Legislature – Page 241 – California Globe

Gov. Gavin Newsom and AG Rob Bonta are Playing Political Theater with Illegal Immigration

December 19, 2024 8:02 amDecember 19, 2024 8:02 am

A fundamental factor in Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and landslide win was the Biden administration allowing millions of illegal immigrants to cross the border – a total reversal of Trump’s policies. Blue states governors like California Governor Gavin Newsom have...

California Courts and the Legislative Open Records Act

December 19, 2024 2:30 amDecember 19, 2024 2:31 am

The main appellate court case involving the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA) is Zumbrun Law Firm v. California Legislature (2008) 165 Cal.App.4th 1603, review denied. In that case, according to the courts, the Legislature’s response to a LORA record request satisfied the...

Ringside: How Newsom Can Achieve ‘Affordability’

December 18, 2024 4:38 pmDecember 18, 2024 4:38 pm

Leadership in the California Legislature claim they’re aware of the cost of living and doing business in the state. In the special session called by Governor Gavin Newsom to “Trump proof” the state, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) said, “We...

Loan or Bailout: Biden-Harris Admin ‘Loans’ Pacific Gas & Electric $15B to Combat Climate Change

December 18, 2024 7:55 amDecember 18, 2024 4:46 pm

The Biden-Harris administration will provide a stunning $15 billion bailout “loan” to Pacific Gas & Electric “to support the utility’s efforts to combat climate change and improve the power grid.” Climate change. In 2019, the Globe reported that instead of...

California ‘DOGE’ Proves State Government is Too BIG and Unaccountable

December 18, 2024 3:10 amDecember 18, 2024 3:58 pm

“Waste and Inefficiency, Improper Hiring, and Other Improper Governmental Activities” is the subtitle of the California State Auditor’s latest “Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees.” There are some real doozies. I have for years recommended cutting the...

California Courts and Urgency Clauses in Statutes

December 18, 2024 2:30 amDecember 18, 2024 2:31 am

Urgency clause measures in the California Legislature are one of four types of bills that take effect immediately upon the Governor’s signature, rather than the standard January 1 following the bill’s enactment. So, how have the California courts interpreted bills...

Devious New California Law Prohibits Libraries from ‘Banning’ Pornographic Library Books

December 17, 2024 12:14 pmDecember 18, 2024 4:47 pm

A new law goes into effect January 1st ostensibly to prohibit school libraries from “banning” books. But the new law is not what you may think it is. Its sole purpose is not to protect your kids from pornographic library...