I know the top California corner is acceptable (and preferred for insulation advantages), but is the bottom corner a sound technique?
Is an ‘exterior’ California corner acceptable
framing
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A continuous top and bottom plate are preferred, and longer 2x4 or 2x6's are available for this. If you need to breakup the wall, then make two separate walls and nail them together, to the floor, and with a staggered top plate. When possible, you want to end the wall near a corner to give the joint more support. Also try to stagger top plates near corners for additional strength.
if the post is within the line of the walls:
Blue is existing, red is nailing strips, green is bulkhead...
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These two are effectively the same corner. One is just rotated 180 degree from the other. you can clearly see that in this edited image:
The only thing that's different is that you are showing only the interior wall finish.
So yes, this is perfectly acceptable and commonly done.