State Watch

The Docket: July 17, 2026

The Docket is PLF's weekly newsletter covering the cases, clients, and policy battles shaping the future of liberty in America. You can catch up on last week's Docket here and subscribe below to recei...

2026-07-18

Governor Newsom doubles down on California’s commitment to veterans with major new investments

2026-07-21

Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule That Eases Restrictions on Highly Potent Greenhouse Gases

July 21, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general and one city in filing alawsuitagainst the...

2026-07-21

The Hill: It’s not ‘just’ to erase someone’s home equity

In 2019, Isabella County, Mich., seized Timothy Pung's family home over a disputed tax debt of roughly $2,000. The county sold the house — worth nearly $200,000 — for just $76,000. Months later, the b...

2026-07-16

A Major Win for Clean Air and Public Health: Attorney General Bonta Secures Court Order Requiring Implementation of Life-Saving Soot Standard

July 20, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a legal victory after the United States District Court for the Northern Distr...

2026-07-20

Attorney General Bonta Continues to Protect California’s Environment and Public Health, Fights Trump Administration’s Latest Effort to Delay and Evade Judicial Review of Sable Offshore’s Illegal Pipeline Operation

July 20, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta todayfiled a second petition against the Trump Administration, challenging the Pipeline and...

2026-07-20

Quiet on the Set! Attorney General Bonta Secures Critical, Early Win in Lawsuit to Block Warner Bros./Paramount Merger

July 20, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern Distric...

2026-07-20

Attorney General Bonta Secures Final Ruling Blocking Major Avenue Used by Trump Administration to Cut Off Federal Funding to States

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected] January 2025, the Trump Administration has baselessly relied on a single subclause buried deep in federal regulations to slash billi...

2026-07-17

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Latest Attempt to Shields Federal Attorneys from Accountability

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in supporting the District of Columbia’s motion to dism...

2026-07-17

Attorney General Bonta Opposes Trump Administration’s Latest Attempt to Shield Federal Attorneys from Accountability

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in supporting the District of Columbia’s motion to dism...

2026-07-17

Attorney General Bonta Appeals Ruling in Card Room Regulations Litigation

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released a statement regarding the decision to appeal the Superior Court’s orders inv...

2026-07-17

Attorney General Bonta Shares Updated Resources on Statewide and Local Rent Increase Limits

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced updated resources onresidential rent increase limitsunder state and local l...

2026-07-17

California Department of Justice Releases Report on Officer-Involved Shooting of Elmer Osiel Lopez Castaneda

July 17, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released areporton the death of Elmer Osie...

2026-07-17