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Another Gutted Bill Amended to Compel CA Employers to Require COVID Vaccine as Condition of Employment

August 26, 2021 11:01 pmAugust 26, 2021 11:02 pm

Another California Legislature gut-and-amend-bill has been amended to replace existing legislation with language that seeks to order an employer to require a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment. The bill also warns that to avoid further shutdowns and prevent...

California Legislature Guts Transportation Bill to Create Vaccine Mandate on Private Industry

August 25, 2021 8:31 pmAugust 30, 2021 3:16 pm

UPDATE below: The Globe received word late Wednesday from Capitol sources that a gut-and-amend transportation bill is morphing into a bill ordering a vaccine mandate on private industry (seen below). AB 455 by Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), was a bill...

A Sampling of Differences in the Legislative Process between the Assembly and Senate

July 20, 2021 2:10 amJuly 22, 2021 8:17 am

There are a number of differences between the Assembly and the Senate in terms of the California legislative process, many of which are minor in nature. However, for students of the process, as well as those involved in the State...

2021 Legislative Session Bill Introductions

February 26, 2021 2:06 amMarch 4, 2021 11:52 am

Friday, February 19, was the last day to introduce bills for the 2021 Legislative Session. We saw 539 new bills (about 200 fewer than last year) introduced between the two houses on the final day last week. There was a...

L.A. Councilman de León Bungles Pledge of Allegiance, Gets Lambasted on Twitter

January 26, 2021 8:54 pmJanuary 26, 2021 8:54 pm

Former California Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León, also known as Kevin Alexander Leon before he changed his name, opened up a meeting of the Los Angeles City Council with the Pledge of Allegiance, only he didn’t remember the...

California State Assembly nearly empty except for a few folks in the balcony.

Assembly Modifies Its Internal Rules

December 7, 2020 3:58 pmDecember 7, 2020 7:19 pm

On the day of its Organizational Session, December 7, the California State Assembly adopted along a party-line vote House Resolution (HR) 1 by Assembly Member Ken Cooley. HR 1 contains the Assembly Rules (AR) for the 2021-22 Legislative Session. The...

Assembly Holds Rare Committee to Directly Question Newsom Officials

May 26, 2020 7:45 pm

On Tuesday, the Assembly held a rare ‘committee of the whole’ meeting over Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-2021 budget and questioned officials from the Governor’s office. Newsom’s office grilled over proposed budget cuts Both Republican and Democratic Assembly members, wearing...