Governor – Page 481 – California Globe

Chart of Bills in Different Categories

September 22, 2024 1:32 pmSeptember 22, 2024 1:32 pm

In my continuing research regarding legislation and bill drafting in the California Legislature, I created a new chart that contains eleven categories of types of bills going back the last two decades for the 2-year Sessions. The categories include omnibus...

Book on California’s Executive Branch Published

September 22, 2024 11:00 amSeptember 22, 2024 12:34 pm

Long-time California Globe contributor Chris Micheli has released his most recent practical guide, which is called “A Practical Guide to California’s Executive Department under the Government Code.” This is the last of his three practical guides covering the three branches...

The Buy Clean California Act

September 22, 2024 3:30 amSeptember 22, 2024 3:31 am

California law has the “Buy Clean California Act,” which is contained in the Public Contract Code, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 3, Article 5. Section 3500 provides the name of the act. Section 3501 defines the following terms: “awarding authority,”...

Chart of 72-Hour Bills in the California Legislature

September 21, 2024 5:58 pmSeptember 21, 2024 10:12 pm

Since the voters of California adopted Proposition 54 at the November 2016 General Elections, bills in the California Legislature must be “in print” and available on the Internet in their “final form” for at least 72 hours before a Floor...

California is Well Represented on List of US Cities With the Most Rats

September 21, 2024 5:44 pmSeptember 22, 2024 12:33 pm

Nobody wants to live around rats, yet the top 50 rodent-infested U.S. cities are unsurprisingly mostly Democrat-run cities. So the rats aren’t just dirty little furry creatures with long tails – the rats infest Mayoral chambers across the U.S. as...

Number of California Bills by Code

September 21, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 21, 2024 1:01 pm

I have often wondered about the number of bills in the California Legislature each year that affect the twenty-nine different codes. California’s 29 Codes, beginning with the Business & Professions Code and ending with the Welfare & Institutions Code, contain...

Greenberg Brief: Mayor London Breed Fights to Remain In Office

September 21, 2024 11:42 amSeptember 21, 2024 11:42 am

Mayoral candidate front-runner Mark Farrel fired the opening salvo at incumbent London Breed, who’s already down in polls and fighting for re-election – amid a dismal track record of mounting city hall scandals, a defunding of our police department, downtown...