Tag: Assemblyman Marc Berman
OPINION: Education Lawmaking in California is Overshadowed by Teachers Unions
In recent years, California has become a national icon for modeling progressive education policies, thanks to a State Legislature occupied by a Democratic supermajority and a complacent education bureaucracy. The state has codified controversial mandates for comprehensive sex education, ethnic...
Assemblyman Marc Berman Drops F-Bomb at Members of the Public During Hearing
During Tuesday’s Assembly Business & Professions Committee hearing on the very controversial AB 2098 by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), to punish physicians and surgeons for “unprofessional conduct” for advocating for the potential benefits of early treatment with off-label drugs, or those...
Seven Special California Elections In One Year After Democrats Resign, Retire, Accept Appointments
With so many Democrats in Congress announcing they are not running again, we realized a similar trend as well. Assemblyman Jim Frazier (D-Solano) is resigning at the end of the year, theReporter.com announced. With Assemblyman Frazier and Assemblyman Ed Chau...
‘Corporate-Free Elections Act’ Gets Shelved by Assembly Elections Committee
A half-baked, complicated bill aiming to take all corporate money out of California political campaign contributions failed to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee Thursday. But what was so interesting was that Assemblyman Marc Berman, Chairman of the Committee...
Trump Administration Agrees to Pay California $850,00 in Legal Fees Over Census Citizenship Question
The Trump Administration has agreed to pay California $850,00 for legal fees from the Golden State’s successful battle to keep a citizenship question off 2020 Census forms. California and New York, along with civil rights groups, filed separate lawsuits after...
A Fix for California’s Election Integrity Issues or Something Else Entirely?
A bill to allow the use of non-provisional ballots for conditional same-day voter registration is being touted as necessary “for Californians who miss the deadline to register to vote or update their registration before an election.” It remains to be...