Book on California’s Governor and Agencies Recently Published

“A Practical Guide to California’s Governor and State Agencies” was published recently by Chris Micheli, a frequent contributor to California Globe. The book is another in his series of practical guides. This one is about 65 pages in length using short chapters and primarily a question-and-answer format. The following are the contents of this practical book:

The Governor                                                                                                1

1                      Executive Branch                                                                    1

2                      Governor’s Legislative Role                                                   3

3                      Governor’s Actions on Bills                                                   5

4                      Signing Messages by Governors                                            7

5                      Vetoed Bills                                                                             8

6                      Bills Becoming Law without Governor’s Signature               9

7                      Governor’s Pardon and Commutation Powers                       10

8                      Statutory Role in International Relations                                12

9                      EBRs and Gubernatorial Actions                                            14

10                    Governor and Public Records Act                                          16

11                    Governor’s Reorganization Plans                                           17

12                    Governor’s Line-item Veto Authority                         18

13                    Executive Branch Revolving Door Limit                               19

14                    Filling Constitutional Office Vacancies                                  21

15                    Impeachment of State Officers                                               23

16                    Order of Precedence                                                               26

17                    State Officers and Honoraria and Gifts                                   27

State Agencies and Rulemaking                                                                  29

18                    Administrative Agencies                                                         29

19                    State Agency Ethics Training                                                  31

20                    Legislative Delegation of Authority                                       32

21                    Office of Administrative Law                                                 33

22                    Rulemaking Process                                                                35

23                    Regular versus Emergency Rulemaking                                 44

24                    OAL’s Standards of Review of Regulations                           46

25                    OAL Disapproval Process of Regulations                              48

26                    Judicial Review of Regulations                                              49

27                    Legislature’s Role in Rulemaking                                          50

28                    Exhausting Administrative Remedies                                     52

29                    Effective Dates of Regulations                                               53

30                    Public Hearings under the APA                                              54

31                    Agency Rulemaking Notifications                                          55

32                    Underground Regulations                                                       56

33                    Economic Impact Analysis                                                     59

34                    Disapproval Process for Regulations                                      60

35                    Bagley-Keene Open Meetings Act                                         61

36                    Rulemaking Appeals to the Governor                                    63

37                    Possible Influences on State Agencies                                    64

The book can be purchased on Amazon for $15.99.