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2024 Departing Members – STATE SENATE

October 24, 2024 10:31 amOctober 24, 2024 10:31 am

On November 5, 2024, voters will cast their ballot on federal, state, and local races, along with 10 statewide propositions and hundreds of local ballot measures. How many state legislators will be departing this year? Every two years, all 80...

Gubernatorial Appointments Considered by the State Senate

October 20, 2024 7:27 pmOctober 20, 2024 7:27 pm

Have you ever wondered how many gubernatorial appointments are considered each session by the California State Senate? While the Governor annually appoints hundreds of individuals to serve in appointed offices, from cabinet secretaries to members of boards and commissions, not...

2023-24 State Senate: Did You Know?

September 17, 2024 3:44 pmSeptember 17, 2024 3:44 pm

In reviewing the recently-concluded 2023-24 California Legislative Session, the following are three areas of interest for the State Senate. Bills The first topic is bills. The total number of bill introductions over the 2-year Session was 1,530 Senate Bills. Of...

After Fighting Initiative, Gov. Newsom Taking Credit for Making Crime Illegal Again

August 18, 2024 2:55 amAugust 20, 2024 8:59 am

Nearly 50% of the stores in San Francisco have closed and residents are fleeing the city. Sacramento’s downtown still looks as if the 2020 riots just took place. Los Angeles is… well, it’s Los Angeles. And California Governor Gavin Newsom...

Gov. Newsom Cancels Plan for Competing Reform Prop. 47 Crime Measure on Nov. Ballot

July 2, 2024 10:14 pmJuly 3, 2024 6:23 am

“Gov. Gavin Newsom is scrapping his plan to put another crime question on the California ballot, three sources involved in the effort confirmed Tuesday night,” KCRA Capitol Correspondent Ashley Zavala reported Tuesday evening. This news comes at an interesting time...

California Democrats Scheming on Last Minute Alternative to Prop. 47 Reform Initiative

June 30, 2024 8:08 pmJune 30, 2024 8:10 pm

Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, California Democrats are now calling session for late night Wednesday, July 3rd to enact an alternative to the Proposition 47 reform initiative. Capitol Staffers received that message...

Breaking: Democrats to Pull Urgency Clauses and ‘Poison Pills’ Out of Retail Theft Bill Package

June 30, 2024 8:37 amJune 30, 2024 8:11 pm

The Globe learned late Saturday that Democrats in the California Legislature are going to pull the urgency clauses and poison pills out of all the “Safer CA” bills – the package of retail theft bills they’ve been pushing through, rather...