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Should Adding an Urgency Clause be a Ministerial Act?

September 5, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 5, 2025 9:25 pm

California’s Constitution in Article IV, Section 8 deals with urgency statutes. Section 8(c)(3) provides that urgency clause bills go into effect immediately upon their enactment. That is the distinction between a regular bill and an urgency clause bill. A regular...

LAPD ‘Pulled from Working Cases’ to Provide Security for Kamala Harris

September 5, 2025 8:46 amSeptember 5, 2025 4:14 pm

I joined John Kobylt Thursday on KFI discussing the absurd waste of taxpayer funds to provide former Vice President Kamala Harris security detail – especially when Los Angeles is running a massive $1+ billion budget deficit, as is the state,...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Latest Failed Social Programs

September 5, 2025 2:45 amSeptember 5, 2025 3:40 am

San Francisco, a city under uninterrupted and total Democratic control for decades, is a cautionary tale of progressive policy failures. Despite pouring billions of taxpayers’ money into social programs and city departments annually, City Hall has overseen a cascade of...

Formation and Powers of a Port Infrastructure Financing Authority

September 5, 2025 2:30 amSeptember 5, 2025 9:26 pm

Division 6, Part 1, Chapter 2 of the California Harbors and Navigation Code deals with the formation and powers of a port infrastructure financing authority in this state. Section 1700 provides that any two or more harbor agencies may, pursuant...

Gov. Newsom Grants Funding to Netflix; Gets $$$ Back as Political Contribution

September 4, 2025 5:15 pmSeptember 4, 2025 5:24 pm

In June, California Governor Newsom extolled his work in “protecting film production jobs in Los Angeles and across the state with a new round of 48 projects approved for the California Film Commission’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program.” “Governor...

California Democrats Consider Increasing $16 Billion in Annual Taxes and Fees

September 4, 2025 5:12 pmSeptember 5, 2025 10:17 am

The saying, “When you’re in a hole, stop digging” does not seemingly apply to Democrats in the California legislature. Evidently, the solution to the tax-and-spend Democratic supermajority is: “When you’re in a hole, keep digging…and raise taxes.” A report published...

How Is a Bill ‘In Print’ When It Will Be Amended Days Later?

September 4, 2025 3:07 pmSeptember 4, 2025 3:07 pm

Those closely monitoring the California Legislative Information website (found at https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/) during the last month of Session may have found several Senate Bills that were posted with amendments, but readers saw the following at the top of the bill [these examples...