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Prop. 1 Is Being Designated for March 2024 Ballot

September 10, 2023 6:50 amSeptember 10, 2023 6:50 am

Senate Bill 326 by Sen. Susan Eggman (D-Stockton), dealing with mental health funding, will be placed on the statewide ballot if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, which is expected. The provisions of SB 326 will go before the...

Geriatric Congress: Nancy Pelosi, 83, Announces She is Running AGAIN

September 9, 2023 2:45 amSeptember 11, 2023 11:54 am

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Twitter Friday she is running for reelection. Pelosi, who was born in 1940 and is now 83, will be 86 at the end of her next term in Congress. In the summer of...

Bill to Ban Ballot Hand Counts Passes California Assembly

September 9, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 9, 2023 2:31 am

A bill to end the manual hand count of ballots in elections with more than 1,000 voters passed the Assembly on Friday, moving directly to Governor Newsom’s desk for his decision. Assembly Bill 969, authored by Assemblywoman Gail Pellerin (D-Santa...

A Look Back at the California Legislature on March 16, 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic

September 8, 2023 3:54 pm

You may recall Monday, March 16, 2020. It was the day the Legislature passed legislation to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, and then recessed for six weeks before returning to Sacramento. I wanted to revisit the day to note the...

Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Narrowly Passed By CA Assembly & Senate

September 8, 2023 12:14 pmSeptember 8, 2023 12:14 pm

A bill to decriminalize plant-based psychedelic drugs was passed by the Assembly and Senate on Thursday, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk following a long battle in the legislature. First introduced in December of last year, Senate Bill 58 by...

The Legislature is Trying Again to Gut California’s Prohibitions on Public Discrimination

September 8, 2023 9:17 amSeptember 9, 2023 7:09 am

In the 1960s Martin Luther King dreamed of a color blind society in which people would be judged by the content of their character not the color of their skin. But today liberals are fixated on race and devoted to...

Ethics Scandals Rock Democratic Legislature, Gorelow Folds Under Pressure

September 8, 2023 8:00 amSeptember 8, 2023 8:01 am

In a late Friday 9/1/23 announcement, conveniently timed over the holiday weekend, embattled Democratic legislator Michelle “Quid Pro Quo” Gorelow announced that she will not be seeking re-election in Assembly District 35, a swing district that she narrowly won by...