Governor – Page 211 – California Globe

Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe

August 22, 2024 4:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 4:23 pm

Last week we examined California’s plans to install between 2,500 and 10,000 floating offshore wind turbines approximately 20 miles off the coast of San Luis Obispo and Humboldt counties. The estimated cost to install 25 gigawatts of capacity, which equates...

Bill Volume of California Legislative Committees – 2023-24 Session

August 22, 2024 3:00 pmAugust 22, 2024 3:01 pm

The California Legislature has a combined 56 standing committees, with 33 in the Assembly and 23 in the Senate. There were 2,159 bills (3,291 ABs and 1,530 SBs) introduced during the 2023-24 Legislative Session. Those standing committees, and their hardworking...

BLS Jobs Report Was BS

August 22, 2024 8:11 amAugust 22, 2024 8:34 am

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday that it will revise down its jobs report for the April 2023-March 2024 period by nearly one million – 818,000 to be accurate – the second worst revision in U.S. history. That...

Su Creates Debt, Su Forgives Debt, Su Troubles Congress

August 22, 2024 7:00 amAugust 22, 2024 7:01 am

The entire California Republican delegation has signed a letter – written by Congresswoman Michelle Steel – demanding Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su explain why she has – yet again – possibly lied to Congress. At a hearing of the House...

Public Records of the Governor and Legislature

August 22, 2024 6:30 amAugust 22, 2024 6:33 am

California’s Government Code, in Title 1, Division 10, Part 5, Chapter 14, it deals with access to public records of public employees or officials. Article 1 of Chapter 14 concerns the Governor. Article 2 of Chapter 14 deals with the...

Republicans Confront Gov. Newsom’s Advanced Clean Fleets Mandate Following Multiple EV Vehicles’ Lithium Battery Fires

August 22, 2024 2:56 amAugust 22, 2024 2:57 am

Republican Lawmakers from both the California Senate and Assembly increased pressure on Governor Gavin Newsom this week to change up his Advanced Clean Fleets mandate because of multiple electric vehicle fires caused by lithium-ion batteries that occurred in the past...

Yearly Review of Bills Passed by House of Origin and Other House

August 22, 2024 2:30 amAugust 22, 2024 2:31 am

In reviewing bill actions over the past seventeen years in the California Legislature, I have put together the following chart, on an annual basis per Session year. The purpose of this chart is to examine (1) how many bills annually...