Season 8, Episode 22
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Started with pet ferrets.
Now we're talking about something much bigger:
- Administrative Procedure Act obligations
- agency delay
- "further consideration"
- regulatory authority
- Public Records Act compliance
- whether agencies can leave petitions unresolved indefinitely
One of the stranger developments lately is realizing this case may become bigger than ferrets themselves.
The State's demurrer raises a broader question: once Petition 2025-003 was referred for "further review," can the Commission simply leave it there without a final resolution?
That may sound narrow.
But the implications could be enormous.
If agencies can indefinitely suspend formally accepted APA petitions through internal referral mechanisms, what does that mean for administrative accountability generally?
Ironically, the ferret case may end up helping clarify an area of California administrative law that appears surprisingly unsettled.
We recently filed our Opposition to the Demurrer and are encouraged by the arguments presented. The issues are becoming clearer, the record is growing, and the case continues to raise questions that reach well beyond ferrets themselves.
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