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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in California

September 26, 2024 1:00 pmSeptember 26, 2024 1:01 pm

California’s Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 6, deals with environmentally preferable purchasing. Section 12400 defines the term “environmentally preferable purchasing.” Section 12401 requires the Department of General Services, in consultation with the state Environmental Protection Agency,...

Bill to Prohibit ‘Ethnic Shooting Targets’ For Law Enforcement Vetoed By Gov. Newsom

September 26, 2024 12:44 pmSeptember 26, 2024 12:44 pm

A bill that would have prohibited the usage of “ethnic shooting targets”, despite no law enforcement agency or department in the state using them, was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. Senate Bill 1020, authored by Senator Steven Bradford...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Eminent Domain Reparations Bill

September 26, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 26, 2024 10:12 am

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have given black families a way to either get land back or compensation for land wrongfully taken because of racially motivated means. Senate Bill 1050, authored by Senator Steven Bradford...

Kamala’s Anticipated Coronation

September 26, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 26, 2024 12:45 pm

In “Kamala demands a life of luxury,” Daniel Greenfield recently wrote, “Kamala falsely claimed that she was raised in ‘a middle-class household’, she was actually the ‘privileged child of foreign grad students’ who traveled the world, and grew up surrounded...

Alternative Protest Pilot Project for Public Procurement

September 26, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 26, 2024 2:31 am

The California Public Contract Code, in Division 2, Part 2, Chapter 3.6, establishes “The Alternative Protest Pilot Project.” Section 12125 requires the project to be administered by the Department of General Services and the Department of Technology. Section 12126 allows...

Ringside: What’s Behind Newsom’s ‘Special Session’ on Gasoline Prices

September 25, 2024 5:11 pmSeptember 26, 2024 12:45 pm

By now most of the mega-majority Democrats in our state legislature understand basic facts about energy in California: We still derive 50 percent of our total energy from petroleum, and another 30 percent of our energy from natural gas. This...

Chart of Placeholder Bills in the California Legislature

September 25, 2024 2:48 pmSeptember 25, 2024 2:48 pm

As I have previously written, I believe we should use the term “placeholder bill” for those measures that are introduced in the California Legislature which lack substantive language. That is because I believe there is a clear distinction between a...