California Legislature – Page 125

A Unique Role for the Legislature in the Rulemaking Process

January 25, 2019 7:29 amJanuary 25, 2019 7:32 am

The State of California has over 200 agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that can make public policy via their authority to adopt regulations, often referred to as their rule-making authority. There is a lengthy list of state agencies that have...

Erin Brockovich to California Politicians: ‘Take Control of the Runaway PG&E Monopoly’

January 23, 2019 1:00 amJanuary 23, 2019 10:10 pm

Activist Erin Brockovich, who took on mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric in the 1990s for the contamination of drinking water in Southern California, traveled to the State Capitol Tuesday to urge California lawmakers not to let the utility file for...

Assemblyman Wants California DMV To Be as Efficient as Amazon

January 3, 2019 8:15 amJanuary 4, 2019 3:25 pm

In California, the birthplace of the high-tech industry, lawmakers want to know why the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles can’t manage to put a reliable computer system in place. Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno) called for an audit of California’s Department...