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Green Train, But No Green Money

December 18, 2023 2:45 amDecember 18, 2023 2:46 am

When the bond was passed 1100 years ago to create California’s high speed rail project/grifty thingy/whatever, voters were told a number of things like where it would go, when it would be done, and how much it would cost. ...

Los Angeles DA George Gascon’s Ignites More Controversy with Chief of Staff Appointment

December 18, 2023 2:30 amDecember 18, 2023 2:31 am

Some of the larger cities across the nation have been mired in controversy and escalating crime by virtue of attitudes and policies implemented by Woke law enforcement officials—District Attorneys in particular. The politics of crime has been at the forefront...

No Technology for Kill Switch…Yet – and Don’t Call it a Kill Switch

December 17, 2023 9:19 amDecember 17, 2023 9:19 am

Buried in the massive 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act were a few lines calling for the installation in all new cars starting in 2026 of a system that would detect whether or not the driver was drunk and, if...

Frequently Asked Questions about Courts Interpreting California’s Legislative Process

December 17, 2023 8:50 amDecember 17, 2023 8:50 am

The California Government Code, among other sources, provides a number of procedural rules for the State Legislature and the lawmaking process in this state. And a number of those statutory provisions have been the subject of litigation, so we have...

New HUD Report Shows U.S. Homelessness Increases – As Do the Budgets of the Responsible Agencies

December 16, 2023 9:04 amDecember 18, 2023 9:10 am

Despite spending untold billions on the homeless, we now have 653,000 homeless people in the United States – 70,650 more than last year, a 12 percent increase, House and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday in a new report. Homelessness would...

Frequently Asked Questions about Legislative Rules of Decorum

December 16, 2023 7:19 amDecember 16, 2023 7:19 am

Both the Assembly and Senate of the California Legislature, like other legislative bodies, utilize several rules, as well as customs and practices, for the purpose of ensuring that legislative deliberations and debate operate in a civil and orderly way. The...

Frequently Asked Questions about the Order of Bill Authors and Co-Authors

December 15, 2023 11:19 am

In the California Legislature, there is an order to listing a bill’s authors and co-authors and there are different types of co-authors. What do the Joint Rules provide? Joint Rule 10.7, titled “Heading of Bills,” provides the following: “10.7. A...