California State Assembly – California Globe

A Legacy of Failure: A Betrayal of Black African Women and a Failed Vision for California

March 6, 2025 4:12 pmMarch 6, 2025 4:16 pm

Yes, representation matters, but how much does it truly matter when it is merely symbolic? Anyone can style themselves as a caring, reformist leader, but it is their actions that distinguish an arrogant, disconnected politician from a genuine, transparent leader...

After Fighting Initiative, Gov. Newsom Taking Credit for Making Crime Illegal Again

August 18, 2024 2:55 amAugust 20, 2024 8:59 am

Nearly 50% of the stores in San Francisco have closed and residents are fleeing the city. Sacramento’s downtown still looks as if the 2020 riots just took place. Los Angeles is… well, it’s Los Angeles. And California Governor Gavin Newsom...

Gov. Newsom Cancels Plan for Competing Reform Prop. 47 Crime Measure on Nov. Ballot

July 2, 2024 10:14 pmJuly 3, 2024 6:23 am

“Gov. Gavin Newsom is scrapping his plan to put another crime question on the California ballot, three sources involved in the effort confirmed Tuesday night,” KCRA Capitol Correspondent Ashley Zavala reported Tuesday evening. This news comes at an interesting time...

California Democrats Scheming on Last Minute Alternative to Prop. 47 Reform Initiative

June 30, 2024 8:08 pmJune 30, 2024 8:10 pm

Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, California Democrats are now calling session for late night Wednesday, July 3rd to enact an alternative to the Proposition 47 reform initiative. Capitol Staffers received that message...

Breaking: Democrats to Pull Urgency Clauses and ‘Poison Pills’ Out of Retail Theft Bill Package

June 30, 2024 8:37 amJune 30, 2024 8:11 pm

The Globe learned late Saturday that Democrats in the California Legislature are going to pull the urgency clauses and poison pills out of all the “Safer CA” bills – the package of retail theft bills they’ve been pushing through, rather...

Reading on the California Assembly Floor

October 1, 2023 9:20 pm

On occasion, if you listen to the proceedings on the Floor of the California State Assembly, you may hear either a legislator seeking “permission to read on the Floor,” or you might hear a legislator raise a point of order...

California Assembly Members May Explain Their Votes

October 1, 2023 7:48 am

Pursuant to the Rules of the California State Assembly, Members may submit an explanation of their vote to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly for entry in the Assembly Daily Journal. This explanation is set forth in two different Assembly...