Tag: California
The West Coast Migration: How California’s Battle with Climate Change Has Affected the Cost of Living
About the Author: Thomas Silva is a 2L at Cornell Law School and the Vice President of the Cornell Association of Law and Economics. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He is currently an associate for the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy.
10 Feb 2022
Stopping the Spread: How California and Neighboring States Can Better Fight Wildfires
(Source) The title of the piece has been changed to acknowledge that the author has not directly experienced California wildfires. The Journal does not purport to intimately understand the struggles Californians face and we extend our condolences to those who have lost so much in these tragedies. We have all seen the headlines running about…
13 Nov 2020
Immigration Struggle: Can States Resist Trump on Immigration?—Part 2
I believe that this entrenchment presents a serious challenge for those who wish to fight Trump’s immigration policies via the courts—especially after the ruling in Trump v. Hawaii. Moreover, Trump’s opponents would be naïve to discount the lethal precedential combination of plenary federal power and preemption.
26 Oct 2018
Extending Labor Protections to Domestic Workers
Lyndsey Marcelino explores the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, legislation recently vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown in California that would have provided labor protections to domestic workers.
15 Jan 2013
Charles Manson’s Cell Phones
Behind California prison walls, greed trumps security because of an unlikely villain: the prison guards’ union.
29 Sep 2011
The Expansion of California’s Firefighter’s Rule Beyond its Intended Scope by Harley Glazer
The firefighter’s rule is a legal doctrine that prevents a firefighter from recovering from an individual whose ordinary negligence created the fire.[1] While it may seem harsh to disadvantage those who risk their lives to protect society, there are several policy considerations that support the doctrine. First, firefighters should not be permitted to sue for…
19 Nov 2010
An Assessment of California’s Watershed Governance: A Perspective on Environmental Justice in Land Use Planning and Development by Valerie Escalante
Southern California faces unique challenges for land use and development. With more than 50% of the state’s population and receiving less than 2% of the state’s rain fall per year,[1] water has become one of its main challenges. Furthermore, as a result of Southern California’s varied demography and economic state, environmental justice[2] has emerged as…
19 Nov 2010