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Globe Quiz on California Executive Branch

April 23, 2023 8:02 amApril 23, 2023 8:08 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s Executive Branch. There are nine constitutional offices in California. California is a unitary executive like the federal government. The Governor is required to make a “state of the state” speech to the...

Executive Branch Officials and the ‘Revolving Door’ Limitation

January 3, 2022 12:27 pmJanuary 3, 2022 12:33 pm

Similar to the “revolving door” limitation on state legislators found in Article IV, Section 5(e) of the California Constitution, executive branch officials of state government are also subject to this limitation when these officials leave government service. It is often...

California State Officers and Rules on Honoraria and Gifts

January 1, 2022 1:00 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:19 am

Among other provisions, Article V, Section 14 of the California Constitution prohibits any honorarium being paid and limits gifts being made to state officers. Who are “state officers?” Section 14(f) defines “state officer” to mean the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,...

Seven Special California Elections In One Year After Democrats Resign, Retire, Accept Appointments

December 3, 2021 11:43 amDecember 8, 2021 3:45 pm

With so many Democrats in Congress announcing they are not running again, we realized a similar trend as well. Assemblyman Jim Frazier (D-Solano) is resigning at the end of the year, theReporter.com announced. With Assemblyman Frazier and Assemblyman Ed Chau...

The Role of the California Insurance Commissioner

August 23, 2019 8:15 amAugust 23, 2019 8:16 am

California’s elected Insurance Commissioner (IC) regulates almost all lines of insurance (with the notable exception of workers’ compensation). He or she heads the Department of Insurance (CDI), which was created in 1868 as part of a national system of state-based...

Governor Newsom Takes a Hike

July 2, 2019 2:33 amJuly 2, 2019 8:06 am

“California is struggling to give raises to state workers who were supposed to get them last year even as a new contract year begins,” reports Wes Venteicher of the Sacramento Bee. The delay involves 1,000 members of Professional Engineers in...

California’s Constitutional Officers

January 7, 2019 11:00 amJanuary 9, 2019 7:17 pm

There are a number of political institutions in the State of California, from the obvious political parties to state entities governing how elections are conducted in this state. California’s constitutional officers (i.e., those elected to statewide office) besides the governor...