California Legislature – Page 26

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...

How Many Bills Historically Get to the Governor’s Desk?

October 10, 2024 3:45 pmOctober 10, 2024 3:45 pm

Over the past four decades, thousands of bills have reached the Governor’s Desk. The vast majority of those measures get signed into law, with a small percentage being vetoed. The lowest veto rate was just over 1% by Governor Jerry...

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee

October 7, 2024 1:00 pmOctober 7, 2024 1:01 pm

Article 7 deals with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Section 9140 created the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The committee ascertains facts and makes recommendations to the Legislature concerning the State Budget, the revenues and expenditures of the State, the organization...

California Lawmakers Can Lower Healthcare Costs

October 7, 2024 9:45 amOctober 7, 2024 9:48 am

This week I learned that the House Education and Workforce Committee considered an anti-competitive hospital contracting bill led by California Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-45)—the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act—that would massively boost healthcare affordability in the Golden State. The...