California Legislature – Page 24

Meetings of California State Agencies

October 7, 2024 7:27 amOctober 7, 2024 7:27 am

Section 11120 expresses the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed. In enacting...

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee

October 6, 2024 3:06 pmOctober 6, 2024 3:06 pm

Article 1 deals with the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Section 10500 states that it is the desire of the Legislature to create the Office of the Auditor General, whose primary duties are to perform performance audits as may be requested...

Judicial Arbitration in California

October 3, 2024 2:30 amOctober 3, 2024 2:31 am

California’s Code of Civil Procedure, in Part 3, Title 3, Chapter 2.5, deals with judicial arbitration. Section 1141.10 provides legislative findings and declarations that litigation involving small civil cases can be so costly and complex that efficiently resolving these civil...

Summary of California Bills Per Session and Actions Taken

October 2, 2024 2:34 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:50 pm

The following research was updated in October 2024 in order to examine the major actions involving bills in the California Legislature over the past eighteen years. I examined the following five categories of information for each year, as set forth...

California Bills: Introduced Versus Enacted

October 1, 2024 1:49 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:51 pm

I am often asked about the number of bills that get introduced each year in comparison to the number of bills that actually get to the Governor’s Desk, and then the number of bills that ultimately get signed into law...

Some Stats on 2024 Gubernatorial Bill Actions

September 30, 2024 3:09 pmSeptember 30, 2024 3:09 pm

On the last day for bill actions, California Governor Gavin Newsom finished reviewing the 1,206 bills that were sent to his Desk during the 2024 Legislative Session. That figure was the highest number of bills he has received during his...

Elon Musk on California’s Flagrant Sen. Scott Wiener

September 30, 2024 2:21 pmSeptember 30, 2024 2:21 pm

Sunday evening I re-posted a photo that California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) posted on X/Twitter enjoying the annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. “One of California’s Esteemed members of the State Senate, from San Francisco. And they wonder...