Civil actions.

(1) Existing law authorizes a court to determine a motion for a new trial or a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment within 60 days after the mailing of notice of entry of judgment by the clerk of the court, or 60 days after service on the moving party by any party of written notice of entry of judgment, or, if that notice has not been given, within 60 days after filing the first notice of intention to move for a new trial or to set aside and vacate a judgment. This bill would extend each of the periods described above to 75 days and make nonsubstantive, technical changes to these provisions. (2) Existing law establishes procedures for conducting discovery in civil actions. Existing law provides that, in the case of interrogatories, demands for inspection, and requests for admissions, a party who objects to a discovery response for specified reasons may file a motion to compel a further response. Under the California Rules of Court, this motion must be accompanied by a separate statement providing information necessary to understand each discovery request and all the responses to it that are at issue. This bill would allow the court to require, in lieu of a separate statement, a concise outline of the discovery request and each response in dispute. The bill would provide that these provisions would become operative on January 1, 2020.