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Bills in California Special Sessions

October 20, 2024 8:48 amOctober 20, 2024 8:48 am

I reviewed the special sessions over the past quarter century held by the California Legislature to examine how many measures are considered during those special sessions. The following are the results of my research: 2023-24 Session (2) 1st Extraordinary Session...

Gov. Newsom Bans Legacy Admissions, Pretending to Care About Merit

October 18, 2024 8:06 amOctober 18, 2024 8:06 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature have now banned “legacy” admissions to colleges. Hilariously, he asserts that college admissions should be based on merit. This is rich considering he has made “diversity, equity, and inclusion” the governing principle...

The Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

October 18, 2024 2:30 amOctober 18, 2024 2:31 am

Article 7.6 deals with the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. Section 9147.10 created the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies. The committee is required to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature concerning the state’s programs,...

Ringside: Would Suing the Bureaucracy Bring Us More Water?

October 17, 2024 6:30 amOctober 17, 2024 6:31 am

There isn’t a major water project in California in the last 30 years or more that hasn’t been subject to relentless litigation. Usually the litigators represent powerful environmentalist organizations, sometimes they represent social justice groups, and sometimes they represent labor....

Doctors Appeal Federal Ruling over California’s Mandatory ‘Implicit Bias’ Medical Ed Classes

October 16, 2024 2:55 amOctober 16, 2024 1:13 pm

Despite an adverse court ruling, some California doctors are continuing to fight a noxious state law that requires continuing medical education classes to include implicit bias lessons that tells physicians they are closet racists. They are appealing a federal judge’s...

State Agency Legal Services

October 15, 2024 2:30 amOctober 15, 2024 2:31 am

Article 3 deals with legal services. Section 11040 provides a statement of legislative intent that overall efficiency and economy in state government be enhanced by employment of the Attorney General as counsel for the representation of state agencies and employees...

How Many Bills Introduced in the California Legislative Session?

October 10, 2024 4:23 pmOctober 10, 2024 4:23 pm

Over the past decade, the California Legislature, and its 120 legislators, introduce between 1,900 and 2,500 bills per year, each year of the 2-year legislative sessions. While fewer than 50 additional bills get introduced after the deadline (e.g., due to...