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Attorney, small Placer businesses at odds over ADA compliance

By Ramon Coronado - Updated: Tuesday, January 6 2009 - 7:22 am

Scott Norris Johnson's letters are feared and loathed.

Dan Walters: California Capitol's 2009 prospects look grim

By Dan Walters - Published: Monday, January 5 2009 - 12:00 am

Most bills enacted by the state Legislature take effect on Jan. 1, so traditionally, California's major newspapers each December publish lengthy articles about new laws that the state's residents will have to follow.

It's the law: California patients can have an interpreter at their side

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Published: Saturday, January 3 2009 - 12:00 am

Millions of Californians with limited English proficiency now have the right to an interpreter from their commercial health and dental plans – made possible by a first-in-the-nation law aimed at dismantling the language barriers that get in the way of good medicine.

Schwarzenegger vetoed bills at record rate in 2008

By Steve Wiegand - Published: Thursday, January 1 2009 - 12:00 am

Here are some proposed laws that won't be taking effect today.

Booze tax taken out of mix

By Dan Smith - Updated: Wednesday, December 31 2008 - 9:06 am

California's long-running effort to crack down on sugary alcoholic beverages popular among young drinkers apparently has fizzled.

State fees for divorces, parking fines, other services rise Jan.1

By Jim Sanders - Updated: Tuesday, December 30 2008 - 9:56 am

Most state fee increases that take effect Thursday are for things over which we have at least some control. So, to avoid higher fees in the new year: Drive carefully, park right, wear seat belts, don't get divorced and stay out of jail. Easy.

California's latest no-no: D(riving) W(hile) T(exting)

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Monday, December 29 2008 - 6:26 am

The law that on July 1 banned talking on cell phones while driving has had an impact, and the state lawmaker who wrote that piece of legislation is aiming at another phone function with a new law that takes effect Thursday that disallows texting while driving.

It's the law: Schools gain a tool to halt online cruelty

By Peter Hecht - Published: Sunday, December 28 2008 - 12:00 am

It was bad enough when middle school students in Novato last year harassed and ridiculed 14-year-old Olivia when she suffered a seizure on campus.

State's hospitals must come clean on germs

By Aurelio Rojas - Updated: Saturday, December 27 2008 - 9:34 am

Second in a series of new state laws that take effect Jan. 1. Beginning Thursday, legislation will be phased in requiring all 400 hospitals in the state to implement tougher infection control practices to stem outbreaks.

New year means new laws to obey

By Micaela Massimino - Published: Friday, December 26 2008 - 2:07 pm

Plenty of new laws go into effect on Jan. 1, including a ban of text messaging while driving, a ban on providing a certain hallucinogenic plant to minors, and a requirement that kids under 4 feet tall wear safety vests in wave pools.

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