Writs of Mandate
California’s Code of Civil Procedure, in Part 3, Title 1, Chapter 2, deals with writs of mandate. Section 1084 specifies that the writ of mandamus is also a writ of mandate. Section 1085 allows a write of mandate to be...
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Court Rules that California Capitol Annex Project Is Exempt from CEQA
On October 7, 2024, the California Third District Court of Appeal, in its decision of Save Our Capitol! v. Department of General Services and the Joint Committee on Rules, addressed the question regarding the adequacy of an environmental impact report...
Don’t Socially Promote Vice President Harris’s Incompetent Education Agenda
In a 2022 speech at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., Vice President Kamala Harris was trying to show some competency on the issues of mental health. As genuine as she tried to be, she demonstrated just how disconnected...
Early In-Person Voting, By-Mail Voting Begins In California
Both in-person early voting and mail-in voting began in California Monday, becoming one of seven states to have such early voting in the country. While early voting through absentee ballots have been around for well over a century, it wasn’t...
It’s a SNAP – And it Can Be Hacked A Number of Ways
The program was known for years as food stamps. It was meant to provide assistance to people in need, making sure they had at least enough to eat and it literally distributed books of stamps to be used at grocery...
Congresswoman Katie Porter Inches Closer to 2026 Gubernatorial Run
Build up for a possible Gubernatorial run for Orange County Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) continued over the weekend, with Porter herself offering up further hints on the matter. Gubernatorial candidates have been slowly trickling into the Gubernatorial race since April...
The Joint Legislative Budget Committee
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...