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California Courts and the Legislative Open Records Act

December 19, 2024 2:30 amDecember 19, 2024 2:31 am

The main appellate court case involving the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) is Zumbrun Law Firm v. California Legislature (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 1603, review denied. In that case, according to the courts, the Legislature’s response to a LORA record request satisfied the...

FBI Raids Home of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Brian Williams Accused of Making Bomb Threat Against City Hall

December 18, 2024 5:01 pmDecember 18, 2024 5:01 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass confirmed on Wednesday that Deputy Mayor Brian Williams is under investigation by the FBI over allegations that he called in a fake bomb threat to the Los Angeles City Hall earlier this year. The FBI...

Ringside: How Newsom Can Achieve ‘Affordability’

December 18, 2024 4:38 pmDecember 18, 2024 4:38 pm

Leadership in the California Legislature claim they’re aware of the cost of living and doing business in the state. In the special session called by Governor Gavin Newsom to “Trump proof” the state, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) said, “We...

Backlash Grows Over Gov. Newsom Nixing College Degree Requirements for 30,000 State Jobs

December 18, 2024 3:40 pmDecember 18, 2024 3:40 pm

Backlash continues to grow over Governor Gavin Newsom’s announcement earlier this week that college and other educational requirements for 30,000 state jobs would be nixed. Plans for another 32,000 jobs will be added to that list by the end of...

Biden EPA Approves Waiver For California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

December 18, 2024 10:02 amDecember 18, 2024 10:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on orders from the Biden administration, announced on Wednesday that they have approved California’s mandate to ban the sale of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, making it more difficult for President-elect Donald Trump to federally...

California ‘DOGE’ Proves State Government is Too BIG and Unaccountable

December 18, 2024 3:10 amDecember 18, 2024 3:58 pm

“Waste and Inefficiency, Improper Hiring, and Other Improper Governmental Activities” is the subtitle of the California State Auditor’s latest “Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees.” There are some real doozies. I have for years recommended cutting the...

California Courts and Urgency Clauses in Statutes

December 18, 2024 2:30 amDecember 18, 2024 2:31 am

Urgency clause measures in the California Legislature are one of four types of bills that take effect immediately upon the Governor’s signature, rather than the standard January 1 following the bill’s enactment. So, how have the California courts interpreted bills...