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Using Model or Uniform Acts for Bill Drafting

December 16, 2020 6:13 amDecember 16, 2020 9:38 am

When drafting new laws in California, sometimes interest groups and those drafting legislation may turn to model laws or uniform acts. They also may review similar laws adopted by the federal government or other states. As you might imagine, there...

Concerned Citizens Shout Down COVID Penalties at Sacramento County Supervisors Meeting

December 16, 2020 2:57 amDecember 15, 2020 8:50 pm

When you consider adjectives to describe what a county board of supervisors meeting is, exciting probably isn’t the first that comes to mind. The Dec. 8, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting, however, proved an exception to the rule when...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

CPUC Fines Uber $59 Million, Threatens To Pull Operating Lisence

December 15, 2020 5:59 pmDecember 16, 2020 9:37 am

On Monday, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) levied a $59 million on the rideshare company Uber and gave a 30-day ultimatum to receive all data on sexual assaults that have taken place in Uber rides. The Monday ruling, issued...

Assembly and Senate Announce Committee Memberships

December 15, 2020 3:06 pmDecember 17, 2020 10:14 am

With the 2021-22 California Legislative Session beginning on December 7 pursuant to the state constitution, the two houses’ legislative leaders quickly dispensed with one of the Capitol community’s favorite guessing games – who will be committee chairs. Assembly On December...

Bill That Would Allow Californians To Vote to Abolish Death Penalty Introduced in Assembly

December 15, 2020 2:59 pm

On Monday, a constitutional amendment bill that would let voters decide whether or not to abolish the death penalty in California was introduced to the Assembly. Assembly Constitutional Amendment 2, authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) would ultimately alter...

Gov. Newsom Says Lockdown Will Continue Into February, Ruins Christmas

December 15, 2020 2:49 pmDecember 16, 2020 2:54 pm

What started out as a highly contagious coronavirus has become a “deadly disease,” according to Gov. Gavin Newsom. After spending the bulk of his Tuesday press briefing touting the new COVID vaccine, and the 327,600 doses received from Pfizer, the...