The State of California is hemorrhaging red ink with a massive budget shortfall. The non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office estimates the deficit at $73 billion; Governor Gavin Newsom claims to be optimistic and pegs the shortfall at $38 billion. A gap of $30...
In 2020, then-Senator John Moorlach, the Legislature’s only CPA, reported for the Globe that 49 of the 50 U.S. states had completed and published their annual audited financial statements – California was the only state which failed to complete and...
Last week, Members of the U.S. Senate and House and the Sovereignty Coalition, held a press conference to assert their opposition to President Joe Biden’s apparently inevitable adoption of two World Health Organization (WHO) treaties, set to be agreed to...
Do voters have privileges in California? Yes, the Elections Code contains “privileges of voters” in Chapter 1 of Division 14 What happens if a voter does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote at a statewide election?...
When discussing homelessness, California state and local officials often point to a federal court ruling they say ties their hands completely when it comes to dealing with the problem. But it appears, from the tenor of the oral arguments today...
Have you seen the following sentence in a California bill or in a statute: “This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.” Why is this phrase needed? Shouldn’t that be obvious guidance to a court when interpreting a...
Kamala Harris has been the vice president now for 1,189 days. To date, there have been 1,187 stories in the press about how she’s re-inventing herself as an effective vice president and leader, not just some whiny, cackling, jumbletron who...