Tag: California State Capitol
What Are the Requirements for a Governor’s State-of-the-State Address?
Like in 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom will not be delivering the traditional State-of-the-State address in the Assembly Chambers in the historic California State Capitol in 2024. Can he do that? The answer is yes. Article 5, Section 3 of the...
Bill To Erect Memorial to Blind Veterans in State Capitol Signed By Gov. Newsom
A bill to erect a memorial to blind veterans inside the State Capitol in Sacramento was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this week. Assembly Bill 298, authored by Assemblyman Devon Mathis (R-Visalia), specifically states that the bill...
Binding a Future Legislature
You may have heard around the California State Capitol the following phrase: “You cannot bind a future Legislature.” What does that mean? And does it apply to the electorate, or just the Legislature? The California Supreme Court, in the case...
The State Capitol Billion Dollar Boondoggle
The original California State Capitol building dates from a construction period of the 1860s to the early 1870s. A couple of decades ago it underwent major restoration, and the result has received accolades from around the world. After WWII that...
Practical Tips for Working with California Legislative Staff
In talking with legislative staff the past few months, there are some practical tips that were shared with me for those working with staff in the California State Capitol. While some of these recommendations may seem obvious, many of them...
Charles Swanston’s Headless Rancher Statue is a Casualty of War
Rekindling ugly memories of the summer of 2020 when anarchist vandals burned and desecrated public memorials across America, the statue of a California rancher had its head cut off in a Sacramento park the day after Christmas. No one yet...