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  "description": "Riverside judicial election heads to November ballot\n\nRiverside judicial candidates Michelle Paradise and Andrea Garcia have advanced to the general election.\n\nParadise, a Riverside County executive and former supervising district attorney, advances with 205,735 votes, or 44% of the votes, while Garcia, a deputy public defender specializing in immigration law, advances with 181,030 votes, or 28.8%.\n\nCriminal defense attorney Jennifer Loflin will not advance.\n\nThrough no fault of the candidates, ",
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  "textContent": "* * *\n\n### Riverside judicial election heads to November ballot\n\nRiverside judicial candidates Michelle Paradise and Andrea Garcia have advanced to the general election.\n\nParadise, a Riverside County executive and former supervising district attorney, advances with 205,735 votes, or 44% of the votes, while Garcia, a deputy public defender specializing in immigration law, advances with 181,030 votes, or 28.8%.\n\nCriminal defense attorney Jennifer Loflin will not advance.\n\nThrough no fault of the candidates, Inland Empire Law Weekly was unable to obtain statements from both advancing candidates. Statements from both will be included in next week's edition.\n\nLoflin provided the following statement.\n\n\"Thank you to everyone who supported my campaign for Riverside County Superior Court Judge, Seat 10. While the results were not what I had hoped for, I am deeply grateful for the encouragement, trust, and support I received throughout this journey.\n\n\"I want to congratulate Andrea Garcia and Michelle Paradise on running strong campaigns and thank them for their commitment to public service. Running for judicial office is a significant undertaking, and I appreciate the time and effort each candidate devoted to informing voters about the role of our courts.\n\n\"This campaign gave me the opportunity to meet people from every corner of Riverside County, listen to their concerns, and have meaningful conversations about justice, public service, and the importance of an independent judiciary. For that, I am sincerely grateful.\n\n\"Although the current results are clear, ballot counting will continue until the election is certified on June 24. Out of respect for that process, I will not be discussing potential endorsements until after the election has been officially certified.\n\n\"To my family, friends, volunteers, supporters, and everyone who placed their faith in me: thank you. Your support meant more than I can adequately express. It has been an honor to earn your trust, and I will continue serving our community as I have throughout my legal career.\"\n\nInland Empire Law Weekly's interviews of each candidate, including both audio and transcripts, can be found here.\n\n* * *\n\n### Local nonprofit highlights Riverside's history citizenship case\n\nInland Counties Legal Services has launched a new video series exploring the legal history of immigration. Their second video is on the Harada case, the prosecution of a Riverside business owner for owning his home. The restaurant owner, Jukichi Harada, was born in Japan, and was not a citizen at the time of the case. The California Alien Land Act prohibited him from owning the home, because he was ineligible for citizenship. He had bought the home in the name of his children, who were natural-born citizens. Harada won the lawsuit, exposing a loophole that enabled other immigrants to own their own homes. Harada and his family were then interned during World War II. Both him and his wife, Ken, died in Topaz Relocation Center, Utah.\n\n\"More than a century later, it reminds us that questions of citizenship, opportunity, belonging, and a better future for our children have long been part of the American story,\" said Tessie Solorzano, Executive Director of Inland Counties Legal Services.\n\nSolorzano's video is available to watch here.\n\nThe case is the subject of a 2013 book by Mendocino College Dean of Instruction Mark Howland Rawitsch: The House on Lemon Street, subtitled Japanese Pioneers and the American Dream. The book is available for $21 from Amazon.\n\nThe Harada House and Harada's restaurant both still stand. The house, built in 1884, is now a registered national historic landmark administered by the Museum of Riverside. It sits on 3356 Lemon Street.\n\nThe American Board of Trial Advocates recreated oral argument for the case in 2023, in the same Riverside courtroom in which the arguments were actually made. Read more at Follow Our Courts.\n\n* * *\n\n### San Bernardino DA presents in Bosnia and Herzegovina\n\nSan Francisco Superior Judge Kenneth Wine and San Bernardino County District Attorney Jason Anderson in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Courtesy of DA's Office\n\nDistrict Attorney Jason Anderson spoke at a European criminal law conference.\n\nHe was invited to the Criminal Law Conference Modern Challenges in Criminal Judiciary conference by the United States Department of State. He shared the stage with San Francisco Superior Judge Kenneth Wine.\n\nHis speech explained the work done by his office's High Tech Crimes Unit, and discussed the office's method to digital forensics.