California Code
ARTICLE 8 - Default of a Party
Section 1297.253.

1297.253. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, where, without showing sufficient cause, a party fails to appear at an oral hearing or to produce documentary evidence, the arbitral tribunal may continue with the proceedings and make the arbitral award on the evidence before it.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 23, Sec. 1. Effective March 7, 1988.)