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Enviro Grift: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Banning All Plastic Bags at Grocery and Convenience Stores

September 23, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 23, 2024 2:46 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the first plastic bag ban in the country in 2007, to no avail, just signed a total plastic bag ban Sunday. “Hi Katy!” “Great news: Governor Newsom just signed SB 1053 into law, which...

Extended Unemployment Compensation General Provisions

September 23, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 23, 2024 2:31 am

In the California Unemployment Insurance Code, Chapter 1, there are general provisions related to extended unemployment compensation. Section 3501 states that the purpose of this part is to compensate in part for the added wage loss sustained by individuals because...

Chart of Bills in Different Categories

September 22, 2024 1:32 pmSeptember 22, 2024 1:32 pm

In my continuing research regarding legislation and bill drafting in the California Legislature, I created a new chart that contains eleven categories of types of bills going back the last two decades for the 2-year Sessions. The categories include omnibus...

Number of California Bills by Code

September 21, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 21, 2024 1:01 pm

I have often wondered about the number of bills in the California Legislature each year that affect the twenty-nine different codes. California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain...

Greenberg Brief: Mayor London Breed Fights to Remain In Office

September 21, 2024 11:42 amSeptember 21, 2024 11:42 am

Mayoral candidate front-runner Mark Farrel fired the opening salvo at incumbent London Breed, who’s already down in polls and fighting for re-election – amid a dismal track record of mounting city hall scandals, a defunding of our police department, downtown...

Ringside: Final Legislative Session is Engineered Chaos

September 21, 2024 9:00 amSeptember 22, 2024 12:33 pm

How legislation is enacted in any democratic institution is inherently chaotic. That’s a feature of democracy, not a defect. It’s part of what separates us from authoritarian regimes where the legislature, such as it is, obediently passes whatever legislation they’re...

States Play a Critical Role in America’s AI Success – But They Need to Get It Right

September 21, 2024 8:20 amSeptember 21, 2024 8:20 am

The United States and China are in a high-stakes competition for global technology leadership. Ensuring that America wins this race between the two geopolitical power centers requires policies at the federal and state levels that help accelerate, rather than hamstring,...