October 2023 – Page 21 – California Globe

EXCLUSIVE: Child Rapist Benefits from California’s Criminal Justice ‘Reform’

October 9, 2023 2:30 amOctober 9, 2023 7:02 pm

On January 11, 2013, a Yuba County jury found Dwight Anthony Summers guilty of giving a teenage boy crack cocaine and then forcibly sodomizing him. Summers, who had a felony criminal record spanning multiple states and three decades, was sentenced...

Legislative Findings and Intent Statements Should Be Separate

October 8, 2023 5:57 pmOctober 8, 2023 5:57 pm

I have written previously about the similarities and differences between findings and declarations set forth in a bill and legislative intent statements. While both of these types of statements are made by the California Legislature, my opinion is that they...

Contingency Language May Not Save Your Bill

October 8, 2023 2:16 pmOctober 8, 2023 2:16 pm

In recent years, particularly the past two, bills in the California Legislature contain language that makes them become operative upon a budget appropriation or an appropriation contained in a separate bill. This has been done primarily to get past the...

About Last Week…

October 8, 2023 8:44 amOctober 8, 2023 8:44 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rather inexplicable* pick of out-of-state swamp schemer Laphonza Butler is not going down terribly well with the public. About one-third of Californians said “who?” (if the poll had before the pick that number would have 99.27%,) about...

California’s Budget Provides a Basis for Bill Vetoes

October 8, 2023 2:45 amOctober 8, 2023 2:46 am

Over the weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom acted on almost 150 bills and brought his veto rate from 3.4% to 11.5%. Among numerous reasons the Governor has taken so far to veto a bill, the status of California’s budget is certainly...

ED Source Falsely Claims ‘LGBTQ+ Students in Conservative Crosshairs’

October 8, 2023 2:30 amOctober 8, 2023 2:18 pm

At school board meetings, rallies, on TV and social media, parents and teachers from all over the nation are standing together in protection of childhood innocence and parental authority. This is because our children are under assault in government-run schools....

The 2024 California U.S. Senate Race: Where It Currently Stands

October 7, 2023 8:19 amOctober 7, 2023 8:19 am

Since our last recap by the Globe in September, the 2024 U.S. Senate Race in California has taken several new twists and turns. With unexpected new contenders for the Democrats looking to possibly enter because of the death of Dianne...