Tag: Legislature
Protests and Near-Arrests in Assembly Appropriations When SB 276 is Passed on Party Lines Ahead of Hearing
Despite threats of arrests by the California Highway Patrol, opponents of SB 276 by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) who attended the Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing Friday at the California State Capitol, stood on chairs and voiced their opposition to the...
In Gender ‘Neutral’ California, Why Mandate More Women on Corporate Boards?
What both bills will likely cause is for male minorities to lose board seats to white women. In 2018, the California Legislature passed a bill to require large corporations with base operations in California to put more female directors...
California’s ‘Brave New World:’ Gov. Newsom ‘Inclined’ to Back Mandatory School Vaccine Bill
“Why is the state forcing vaccinations on my children?” is the question I am asked by concerned parents every time I report on Sen. Richard Pan’s mandatory vaccination bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom now says he is “inclined” to sign Pan’s...
The ‘Right To Choose’ Does not Apply to Childhood Vaccinations Under Senate Bill 276
A five-hour hearing Thursday in the Assembly Health Committee on another vaccination bill, SB 276 by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), had a turnout of thousands of angry parents worried about the explosion of anaphylactic allergies, pediatric cancers, autism, autoimmune diseases,...
Legislative Statutes and Cases Interpreting Them
The California Government Code provides for aspects of the Legislature and the lawmaking process in this case. There have been many court decisions over the past one hundred years interpreting key provisions of the Government Code. The following cases highlight...
Is There Liability for Enacting Unconstitutional Laws?
I have occasionally been asked whether there is any recourse when the Legislature and Governor enact a law that violates the state and/or federal constitutions. Obviously, the first action would be to challenge the enacted bill in either a state...