\n\n“It was an honor to join our colleagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina to discuss the evolving challenges facing criminal justice systems worldwide,” said Anderson in a statement. \"When we share ideas, compare experiences, and learn from one another, we become better equipped to meet the complex threats that cross borders and to uphold the rule of law with integrity and transparency.”\n\n* * *\n\n### Bianco, Bonta, agree that ballot dispute unaffected by Sen. Cervantes' law\n\nIn briefs filed last week, both Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco and California Attorney General Rob Bonta agree that Riverside state Senator Sabrina Cervantes' new ballot protection law does not apply to their ongoing legal dispute over the ballots from last year's congressional redistricting election.\n\nThe law, SB 73, makes it a crime to remove ballots from the protection of the county registrar. Prior to the law's creation, Bianco executed a search warrant for the election's ballots. The warrant was signed by Riverside Superior Judge Jay Kiel. Bianco argued that a discrepancy between a citizens' group count of ballots cast based on public information and the county registrar's count of ballots cast necessitated a manual recount. California law prohibits ballots from being removed from the county registrar's custody: \"In no event shall the package (of ballots) or its contents be taken from the custody of the elections official.\" Bianco's seizure of the ballots was a stated reason for Cervantes' bill. Bonta filed suit against Bianco after the Sheriff's Office claimed to have stopped the investigation at Bonta's request, but then restarted it by soliciting a third warrant from Kiel to recount the ballots under the supervision of a court-appointed attorney. The issue is still being briefed. More information on the issue can be found at this site's archives here.\n\nThe California Supreme Court requested both Bonta and Bianco to brief the court on the impacts of SB 73 on the legal dispute. Neither side said there was an effect.\n\n\"The short answer is that the legislation has little direct effect on the legal issues presented in the Attorney General’s writ petition,\" Bonta wrote.\n\n\"Senate Bill No. 73 has no effect on the issues pending in this matter and provides no basis for the writ relief that Petitioner Attorney General of the State of California seeks,\" Bianco wrote.\n\nBonta's letter says that his case is focused on his office's supervisory authority over Bianco, not the chain of custody. Bianco's letter says that his office's past actions can't be retroactively invalidated by new laws.\n\nRead each elected official's briefs below.\n\nBianco Letter Brief re SB 73 (6-11-26)Bianco Letter Brief re SB 73 (6-11-26).pdf304 KBdownload-circle\n\nS295901_CV_Brief_LBF_AttorneyGe_38DS295901_CV_Brief_LBF_AttorneyGe_38D.pdf351 KBdownload-circle\n\n* * *\n\n### 30 selected for Riverside grand jury draw\n\nThirty Riversiders have been nominated by the county's judges to serve on next year's civil grand jury. Out of the nominees, nine will be selected by a lottery draw. The civil grand jury has investigatory power into local government.\n\nNominee | Nominated by Judge\n---|---\nLewis Allen | Valerie Navarro\nJean Arnold | Mona Nemat\nOscar Baeza | Jacqueline C. Jackson\nDemetria Bolden | Valerie Navarro\nRaymond Butler | Melissa C. Hale\nThomas Carrisoza | Laura Garcia\nVivian Catanese | Dorothy McLaughlin\nBryan Corcoran | Melissa C. Hale\nLillie Davis | Jacqueline C. Jackson\nDon Escalante | Francisco Navarro\nPaula Harrington | Mona Nemat\nCatherine Johnson | Mona Nemat\nMichael Kataoka | Valerie Navarro\nChristian Kleczko | Melissa C. Hale\nSteven Lemler | Jacqueline C. Jackson\nRuth Maher | Francisco Navarro\nMichael McDonald | Valerie Navarro\nShona Mitchell | Melissa C. Hale\nMario Montero | Melissa C. Hale\nNatali Monzon | Laura Garcia\nSharon Musella | Melissa C. Hale\nGerald Myers | Dorothy McLaughlin\nFrank Rojas | Dorothy McLaughlin\nBecky Runkle | Laura Garcia\nRamona Saunders | Jacqueline C. Jackson\nDon Smith | Jacqueline C. Jackson\nFrank Tovar | Valerie Navarro\nDana Valverde | Dorothy McLaughlin\nMaureen Whelan | Melissa C. Hale\nWilliam Woods | Jacqueline C. Jackson\n\n* * *\n\n### Spouse of Riverside city manager files government claim\n\nSusan Freeman, wife of Riverside City Manager Mike Futrell, filed a government claim against the city last week, the Raincross Gazette reported. Under California law, public entities must be served with a claim before they can be sued.\n\nHer letter claims defamation from a private letter sent by Riverside City Councilmember Chuck Conder, on behalf of the entire council. The letter said that she improperly inserted herself into city management discussions with staff. She asks for $1 million in damages.\n\nRead more at the Raincross Gazette: Susan Freeman Files Claim Against City Alleging Defamation, Retaliation.\n\n* * *\n\n### Free legal aid clinics\n\nInland Empire Latino Lawyers Associations hosts free legal aid clinics at 838 Alta St, Redlands, on the last Wednesday of every month. They also host clinics the first, second and fourth Monday of every month at Bordwell Park, 2008 Martin Luther King Blvd., Riverside. All clinics are held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.