Mayday! Mayday!
As I write this it is May Day, May 1st. When I was a child attending San Joaquin Elementary School, we’d celebrate May Day with a May Queen and we’d dance around a pole weaving colored streamers. I wonder if...
Legislature
Frequently Asked Questions about the Role of Mason’s Manual
What is Mason’s Manual? Originally published in 1935, “Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure,” commonly referred to as Mason’s Manual, is the official parliamentary authority of most state legislatures in the United States. Its original author, Paul Mason, was employed by...
Frequently Asked Questions about Supplemental Files
What publication contains the measures on the Floors of the Legislature? The agenda for the California Legislature is contained in the Assembly Daily File and the Senate Daily File. Are there additional publications for busy Floor sessions? Yes, during the...
Crime is Not Down, Bidenflation is Real, the Border is Not Secure, and ‘Migrants’ are Illegal Aliens
Crime is not down, Bidenflation is real, the Border is not secure, boys can’t be girls, progressives are not “progressive,” and “Migrants” are illegal aliens and some are terrorists. It’s time to get a few things straight. The pro-Hamas, pro-Palestine...
Advantage, Hochman: Gascon Aide Scandal Dimming Re-Election Hopes?
Sometimes in politics, campaign gifts just seem to fall out of the sky. So it has happened for Nathan Hochman, the man challenging Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon in November, when Gascon top “ethics and integrity” lieutenant Diana Teran...
Senate, Assembly GOP Leaders Announce Budget Action On Illegal And Violent Protests On University Campuses
Senate Minority Leader Jones (R-San Diego) and Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) announced on Thursday that they would be calling to revoke or reduce state funding of universities’ Administrations that fail to ensure campus safety and prevent unlawful...
LA Superior Court Strikes Down SB 9 – Housing Approvals: A Lesson in Legislative Drafting
On April 22, 2024, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down Senate Bill 9 (Atkins), which was enacted in 2021 as Chapter 162. SB 9 dealt with approvals for housing development. According to the Assembly Floor analysis, SB 9...