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Contingencies in California Legislation

April 29, 2022 8:23 amApril 29, 2022 8:25 am

Bills in the California Legislature sometimes contain language that make the bill’s provisions contingent upon funding or some other circumstance. These are different than “contingent enactment” language which makes a bill’s enactment contingent upon passage of another measure, such as...

AG Rob Bonta Announces Investigation into Oil Companies’ Role in ‘Causing Global Plastics Pollution Crisis’

April 29, 2022 2:31 amApril 28, 2022 8:52 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Thursday that he would be launching a state investigation into the role of oil and gas companies into the world’s global plastics pollution crisis. In his announcement Bonta said that fossil fuel and petrochemical...

California Secretary of State Regulations

April 28, 2022 4:17 pmApril 28, 2022 4:20 pm

There are 27 Titles of the California Code of Regulations, which contain the thousands of regulations in effect in the State of California. In Title 2, “Administration,” Division 7, there are regulations for the Secretary of State. The following is...

Biden Admin Embraces California’s Alarming ‘Disinformation’ Control Plan

April 28, 2022 2:23 pm

“Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security is creating a ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ to combat misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms,” Fox News reported. It appears the Biden administration is embracing yet more of...

Attorney General Rob Bonta ,15 Other States File Suit Against US Postal Service Over New Mail Truck Fleet

April 28, 2022 12:51 pm

A lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over the environmental issues from their Next Generation Delivery Vehicle Acquisition program over the next several decades was filed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in conjunction with 15 other states on...

AB 35 Deal to Modify Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975

April 28, 2022 10:27 amApril 28, 2022 10:37 am

On April 27, Assembly Bill 35 (which had dealt with false information and was authored by former Assemblyman Ed Chau) was gutted and amended to revise the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act of 1975 (MICRA) statute. AB 35 is now...

Legislative Grants of Rulemaking Authority

April 28, 2022 6:04 amApril 28, 2022 6:08 am

Pursuant to Article IV of the California Constitution, the legislative branch of state government is granted authority to make laws. The Legislature also has the power to delegate some of its lawmaking authority to the executive branch (called “delegation of...