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Good Example of Municipal Affair Explanation

April 14, 2024 3:00 pmApril 14, 2024 3:01 pm

When I come across a good example of legislative drafting, I like to highlight it. In some bills, there is a determination made between whether a bill is a “matter of statewide concern” or the bill is a “municipal affair.”...

NO on ACA7 Group Protests Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie Norris’s Vote for Race-Based Preferences

April 14, 2024 10:00 amApril 14, 2024 10:00 am

Even after badly losing Proposition 16 in 2020, the referendum to bring back racial preferences, the professional class of race hustlers are at it again – this time with a constitutional amendment of their own. As the Globe reported in...

Don’t Be Evil: Really, Google, This Time Don’t

April 14, 2024 2:30 amApril 14, 2024 2:31 am

Three little words: Don’t Be Evil. But just as “I Love You” can curdle into undying antipathy, Google’s very former motto has become the perfect oppositional descriptor for pretty much everything it now does. From black Nazis to spying on...

Frequently Asked Questions about Joint Rule 10.5 and California Fiscal Bills

April 14, 2024 2:30 amApril 14, 2024 2:31 am

What does Joint Rule 10.5 of the California Legislature’s Joint Rules provide? JR 10.5 specifies guidance to the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) when determining whether a bill should be “keyed” as a fiscal bill. The “keying” of a bill...

State Water Board to Hold First Ever Probation Meeting on Tulare Lake

April 13, 2024 11:17 amApril 13, 2024 11:20 am

For the first time ever the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a probationary determination meeting under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. On Tuesday, April 16th at its Sacramento headquarters and online, the five member State Board will weigh...

SF Bay Area Sees Three More Companies Issue Mass Layoffs

April 13, 2024 2:45 amApril 13, 2024 2:46 am

According to new federal WARN notices and EDD filings, three major Bay Area companies lost 796 employees within the last few days, delivering yet another major economic blow to the region. The San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, still...

Frequently Asked Questions about Adjournment in the California Legislature

April 13, 2024 2:36 amApril 13, 2024 2:37 am

Is there more than one type of adjournment in the California Legislature? Yes, there is a distinction between adjournment and adjournment sine die. What is the definition of adjournment? According to the Legislative Counsel’s Glossary of Terms, adjournment means the...