Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed more than twenty bills to enact a series of gun control statutes in California. From my “legislative geek” perspective, there are two interesting provisions contained in the two main bills: SB 2 and AB...
UPDATE below: Senate Bill 2 by Senator Anthony Portantino’s (D–Burbank), which is California’s response bill to New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, was signed into law Tuesday. SB 2 enacts numerous “sensitive locations” where guns are banned, and changes...
As the ringleader of California’s illogical COVID-19 vaccine, mask and testing mandates, Governor Newsom has some explaining to do. Between 2019-2022 the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) received over $1.5M in donations from Pfizer’s Political Action Committee. The infamous California Governor...
LA City Councilman and former California Senate President Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) announced on Wednesday that he would be running for reelection next year despite being caught making racist statements in a leaked audio recording last year, which resulted...
In June 2022, U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical decision in New York Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen striking down a New York gun law that put unconstitutional restrictions on concealed carry of a gun out in public. And...
Now that the 2023 California Legislative Session has concluded, we await final actions by Governor Gavin Newsom, which are due by October 14. I am often asked about the number of bills that reach the Governor’s Desk and how this...
You may recall Monday, March 16, 2020. It was the day the Legislature passed legislation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then recessed for six weeks before returning to Sacramento. I wanted to revisit the day to note the...