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Frequently Asked Questions about the Role of Legislative Counsel in Initiatives

March 19, 2024 2:45 amMarch 19, 2024 2:46 am

Does the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) draft initiatives? Yes, many do not realize that the highly trained attorneys in the California Office of Legislative Counsel may draft an initiative for the statewide ballot in certain circumstances. What is the...

Frequently Asked Questions about Timing of Appropriations Bills

March 17, 2024 10:12 amMarch 17, 2024 10:12 am

What are appropriations bills? Appropriations bills, as their name implies, appropriate funds from the General Fund or special funds to a designated entity for a designated purpose. Can these bills be adopted at any time during the Legislative Session? The...

Ringside: California’s Dubious Megaprojects

March 14, 2024 2:39 amMarch 14, 2024 2:40 am

It would be inaccurate to suggest that California’s state Legislature can no longer think big. They can, and as such they are carrying on a tradition that two generations ago gave us the best universities in the world, expressways and...

California’s Organ Donation Leave Program

March 11, 2024 2:30 amMarch 11, 2024 2:31 am

Labor Code Division 2, Part 5.5 provides an employee leave program. Part 5.5 was added in 2010 by Chapter 646. Section 1508 names the law the Michelle Maykin Memorial Donation Protection Act. Section 1509 defines the terms “employee,” “employee benefits,”...

Contracts and Applications for Employment under the Labor Code

March 5, 2024 6:20 amMarch 5, 2024 6:20 am

California’s Labor Code has provisions related to contracts and applications for employment under Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2. Article 3 was enacted in 1937 by Chapter 90. Section 430 defines “applicant” to mean an...

Industrial Homework Under the California Labor Code

March 4, 2024 2:45 amMarch 4, 2024 2:46 am

California’s Labor Code has provisions related to “industrial homework” in Part 10 of Division 2. Part 10 was added in 1939 by Chapter 809. Section 2650 defines the following terms: “to manufacture,” “employer,” “home,” “industrial homework,” “division,” “industrial homeworker,” “to...

Frequently Asked Questions about Continuous Appropriations

March 2, 2024 6:45 amMarch 2, 2024 6:46 am

Does California law define an appropriation or a “continuous appropriation”? No, state law does not define the term “appropriation,” even though we find that term in the state Constitution as well as numerous statutes. How is the term appropriation defined...