What is the standard of review for a claim under the California Statutory Interpretation Act?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Camp, 182 Cal.Rptr.3d 628, 233 Cal.App.4th 461 (Cal. App. 2015):
Accordingly, we apply the de novo standard of review. (See e.g., Doe v. Brown (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 408, 417, 99 Cal.Rptr.3d 209 [We apply the de novo standard of review to this claim, since the claim raises an issue of statutory interpretation].)
A. Governing law
1. General principles of statutory interpretation
In Doe v. Brown, supra, 177 Cal.App.4th at page 417, 99 Cal.Rptr.3d 209, this court outlined the following well-established principles of statutory interpretation:
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