Legislature – Page 1065 – California Globe

What Does a Bill Propose to Do to a Law?

March 11, 2022 7:52 amMarch 11, 2022 11:19 am

Bills in the California Legislature can do one of three things or a combination of those three: Add a statute; amend a statute; or, repeal a statute. Bills can be found at the following website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/ This website is maintained...

Californians Can Weigh In on PG&E’s 22% Proposed Rate Hike with Calif. Public Utilities Commission

March 11, 2022 6:48 am

With double-digit inflation, mega-gas prices in California, high food costs, high housing costs, and used cars selling for new car prices, gird your loins: Pacific Gas and Electric is proposing a 22 percent rate hike. PG&E electricity customers were recently...

Bill To Tax to House Flippers and Speculators 25% Moves To Assembly Committee

March 10, 2022 4:34 pmMarch 10, 2022 4:34 pm

A bill that would massively tax house flippers and speculators who buy and sell a house within three years was moved to the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation earlier this week. Assembly Bill 1771, authored by Assemblyman Chris Ward...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Should California Bills Use ‘Includes’ or ‘Means?’

March 10, 2022 9:19 amMarch 10, 2022 9:22 am

When attorneys in the Office of Legislative Counsel are drafting bills for California legislators, they often delete the word “includes” and substitute it with the word “means.” Why is that being done by these legislative lawyers? The following example comes...

The War America Can’t Afford to Win

March 10, 2022 2:32 amMarch 9, 2022 5:00 pm

The war on fossil fuels is now fully engaged and casualties are abounding. The first casualty is the affordability of fuel. Gas prices will soon be double what they were when Joe Biden became president because he has done more...

‘The California Way’ Isn’t as Rosy as Gov. Newsom Touted in State of the State

March 9, 2022 8:12 amMarch 10, 2022 6:42 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told a few whoppers during his 18-minute State of the State Tuesday evening. Listening to him, someone from another state might mistake California for a state with low unemployment, affordable housing, cheap gas and affordable energy,...

Assembly Public Safety Committee Kills Bill to Repeal Prop. 47

March 8, 2022 11:48 am

The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard and killed Assembly Bill 1599 by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay), which sought to repeal Proposition 47. With California’s ongoing crime spike exploding across the state, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, James Gallagher, and Jim Patterson...