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Do California’s Legislative Rules Have Constitutional Protection?

August 29, 2022   6:28 amAugust 29, 2022   6:34 am
Some readers have asked whether the Assembly Rules, Senate Rules, and Joint Rules of the Assembly and Senate have equal standing as constitutional provisions because those rules flow from a specific grant of authority. Specifically, Article IV, Section 7(a) provides:...
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Oakland Now Also Sued On Noncitizen Voting Measure

August 22, 2022   7:28 amAugust 22, 2022   12:17 pm
In July, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer overturned a San Francisco law allowing noncitizen parents to vote in local school board elections in Lacy et. al. The judge said the California Constitution permits only citizens to vote,” the San Francisco...
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California Wild and Scenic Rivers

August 22, 2022   6:19 amAugust 22, 2022   6:24 am
California has numerous formal acts in statute. Public Resources Code Division 5, Chapter 1.4 provides the California Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which is contained in Sections 5093.50 to 5093.71. Chapter 1.4 was added in 1982 by Chapter 1259. Section...
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Lawsuit Brews Over SF School Board Decision To Close Schools on Two Muslim Holidays

August 19, 2022   11:36 am
A decision earlier this month by the San Francisco School Board to allow two days off this year for two Islamic holy days in April and June faced multiple new legal challenges this week as many parental, religious, and legal...
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Can All California Legislative Rules Be Waived?

August 2, 2022   6:25 amAugust 2, 2022   6:37 am
Almost all legislative rules, even some in the state Constitution, can be waived by legislators. Wait – can that be right? Yes, even some constitutional provisions can be waived. Each two-year Session, the Assembly adopts its Assembly Rules, the Senate...
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California Judge Overturns San Francisco Law Allowing Noncitizens to Vote

July 30, 2022   8:53 amAugust 2, 2022   7:31 pm
In 2016, San Francisco voters approved a charter amendment allowing certain noncitizens to vote in school board elections. The Charter amendment also gave the County Board of Supervisors authority to extend the noncitizen voting authorization beyond 2022. On November 2,...
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Key State Government Provisions of the California Constitution

June 6, 2022   6:14 amJune 6, 2022   6:19 am
Article III, relating to the State of California, was added to the California Constitution by Proposition 6 on the November 7, 1972 ballot. This article contains nine sections and several relate directly to the operations of state government. Section 1...
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