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Thank you, Speaker Rivas and Pro Tem McGuire, for Lowering Bill Intro Limits

December 2, 2024 8:18 pmDecember 2, 2024 8:18 pm

Earlier today, December 2, the State Assembly and State Senate convened the 2025-26 California Legislative Session and, due to the leadership of Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire, both houses voted to reduce their bill...

New Bill Introduced to Give Admission Priority for Slave Descendants At UC, CSU

December 2, 2024 5:06 pmDecember 2, 2024 5:06 pm

Efforts to add more reparations laws to the books in California in 2025 began on Monday when Assemblyman Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) introduced a new bill based on a Reparations Task Force suggestion that would give admission priority to the...

LA Taxpayers’ Open Letter to District Attorney Nathan Hochman

December 2, 2024 4:17 pmDecember 2, 2024 4:17 pm

District Attorney Nathan Hochman: Congratulations on your decisive victory and your swearing-in as Los Angeles County’s District Attorney. Today marks a turning point for a county that has long struggled under the weight of crime, mistrust, and an erosion of...

Vietnam’s Bustling Economy Requires Fossil Fuels

December 2, 2024 4:07 pmDecember 2, 2024 4:07 pm

From my residential perch overlooking Ho Chi Minh City, I embrace the tranquillity of daybreak. Quickly, the idyllic morning transforms into a pulsing canvas of vitality as middle-class ambitions surge through the arteries of this burgeoning metropolis – Vietnam’s largest...

‘Californians Need Protection from Gavin Newsom — not Donald Trump’

December 2, 2024 12:53 pmDecember 2, 2024 1:00 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “Special Session” kicked off on Monday in order to “Trump-Proof” California and “Protect Californian values” before the second inauguration of President Donald Trump, with GOP lawmakers in the state vowing to add in their own legislation...

Bids and Bidders in California Public Contracting

December 2, 2024 6:28 amDecember 2, 2024 6:28 am

California’s Public Contract Code Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 1, Article 4, deals with bids and bidders. Section 10160 authorizes the department to require from prospective bidders answers to questions contained in a standard form of questionnaire and financial statement...

Job Order Contracting Procurement Procedures

December 1, 2024 8:31 amDecember 1, 2024 8:32 am

California’s Public Contract Code Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 1, Article 1.3 deals with job order contracting procurement procedures used by the Department of General Services. Section 10113 provides definitions for the following terms: “adjustment factor,” “department,” “director,” “job order...