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California State Capitol – the People’s House – Also Under Lockdown

January 15, 2021 5:15 pmJanuary 15, 2021 5:35 pm

The gallery in the California State Senate was closed to the public Friday disallowing the usual public review. The gallery is the seating area above the Senate chambers where visitors can sit and observe the Senate debate and vote on...

Legislature to Postpone January 2021 Session Return By a Week

December 22, 2020 1:31 pmDecember 22, 2020 1:31 pm

On Monday, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced that the California Legislature will delay their winter session return from January 4th to January 11th. The decision was largely made due to...

Drafting Criminal or Penal Statutes

December 8, 2020 2:55 amDecember 8, 2020 5:55 am

Drafting criminal or penal code statutes is an important undertaking for any bill drafter because of the consequences for those who violate such statutes and because courts strictly construe these types of statutes. As a result, those who draft criminal...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

How Do We Prepare to Amend or Repeal Statutes?

December 6, 2020 2:31 amDecember 7, 2020 10:56 am

Like other forms of drafting legislation, in preparing to amend or repeal existing statutes, there are several steps for the bill drafter to take. In this regard, helpful guidance is provided by the Graduate Degree in Legislative Drafting from Athabasca...

More Than 2,400 Californians Now Suspected of Voting in Nevada’s Election

December 2, 2020 2:58 pmDecember 2, 2020 6:50 pm

According to the Election Integrity Project, Nevada, more than 2,400 persons who are registered to vote in Nevada, subsequently registered in California, but voted in Nevada’s November 3 election. EIPNv had previously reported 1,411 such voters. An expanded analysis, matching...

Bread and Circuses with California’s Political Hypocrisy

November 21, 2020 3:55 pmNovember 23, 2020 2:52 pm

California politicians must be bent on emulating Roman history. At the same time we have “Nero fiddling while Rome burns,” it’s also “bread and circuses for all.” In Rome, the fat-cat elitist politicians knew that the people could riot and...

Gov. Newsom and State Lawmakers Obviously Don’t Feel Threatened by COVID; Why Should Anyone Else?

November 18, 2020 3:22 pmNovember 18, 2020 3:29 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught last week dining in Napa Valley at a large dinner party at the French Laundry, violating his own COVID stay-at-home orders. Monday at his press briefing, he issued a duplicitous apology, arguing that Napa was...