Mayday! Mayday!
As I write this it is May Day, May 1st. When I was a child attending San Joaquin Elementary School, we’d celebrate May Day with a May Queen and we’d dance around a pole weaving colored streamers. I wonder if...
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Role of Mason’s Manual
What is Mason’s Manual? Originally published in 1935, “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure,” commonly referred to as Mason’s Manual, is the official parliamentary authority of most state legislatures in the United States. Its original author, Paul Mason, was employed by...
Frequently Asked Questions about Supplemental Files
What publication contains the measures on the Floors of the Legislature? The agenda for the California Legislature is contained in the Assembly Daily File and the Senate Daily File. Are there additional publications for busy Floor sessions? Yes, during the...
Crime is Not Down, Bidenflation is Real, the Border is Not Secure, and ‘Migrants’ are Illegal Aliens
Crime is not down, Bidenflation is real, the Border is not secure, boys can’t be girls, progressives are not “progressive,” and “Migrants” are illegal aliens and some are terrorists. It’s time to get a few things straight. The pro-Hamas, pro-Palestine...
LA Superior Court Strikes Down SB 9 – Housing Approvals: A Lesson in Legislative Drafting
On April 22, 2024, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down Senate Bill 9 (Atkins), which was enacted in 2021 as Chapter 162. SB 9 dealt with approvals for housing development. According to the Assembly Floor analysis, SB 9...
CSU Sacramento Capitulates to Infantilized Student Protesters
When will the firings begin? Why does the Columbia University President still have a job? She has so grossly mishandled the pro-Palestine protesters, she should have been escorted to her car the day she refused to end the protests. Now...
Medi-Cal and its Deleterious Impact in California Medical Care: The Challenge
In the years following my demise as a private practice surgeon in Sacramento because of Gavin Newsom and his government run healthcare catastrophe, I moved to Nevada City, California, while still doing business in Sacramento. I did so to get...