Focus on the Providers [pdf] Prepared by Assembly Judiciary Committee Counsel (February 2002)
Arbitration in Health Care: Where are we and What do we know? [pdf] Prepared by Kevin Baker (March 2002)

2001 Reports

A Primer on Voluntary Alternative Dispute Resolution [pdf] Prepared by Donna Hershkowitz and Drew Liebert (January 2001)
A Primer on Civil Unions [pdf] Prepared by Saskia Kim and Drew Liebert (October 2001)

1997-99 Reports

Reforming California's Child Support System: A Consensus for Action [pdf] Prepared by Donna Hershkowitz (January 26, 1999)
The Impact of Boerne v. Flores: Must California Act to Protect Religious Freedom? [pdf] – Background Paper prepared by Daniel Pone and Drew Liebert (October 8, 1997)
Divorce Reform in California: From Fault to No-Fault . . . and Back Again?[pdf] Prepared by Donna Hershkowitz and Drew Liebert (November 6, 1997)