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SB 50 Voted Down in Senate, Falls Short of Votes Twice in Two Days

January 30, 2020 2:09 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:02 am

The California Senate failed to pass the zoning law altering Senate Bill 50, falling three votes short of the 21 needed. Three votes short of passage SB 50, authored and introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would have forced...

A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California by and Ray LeBov

First-of-Its-Kind ‘Practitioners Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California’

January 30, 2020 12:17 pm

The first-of-Its-kind ‘Practitioners Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California,’ written and edited by well-known California lobbyists, political practitioners and contributors to California Globe Chris Micheli and Ray LeBov, will be published this week. More than four dozen California lobbyists,...

Senate Passes Bill that Makes PG&E Accountable for Blackout Damages

January 29, 2020 8:07 pm

After failing twice last year and barely squeaking by a Senate Committee vote several weeks ago, Senate Bill 378 has finally passed a Senate vote this week after several late amendments made it more palatable to Senators in Sacramento. Updated...

On The Heels Of AB 5, Congress Proposes Bill To Overturn ‘Right to Work’ States

January 29, 2020 3:04 pmFebruary 3, 2020 8:52 am

House Democrats have proposed a new law, which many compare to California’s Assembly Bill 5, to favor labor unions by implementing sweeping “Right to Work” laws. Authored by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and called The Protecting the Right to Organize...

Bill That Would Create Larger Buffers Between Oil and Gas Wells and Public Places Passes Assembly

January 29, 2020 2:29 pm

More than one year since it was introduced, Assembly Bill 345, which would establish a minimum setback distance between public facilities with children and oil and gas wells, was passed in the Assembly. AB 345 Under AB 345, authored by...

California’s Legislative Committee System – Part Two

January 29, 2020 6:30 amJanuary 28, 2020 5:51 pm

This is Part ll of California’s Legislative Committee System; Part l is HERE. Legislative Committees and Their Jurisdictions Both houses of the California Legislature provide committees of legislators, based upon subject matter jurisdiction, to handle the business of the respective...

Increased Police Transparency Bill Passes Assembly

January 29, 2020 2:53 amJanuary 28, 2020 5:54 pm

A bill that would allow the public to easily obtain any and all records of law enforcement officer-involved sexual assaults, even in cases of resignations, passed the Assembly on Monday with a vote of 63-2. Assembly Bill 1599, authored by...