\n\n* * *\n\n### Riverside court recruits temporary judges\n\nRiverside Superior Court is recruiting qualified attorneys to serve as temporary judges. The move will beef up the existing pool of volunteer judges, relieving the case load for existing volunteers.\n\n“Temporary Judges play a vital role in our justice system by bringing their legal knowledge, professional experience, and commitment to public service to the bench,” said Presiding Judge Jacqueline Jackson in a statement. “Their service helps us meet the needs of our community while providing litigants with fair and timely resolution of their cases. We encourage qualified attorneys who are interested in giving back to consider serving in this important capacity.”\n\nMore information can be found at the court's website.\n\n* * *\n\n### Redlands budget delayed through public safety fund discussions\n\nRedlands' city council is reexamining its budget to provide for better public safety, Community Forward Redlands reported.\n\nCouncilmember Paul Barich said the police department is 13 officers short of staffing. Councilmember Denise Davis called for six new firefighter-paramedic positions.\n\nRead the story at Community Forward Redlands: Redlands delays budget vote as council pushes for more public safety funding.\n\n* * *\n\n### Court Denies CBU Wrestlers Request To Temporarily Stop Programs From Being Cut\n\n _By Daniel Eduardo Hernandez_\n\n _This story was originally published by_ The Riverside Record_. Subscribe to the newsletter_ here_._\n\nA district judge last week denied three California Baptist University (CBU) athletes’ request to temporarily stop the university from eliminating the wrestling team, dealing a major blow to a months long effort to save the program.\n\n“Unfortunately, given the denial of the preliminary injunction…it’s highly unlikely that the wrestling team would be able to be reinstated for the 26-27 school year,” Caleb Trotter, a senior attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation representing the wrestlers, said in an interview with  _The Riverside Record._ “Really, the only way to have saved the team was to get that motion granted.”\n\nCBU did not immediately respond to  _The Record’s_ request for comment.\n\nFor months, CBU wrestlers have protested the university’s January 2 announcement that it would end three men’s athletics programs by the end of the spring semester. University officials said in a statement the cuts were necessary as it looked to invest in other programs. The university also said Title IX played a role in the decision.\n\nThree athletes filed a lawsuit against the university in late-March, alleging the university singled out the men’s programs so its athletic participation rate would directly mirror the school’s enrollment. The plaintiffs said CBU did this to align with one of the U.S. Department of Education’s tests for Title IX compliance, an act they believed was prohibited by federal gender equity policies.\n\nAs part of the suit, attorneys for the wrestlers filed a preliminary injunction requesting District Court Judge Kenly Kiya Kato temporarily stop the school from cutting the programs as the lawsuit moved through the court.\n\nKato ruled against the athletes’ request June 3, saying the plaintiffs’ claims did not show “a likelihood of success or serious question.”\n\nIn the ruling, Kato said previous court cases set precedent against arguments that the use of the test conflicted with Title IX’s text. She added that even if the plaintiff’s argument were correct, there was not sufficient evidence to show the university cut the wrestling team to establish a sex-based quota. Instead, the judge said the university gave evidence to show the decision was based on “non-sex-based concerns,” like financial constraints.\n\nTrotter said his team planned to appeal the judge’s decision though he added they anticipate the case will soon be dismissed based on this ruling.\n\n“We knew it was an uphill battle coming into it, so if anything, we’re happy that the decision came quickly and didn’t just sit there for weeks and months just lingering,” he said. “We anticipated that we would need to take this to a higher court, and that’s the opportunity that we have now.”\n\nNolan Kistler, a local attorney leading a group opposed to CBU’s decision, said they found the judge’s ruling disappointing but that it hadn’t dissuaded his coalition from continuing to push for the decision to be reversed. He said his group is planning to create a more formal committee to make decisions on how to best allocate money they’ve raised for the effort, though he added he was still open to talking with university officials.\n\nSome of the athletes and coaches, however, have already moved on to other opportunities or quit the sport altogether, he said, while others have been more willing to stick around until the end.\n\n“CBU could, in the near future, decide that it wants to consider reinstatement,” Kistler said. “But the ball is kind of in their court.”",
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