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  2. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    The Penal Code enacted by the California State Legislature in February 1872 was derived from a penal code proposed by the New York code commission in 1865 which is frequently called the Field Penal Code after the most prominent of the code commissioners, David Dudley Field II (who did draft the commission's other proposed codes). [1]

  3. California Codes - Wikipedia

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    The strong New York influence on early California law started with the California Practice Act of 1851 (drafted with the help of Stephen Field), which was directly based upon the New York Code of Civil Procedure of 1850 (the Field Code). In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil ...

  4. California Racial Justice Act of 2020 - Wikipedia

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    The Act is codified in Sections 745, 1473 and 1473.7 of the California Penal Code. The CRJA reflects and is part of a growing movement to address racial injustice in the criminal legal system, including police brutality, disparate charging practices, and mass incarceration, particularly in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. [4]

  5. Gun laws in California - Wikipedia

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    In addition, (Penal Code §12001.5) bans, by definition, short-barreled shotguns and short-barreled rifles. Defined in Penal Code §12020; a short-barreled shotgun is defined as a firearm (designed, redesigned, or altered) to fire a fixed shotgun shell and has a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches or an overall length of less than 26 inches.

  6. California criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of category or specific offense, all valid crimes are required to have two elements: 1) an act committed or omitted In California, and 2) an articulated punishment as defined in Cal Penal Code 15. There are three different types of crimes and public offenses: Infractions; Misdemeanors; Felonies. [3]

  7. Police code - Wikipedia

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    The Hundred Code is a three-digit police code system. [3] This code is usually pronounced digit-by-digit, using a radio alphabet for any letters, as 505 "five zero five" or 207A "two zero seven Alpha". The following codes are used in California. They are from the California Penal Code except where noted below. [4]

  8. I’m a Real Estate Agent: 7 Reasons Why 2025 Is the Year To ...

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    She pointed to the California Association of Realtors’ (CAR) 2025 California Housing Market Forecast, which suggests that single-family home sales are expected to increase by 10.5% to 304,400 units.

  9. Law of California - Wikipedia

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    The California three strikes law (codified in the Penal Code) has resulted in severe penalties in some cases and has been somewhat controversial in its application. Proposition 13 , passed by California voters in 1978, created one of the strongest limits on property tax in the country.