Legislature – Page 907 – California Globe

A Better Approach on Bills and the APA Process for Future Regulations?

September 23, 2022 3:10 pmSeptember 23, 2022 3:14 pm

While I continue to express significant concerns about exempting executive branch administrative agencies from the rulemaking process contained in California’s Administrative Procedure Act (APA), I have come across some bills pending on Governor Newsom’s Desk for final action that take...

Bill To End Tax-Exempt Status For ‘Insurrectionist’ Non-Profits Vetoed By Gov. Newsom

September 23, 2022 12:52 pm

A bill to end state tax-exempt status for nonprofit organizations that “participate in or incite efforts to overthrow the United States government or any state government” was vetoed by Governor Newsom on Thursday following polarizing votes in both houses of...

Descriptions of a Bill’s Provisions in the CA Legislature

September 23, 2022 11:25 amSeptember 23, 2022 11:28 am

While not exhaustive, the following pages take a representative bill in the California Legislature and provide the names of the different provisions of the bill. Readers of bills should be aware of the proper terminology used in describing the component...

State Withholds Release of Presumably Poor Student Test Scores Until After Election

September 23, 2022 10:02 amSeptember 23, 2022 11:22 am

In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they will not release statewide student test scores until after the November election. “In a significant departure, the California Department of Education...

Latino SF Cop Called Racist For Arresting Latino Drug Dealers

September 23, 2022 7:08 amSeptember 23, 2022 12:45 pm

San Francisco cop Daniel Solorzano, who is Latino, is being accused of racism by leftist lawyers because he was only arresting Latino drug dealers in the Tenderloin district where he patrolled until recently. The rub is that only Latinos are...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Apportionment of Revenues Among Political Entities

September 23, 2022 6:43 amSeptember 23, 2022 6:46 am

In legislation creating a new type of special district (a form of local government in this state whose number are in excess of 2,000 entities) that receives tax revenues, Article XIII, Section 29 of the California Constitution has to be...

Physicians Can’t Regain Medical Licensure Following Sexual Misconduct Under New Law

September 23, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 23, 2022 6:37 am

A bill to prohibit physicians who have committed sexual misconduct with a patient or client from receiving or reinstating their medical license was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. Assembly Bill 1636, authored by Assemblywoman Akilah Weber (D-La Mesa),...