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Contingent Enactment Versus Double-Jointing Amendments

September 10, 2023 6:56 amSeptember 10, 2023 6:56 am

“Contingent enactment” amendments are found in a bill in order to effectively connect a bill to another action in order for that bill to become operative. There are several methods in which to do this, such as contingent upon a...

Prop. 1 Is Being Designated for March 2024 Ballot

September 10, 2023 6:50 amSeptember 10, 2023 6:50 am

Senate Bill 326 by Sen. Susan Eggman (D-Stockton), dealing with mental health funding, will be placed on the statewide ballot if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, which is expected. The provisions of SB 326 will go before the...

A Look Back at the California Legislature on March 16, 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 8, 2023 3:54 pm

You may recall Monday, March 16, 2020. It was the day the Legislature passed legislation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then recessed for six weeks before returning to Sacramento. I wanted to revisit the day to note the...

The Legislature is Trying Again to Gut California’s Prohibitions on Public Discrimination

September 8, 2023 9:17 amSeptember 9, 2023 7:09 am

In the 1960s Martin Luther King dreamed of a color blind society in which people would be judged by the content of their character not the color of their skin. But today liberals are fixated on race and devoted to...

Ethics Scandals Rock Democratic Legislature, Gorelow Folds Under Pressure

September 8, 2023 8:00 amSeptember 8, 2023 8:01 am

In a late Friday 9/1/23 announcement, conveniently timed over the holiday weekend, embattled Democratic legislator Michelle “Quid Pro Quo” Gorelow announced that she will not be seeking re-election in Assembly District 35, a swing district that she narrowly won by...

California Denies Parents the Right to Raise Their Children – Welcome to 1984

September 8, 2023 7:52 amSeptember 8, 2023 7:53 am

A new California law makes it a crime if you don’t accept your child’s choice of gender identity. “The bill could potentially make you guilty of child abuse if you refuse to call your son ‘Jane’ and buy him dresses,”...

Judge: Lawsuit to Block Early Inmate Releases Can Continue

September 7, 2023 8:47 amSeptember 7, 2023 8:47 am

On Friday, September 1, a Sacramento judge rejected California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Newsom Administration’s scheme to grant early release to tens of thousands of prison inmates. The suit, brought by the...