Highlight – Page 271 – California Globe

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee

October 7, 2024 1:00 pmOctober 7, 2024 1:01 pm

Article 7 deals with the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Section 9140 created the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The committee ascertains facts and makes recommendations to the Legislature concerning the State Budget, the revenues and expenditures of the State, the organization...

California Concierge Medicine: A Courageous Healing Revolution

October 7, 2024 10:51 amOctober 7, 2024 10:51 am

How do you get the attention of a bully? You smack him hard enough to “ring his bell” and make him aware of just how evil he is acting. It works every time, because he backs off and recognizes that...

California Lawmakers Can Lower Healthcare Costs

October 7, 2024 9:45 amOctober 7, 2024 9:48 am

This week I learned that the House Education and Workforce Committee considered an anti-competitive hospital contracting bill led by California Congresswoman Michelle Steele (CA-45)—the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act—that would massively boost healthcare affordability in the Golden State. The...

Meetings of California State Agencies

October 7, 2024 7:27 amOctober 7, 2024 7:27 am

Section 11120 expresses the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed. In enacting...

Introspection is the Enemy of Happiness – Especially in Government

October 7, 2024 6:00 amOctober 7, 2024 6:01 am

“Introspection is the enemy of happiness.” A very coldly cynical line spoken by Sterling Archer, the lead character in the astonishingly funny “Archer” animated spy television series. It is also very true. While Socrates famously said that “The unexamined life...

False Advertising: NYC High Line vs. SF Great Highway

October 7, 2024 2:45 amOctober 7, 2024 2:46 am

Walking westward from my midtown Manhattan hotel, I arrived at my intended destination: a bustling street corner filled with traffic: cars, delivery vans, taxis, bicycles, scooters, a few skateboarders. I watched as the traffic light cycled through several cycles, traffic...

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee

October 6, 2024 3:06 pmOctober 6, 2024 3:06 pm

Article 1 deals with the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Section 10500 states that it is the desire of the Legislature to create the Office of the Auditor General, whose primary duties are to perform performance audits as may be requested...