Although the state continues to have a public policy in favor of marriage, the practical reasons for favoring marriage are now embodied in the Domestic Partner Act, Moreno said.”In creating domestic partners, the Legislature has also created a policy favoring such partnerships similar to the policy favoring marriage,” Moreno wrote.The high court’s ruling returns the [...]

In addition to the five single-family listings, new condominium homes are being constructed along 26th Avenue, close to where the 110 and 5 freeways connect.*Report cardSeveral elementary schools serve the area; Gates, which scored 666 out of a possible 1,000 on the 2005 Academic Performance Index; Glen Alta, 717; Hillside, 628; and Griffin, 727. Jeremy [...]

The young men and women occupying these ancestral properties do so with dramatic flair (in the nude, save for a floral garland) or casual familiarity (snuggling a dog, climbing a tree). “As well as this board.”David Grau, a grand jury spokesman who last week accused the Board of Supervisors and Johnston of ignoring Cohen’s repeated [...]