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State Sen. Tom Umberg and Assemblymember Avelino Valencia are key advocates in Sacramento. Locally, roughly 80 nonprofits serve as diaper distributors.

Lawmakers and animal welfare advocates say California must address “disturbing” findings in a Los Angeles Times investigation into the state’s lucrative underground puppy resale market, and called on state officials to end the practice of destroying crucial pet import records.

State Sen.Tom Umberg knows the importance of diapers.

Umberg (D-Santa Ana) has seven grandchildren, and he said six of them are 3 or younger.

California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) has served as a critical enforcement tool, designed to address the shortcomings of state labor agencies. PAGA enables employees to act as private attorneys general, pursuing penalties for labor code violations that might otherwise go unchecked.

What if — and this is a very big if — the Angels found themselves without a place to play beyond this season?

While there are already procedures in place for the National Guard to discharge members, the bill is meant to cut through some "murkiness" in those guidelines

Why do anything right, when you can do it yourself?

California lawmakers want to enact some of the most ambitious, first-in-the-nation regulations on artificial intelligence,

Column: State Sen. Tom Umberg's bill racked up unanimous support. Then it was killed.

PDF of full article attached. This piece contains legal commentary on Senate Bill 241 (Umberg, Statutes of 2021). Senate Bill 241 revolutionizes our justice system by expanding access to our courts and incorporating greater uses of remote technology.