Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham. (Photo: Jordan Cunningham for Assembly)
Assembly Bill 108: Limiting the Governor’s Emergency Powers
California has been under a Governor-issued state of emergency for 287 days
By Chris Micheli, December 16, 2020 3:01 pm
Introduced on December 16 by Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, Assembly Bill 108 would limit the Governor’s emergency orders and regulations under the California Emergency Services Act (CESA). AB 108 would amend Government Code Section 8567.
AB 108 would permit an order or regulation, as well as an amendment or rescission, issued under CESA 60 or more days after the Governor’s proclamation to take effect only if approved by a concurrent resolution of the Legislature.
Section One of the bill would add a subdivision (b)(2) as follows: “An order or regulation, or an amendment or rescission thereof, issued pursuant to Sections 8571 and 8627.5 during a state of war emergency or state of emergency made 60 or more days after the proclamation shall take effect only upon adoption of a concurrent resolution of the Legislature approving the order or regulation.”
Under renumbers subdivision (b)(1), the law remains that orders and regulations “shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon their issuance, except as provided in” proposed (b)92). Under renumbered subdivision (c), the law remains that “whenever the state of war emergency or state of emergency has been terminated, the orders and regulations shall be of no further force or effect.”
Essentially AB 108 keeps the Governor’s powers intact under CESA for the first 60 days of a declared state of emergency. However, after the expiration of those 60 days, any further orders and regulations will require the concurrence of a majority of the Senate and Assembly.
“California has been under a Governor-issued state of emergency for 287 days, and for 287 days, the Governor has been unilaterally changing laws and regulations with zero input from the Legislature,” said Cunningham. “The Legislature is a co-equal branch of government. Under our Constitution, it is supposed have the principal lawmaking powers of the state. It’s time to restore California to a constitutional democracy, and ensure that a governor no longer has unlimited and indefinite and unilateral power.”
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He should have checked with Kevin Kiley before filing his lawsuit this is already in the courts Newsom just issued a weak response to his appeal….Let’s hope the Chinese owned Governor is not only barred from issuing more orders but all his back orders are null and void. Trump won fight, fight fight…..Nothing else matters…
Yes, we need to fight back.
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Let’s do this fellow Californians, it is time to take back our state from the ruling elite.
Comrades
The Bolsheviks are well entrenched buying loyalty and Covid amenities like globalists snuffing out small businesses. The game plan is one collectivist globalist one stop store for all your simplified, primary survival, needs.
It’s about time.
This should also put a check on nusome’s unchecked spending and giveaways of our tax dollars without approval of the State legislature.
He is the definition of taxation without representation.
It’s about time.
This should also put a check on nusome’s unchecked spending and giveaways of our tax dollars without approval of the State legislature.
He is the definition of taxation without representation.
So the legislature wants to virtue signal by rubber stamping this hoax.
This massive deception is an intelligence operation. Mind Control works by turning the state into a death cult. Newsflash: the intelligence agencies control mainstream media.
No emergency should last over 30 days. Considering this is a fraud, the whole order should be lifted