An engraving titled “Mule and Ass,” by an unknown artist, dated 1578. (Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (CN) As he traveled a historic trail with a pair of mules, John Sears says the California Highway Patrol violated his right to intrastate travel and his “ages-old nomadic way of life” when he was arrested in January last year.
Sears filed suit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court last week seeking, among other things, to compel CHP officers to be trained to know that mules have a right to public roads.
“I think that police do not see mules very often, and often are unfamiliar with the applicable vehicle and AG codes,” Sears’ attorney Todd Cardiff, of San Diego, said in an interview. “Of course, not every law enforcement interaction is negative.”
–California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s Office last week appealed a judge’s order that disqualified the San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting Tianna Arrata and several other defendants. Arrata and the defendants allegedly committed criminal acts during a July protest in San Luis Obispo.
The filings read, in part, “The Attorney General of the State of California appeals, pursuant to Penal Code section 1424, subdivision (a)(1) and (2), and in accordance with section 1466, subdivision (a)(1) to the Appellate Division of the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, from the Court‘s December 11, 2020 order recusing the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office…”
David and Mary Weyrich wanted, alive
March 8, 2016
By KAREN VELIE
Missing the days of wanted posters and rewards? After seven years of attempting to collect a debt, a San Luis Obispo based attorney is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the apprehension and service of process on David and Mary Weyrich.
If only one of the Weyrichs is served with an order to attend a debtors exam, the tipster, who will remain anonymous, earns $1,250, according to attorney Christopher Lewi.
Following a judgment, a creditor can ask debtors to appear in court to answer questions under oath about their assets or property.
A Santa Maria-based engineering and contracting company is fighting a recent Pismo Beach City Council resolution that brands the company as a non-responsible bidder and bars it from working on city projects for the next five years. V. Lopez Jr. & Sons General Engineering Contractors Inc. filed a petition in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on Dec. 7 requesting that the court overturn the Pismo Beach resolution. The city claims the resolution is necessary after a project V. Lopez handled took up extra time and money. In its petition, V. Lopez argues that Pismo Beach acted outside of its authority in passing such a resolution, which the company claims was approved without any supporting evidence, legal basis, or due process.
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Robin Abcarian: Cannabis has downsides, especially for kids. We need to acknowledge them [Los Angeles Times :: BC-ABCARIAN-COLUMN:LA]
There was a time in my life, in the not-so-distant past, when cannabis was immensely important to me.
Not because I used it I’ve tried it but don’t like the way it makes me feel but because voters in California were being asked whether pot should be legal for adult recreational use. I took it upon myself to try to fully understand the upsides and downsides of Proposition 64, the 2016 ballot initiative, so I could help readers make informed decisions.