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Prohibitions and Campaign Committees in California’s Political Reform Act

January 22, 2022 3:08 pmJanuary 22, 2022 8:04 am

California’s Political Reform Act requires certain campaign disclosures be made pursuant to Chapter 4 of Title 9 of the Government Code. Article 3 of Chapter 4 is titled “Prohibitions” and contains Government Code Section 84300 – 84310. Section 84300(a) prohibits...

Liberally Construing California Statutes

January 21, 2022 10:30 amJanuary 21, 2022 8:59 am

A common feature of statutes is for the legislature to state its intent regarding how courts and the judicial branch should “liberally construe” the statutory provisions adopted by the legislative branch of government. By my count, there are over 250...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

California’s General Prohibitions Against Conflicts of Interest

January 21, 2022 8:34 amJanuary 21, 2022 8:42 am

California has extensive conflict of interest provisions applicable to state officials. They are contained in Government Code Title 9, Chapter 7, Article 1, and include General Prohibitions that are set forth in Sections 87100 to 87105, which were added in...

Gov. Newsom Shocked California Looks Like ‘a Third World Country’

January 21, 2022 7:35 amJanuary 23, 2022 5:45 pm

Californians have recently been treated to images of mountains of trash along the Union Pacific rail line in Los Angeles. CBS-LA reporter John Schreiber went to the site and took video of looted packages from Amazon and UPS, prescription drugs,...

California Has Existing Tools to Assist Struggling Restaurant/Bar Industry

January 20, 2022 3:12 pmJanuary 20, 2022 3:30 pm

Previous state and federal programs have been helpful to the California hospitality industry. However, for a host of reasons, including the length of the pandemic and the disproportionate impact it has had on restaurants and bars, this critical California sector...

Enforcement of the California Political Reform Act

January 20, 2022 3:01 pmJanuary 20, 2022 3:08 pm

California’s Political Reform Act contains a number of enforcement mechanisms. They are contained in Government Code Title 9, Chapter 11, in Sections 91000 – 91014. Section 91000 specifies that any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of this...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Spending $23 Million on Another Homeless Hotel

January 20, 2022 1:14 pmJanuary 20, 2022 1:14 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced this week the city has been awarded a $23.9 million state Homekey grant to convert a downtown hotel into housing for homelessness vagrants. $23 million is quadruple the annual budget of many effective local programs...