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Frequently Asked Questions about the Impeachment of State Officers

February 12, 2024 2:30 amFebruary 12, 2024 2:31 am

What is the impeachment authority granted to the California Legislature? The California Constitution, like its federal counterpart, allows for the impeachment and removal of state officers by the Legislature. Which house has the power of impeachment? In Section 18 of...

Removal from Office

August 17, 2020 6:30 amAugust 17, 2020 6:31 am

Government Code Title 1, Division 4, Chapter 7 deals with removal from office. Article 1, containing Sections 3000 to 3003, is on general provisions and was enacted in 1943. Section 3000 provides that an officer forfeits his office upon conviction...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Tears Apart President’s State of the Union Speech

February 5, 2020 5:09 pmFebruary 5, 2020 9:30 pm

Pelosi has demolished decades of tradition with this poorly considered moment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco, CA Democrat, appeared to made a mockery of President Donald Trump during his State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. Social media...

Impeachment by the California Legislature

December 11, 2019 6:15 amDecember 11, 2019 6:17 am

California’s Government Code Title 1, Division 4, Chapter 7, Article 2 provides for impeachment by the California Legislature. Government Code Section 3020 provides that state officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges...

President Pelosi?

December 5, 2019 3:45 pmDecember 8, 2019 6:30 pm

Pelosi acted ‘unilaterally’ on the impeachment inquiry and ‘now she’s dictating the committee to actually draft articles of impeachment? It is an abuse of power.’ — Ken Starr House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made news Thursday by ordering up articles of...

California’s Utility Breakdown, Extreme Gas Costs, Homeless Druggies, Water Shortage, Deteriorating Roads, Failing Schools: Who is to Blame?

November 4, 2019 2:08 amNovember 5, 2019 11:45 am

“You don’t believe in climate change. You are excused from this conversation.” ~Gavin Newsom California was developed over the course of a century, yet it has taken only a few decades to tear it down. Incompetence, excessive government, corruption,...

How California Holds The Key To President Trump’s Impeachment Inquiry

September 25, 2019 10:18 pmSeptember 26, 2019 8:05 am

With a House vote on impeaching President Trump becoming more likely in recent days with an inquiry being launched by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the Globe takes a look at just how influential California is with impeachment proceedings...