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California’s Small Business Hiring Credit Taking Applications

December 1, 2020 11:15 amDecember 1, 2020 11:17 am

At the end of the 2020 Legislative Session, Senate Bill (SB) 1447, jointly authored by Senators Steve Bradford and Anna Caballero, as well as Assembly Member Sabrina Cervantes, was passed and signed into law to create a tax credit for...

When Does Prop. 22 Take Effect?

November 13, 2020 2:15 amNovember 17, 2020 12:28 pm

With the adoption of Proposition 22 by the statewide electorate on November 3, questions have arisen regarding when the measure’s numerous provisions take effect. While Prop. 22 does not have a section specifying effective and operative dates, there are dates...

The Connection Between Judges and Bill Drafters

November 10, 2020 6:29 amNovember 11, 2020 6:13 am

What is the connection between how judges interpret statutes and how statutes are drafted by legislative counsel? In broad terms, it is “literalism” versus “purposive” approaches to interpreting statutes. Literalism is generally defined as the interpretation of words in their...

Writing Sentences in Legislative Measures

November 9, 2020 6:19 amNovember 9, 2020 11:20 am

With the legislative drafter, compiling sentences for a complete legislative measure takes a good amount of work. Putting these sentences together will give effort to the proposed statute. What form can these sentences take? Well, there are many according to...

Role of Legislative Counsel in Initiatives

November 8, 2020 11:45 amNovember 8, 2020 11:56 am

Many do not realize that the highly trained attorneys in the California Office of Legislative Counsel will draft an initiative for the statewide ballot. Under existing law, attorneys in the Legislative Counsel Bureau will assist in the preparation of an...

California Soon to Have a Privacy Protection Agency

November 8, 2020 2:20 amNovember 9, 2020 11:21 am

Proposition 24, adopted by the state’s voters on November 3, creates The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. As part of Prop. 24, there is being established a California Privacy Protection Agency pursuant to Section 24 of the ballot measure....

California’s Ballot Initiative Transparency Act

November 7, 2020 7:10 amNovember 9, 2020 11:22 am

In 2014, then Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg authored SB 1253, which was enacted in late September as Chapter 697. Section 1 of the bill established the act as the “Ballot Initiative Transparency Act.” Section 2 of the bill...