Judge Retard is either just as dumb as a bag of sawdust or there is some kind of behind the scenes swindling going on.
Dumbass is a 50 year old Marin County Republican and was appointed by Governor Kennedy’s Bitch.
Another possible explanation is that this is a ruse to force us to go full-board metric.
Marin County is a liberal hellhole on the coastal paradise just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge.
California US Sen. Barbara “box OF rocks” Boxer calls Marin County home.
Real 2 X 4 lumber is called “dimensional” lumber and older homes in California were built of rough sawn dimensional Redwood lumber.
This wood was softer and weaker than the pine wood used in modern construction today.
Modern “nominal” lumber is smooth finished 1 5/8” X 3 1/2”. It is as structurally sound as the old 2” x 4” redwood lumber of old.
Periodically the lumber industry/Structural Engineer Society(s) test the wood products of the lumber Industry to verify the structural strength of these products.
Over time both the redwood and the pinewood lumber used in construction have become extremely hard as they have aged. I have some 1960s pine nominal 2 X 4s salvaged from a garage demolition that is so hard you can’t drive a 8d nail through it with a BFH.
This Superior Court (city court) ruling will be laughed out of court upon appeal as the work of unknowledgeable looney toon liberal crackpots.
Wood products other than that used for construction is sold as “quarter” wood.
4 quarter wood measures 1”
3 quarter wood measures 3/4”
6 quarter wood measures 1 1/2”
and so on!