Holy cow.

Look at Joe's calendar.

September 11. September 18. September 25. And then October 2.

After all these months of briefs, arguments, public records requests and waiting, we are getting very close.

I believe we have made a strong case where it matters: the Fish and Game Commission started the process on Petition 2025-003, but it never finished it.

Do I guarantee we'll win?

Absolutely not.

My track record with California and ferrets has had, shall we say, a few issues.

But here's one of the questions I think the State has to answer.

Read these two parts of the law

Government Code §11340.7(b) says:

The State's position is essentially that the Commission satisfied its obligation when it referred our petition to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for further consideration.

Referral made. Obligation satisfied.

But then comes the very next subsection.

Section 11340.7(c) says an interested person may request reconsideration of an agency's decision on a petition, and that request must be made within 60 days after the decision.

It didn't deny Petition 2025-003.

It voted to give it “further consideration.”

And more than a year later, we're still waiting for that further consideration to produce an answer.

That's one of the issues the court now gets to consider.