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Frequently Asked Questions about Convening a New Legislative Session

February 9, 2024 2:45 amFebruary 9, 2024 2:46 am

When does the Legislature convene a new session? The Legislature convenes in regular session at noon on the first Monday in December of each even-numbered year. Where must the Legislature convene in regular session? The Legislature is required to convene...

CA Senate Candidates Recite Democrat Dogma to LGBT Activists

February 8, 2024 2:41 pmFebruary 8, 2024 2:41 pm

All three of the top Democrat contenders for the California U.S. Senate seat spoke in front of a LGBT forum this past weekend. The Senate seat recently opened after the death of Dianne Feinstein. One by one, Adam Schiff, Barbara...

More Affordable-Housing Bonds?

February 8, 2024 2:14 pmFebruary 8, 2024 2:55 pm

On March 5 San Francisco voters will decide whether their city should issue $300 million in bonds to subsidize the construction of affordable housing. The matter is likely to be approved, given the voters’ track record on similar measures. In 2015 they authorized $310...

Can We Call Them Placeholder Bills Instead?

February 8, 2024 8:20 amFebruary 8, 2024 8:20 am

Quite often bills introduced in the California Legislature without substantive language in them are called “spot bills.” However, that is not always the case even though both spot and intent bills act as placeholders with substantive amendments to be added...

Ringside: California is Hardly Harvesting the Deluge

February 8, 2024 2:55 amFebruary 8, 2024 11:15 am

A historic barrage of atmospheric rivers hit California. Across the Sierra Nevada and down through the foothills into the valley, rivers turned into raging torrents, overflowing their banks and flooding entire communities. California’s Central Valley turned into an inland sea,...

Frequently Asked Questions about the May Budget Revision

February 7, 2024 6:51 amFebruary 7, 2024 6:51 am

What is the “May Revision”? The Governor’s Department of Finance explains that the May Revision reflects “changes to the Governor’s Proposed Budget based upon the latest economic forecasts.” The Office of Legislative Counsel, in its Glossary of terms, explains the...

The Illegal Immigrant Industrial Complex

February 7, 2024 6:30 amFebruary 8, 2024 11:17 am

The United States Southern border is completely broken. America is being invaded courtesy of our own President Joe Biden, who feigns he inherited the immigration invasion, when in fact on January 21, 2021, day one of his presidency, newly inaugurated...