Update: Governor Newsom signed SB 79 into law on October 10, 2025
California Legislature Passes New Bill to Encourage More Homes Near Transit
Capping off a session that achieved major CEQA reforms for housing development, the California Legislature has sent
In 2025, privacy and AI regulation have moved from the sidelines to the center of business risk and strategy. U.S. states are rapidly enacting a patchwork of privacy laws, with new AI laws emerging and expected to increase. Meanwhile, regulators
Coblentz associate Anita Chu co-authored the Dispute Resolution chapter in the ABA Forum On Construction Law’s Fundamentals of Construction Law, Third Edition. The chapter covers on-site alternative dispute resolution (ADR) techniques, partnering, and traditional and step negotiations. More details are
In the wake of the current administration’s policy of courthouse arrests in Northern California and the prolonged detention of immigrants in unsafe and unlawful conditions at U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement’s (ICE) San Francisco Field Office, Coblentz has joined a
By Scott C. Hall and Mari S. Clifford
On September 9, 2025, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, together with the California Privacy Protection Agency and the Attorneys General of Colorado and Connecticut, announced a joint enforcement sweep targeting businesses that fail
By Mari S. Clifford and Scott C. Hall
Cross-border data transfers between the EU and U.S. remain a legal and operational minefield. While the July 2023 adequacy decision ushered in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), recent developments have called
By Hunter H. Moss and Scott. C Hall
This year marks a pivotal shift from the era of rapid, unregulated health-tech innovation to one of stringent governance. The proliferation of wearable devices, health applications and remote monitoring tools has led
While the 2020-2021 California Legislative Session was dominated by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis and the ultimately unsuccessful Gubernatorial recall election, there were significant efforts made to change statewide housing policy. Last week, the Governor began signing some of those
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the commercial real estate market, and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is pursuing relief for certain categories of commercial tenants, including adoption of an ordinance creating a rebuttable presumption that a commercial tenant’s
In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20, suspending open public meeting requirements under the Brown Act and Bagley-Keene Act thereby allowing state and local public agencies – including Boards of
