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Ringside: Final Legislative Session is Engineered Chaos

September 21, 2024 9:00 amSeptember 22, 2024 12:33 pm

How legislation is enacted in any democratic institution is inherently chaotic. That’s a feature of democracy, not a defect. It’s part of what separates us from authoritarian regimes where the legislature, such as it is, obediently passes whatever legislation they’re...

The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee

September 13, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 13, 2024 9:37 pm

Government Code Section 8940 created the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee. The committee consists of three Members of the Senate and three Members of the Assembly who are all selected as provided for in the Joint Rules of the Senate and...

Assembly Republican Leader Gallagher Demands Answers on Undemocratic End of Session

September 9, 2024 2:45 pmSeptember 9, 2024 2:45 pm

Monday, California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) demanded answers from the Assembly Rules Committee in the wake of several parliamentary violations that crushed debate and caused chaos at the end of the 2024 legislative session. As the Globe...

America Should Fear California’s Agenda Now More Than Ever

September 4, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:56 am

As Gavin Newsom bows out from the limelight, not on the Democratic party’s presidential ticket, we can refocus attention on the policies under consideration in Sacramento. It’s no secret the supermajority of Democrats in the state legislature, together with Newsom,...

California’s Legislature Has Turned on the People

September 3, 2024 8:44 amSeptember 4, 2024 8:29 pm

Have you ever been stabbed in the back by a friend? You trusted them, supported them, and they turned on you. You never saw it coming. And you ask “what happened?” California’s Supermajority Democrat lawmakers now work against governing the...

Joint Rule Suspensions in the Daily Files

September 2, 2024 7:00 amSeptember 2, 2024 7:01 am

Did you know that the Assembly and Senate Daily Files actually list some rule suspensions (often referred to as “rule waivers”)? While the respective Daily Files contain calendars, tables of information, committee hearings, and legislative measures on the two Floors,...

CA Assembly: Monday Becomes ‘Willie Brown Day’ Instead of Voting on Crime Bills Day

June 24, 2024 8:20 pmJune 26, 2024 6:31 am

It’s Monday June 24 2024, and the California State Assembly and State Senate were supposed to be voting on 14 crime bills. Instead, today was Willie Brown Day in the California Assembly, celebrating the Former Speaker of the Assembly’s 90th...