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Sponsoring a Bill in the California Legislature

October 19, 2023 2:45 amOctober 19, 2023 6:55 am

By Ray LeBov and Chris Micheli While supporting or opposing a bill, or multiple bills, can often be a difficult task for a lobbyist, having a client who is the sponsor of a bill can be even more challenging. Why? Because...

President Julie Su?

October 18, 2023 3:54 pmOctober 18, 2023 3:54 pm

In the case of catastrophe, there exists the presidential line of succession. It starts with vice president, that we all know, but then continues on through the Speaker of the House, the Senate President Pro Tem, and then down into...

This Time, Governor Newsom Lied About the EDD

October 18, 2023 10:28 am

This story has two aspects, one simple and one complicated, complicated with a capital B for bureaucracy. First, the simple part – Governor Gavin Newsom lied. Not an obfuscation, or a missing context thingy, or a matter of interpretation –...

UC Berkeley Professor Urges Law Firms Not to Hire His ‘Anti-Semitic’ Students

October 18, 2023 7:34 amOctober 18, 2023 7:34 am

Law Professor Steven Davidoff Solomon at University California, Berkeley wrote an op ed in the Wall Street Journal warning legal employers to not hire his law students, because some of them are antisemitic. Professor Solomon said that some of his...

Who Should Make Statements in California Bills?

October 18, 2023 6:24 amOctober 18, 2023 6:24 am

Who should make statements in California bills? I hope the answer is obviously the Legislature. The lawmaking power is granted to the California Legislature by Article IV of our state Constitution. What form should these statements take? Findings and Declarations...

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Proposes New Police Expansion Ballot Measure

October 18, 2023 2:30 amOctober 18, 2023 2:31 am

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday that she is proposing a March 2024 ballot initiative that would ease several police restrictions. Since becoming Mayor in 2018, Mayor Breed has had a flip-flopping approach when it comes to police...

CA Governor and COVID ‘Experts’ Defeated Over Bill to Punish Doctors for ‘Covid Misinformation’

October 17, 2023 7:56 amOctober 18, 2023 10:28 am

In January 2023, California’s new law to punish doctors for spreading “Covid misinformation,” went into effect. Assembly Bill 2098 authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) and co-authored by then-Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom,...