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Some General Rules on Digest Keys

October 19, 2023 4:38 pmOctober 19, 2023 4:38 pm

Have you ever wondered how the Office of Legislative Counsel (OLC) determines how to mark the four Digest Keys found at the bottom of the Legislative Counsel’s Digest? If so, then read on as I have tried to provide some...

East Bay Construction Worker Illegally Fired for Refusing to Join Labor Union

October 19, 2023 8:14 am

California’s lack of Right to Work protections for private sector workers rears its ugly head again. According to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Alexandra Le, an employee of Pleasanton-based materials testing company Construction Testing Services, has hit...

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...