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California Governor and Legislators Suspend Procedures and Rules to Pass Emergency $500 M to $1 Billion Coronavirus Funding

March 17, 2020 11:04 amMarch 17, 2020 11:24 am

The California Legislature passed emergency funding Monday providing $500 million to be used to combat COVID-19, and authority for total expenditures up to $1 billion to the Governor. There were no Assembly or Senate Budget Committee hearings, and the Proposition...

Affirmative Action Could Return Under New State Constitutional Amendment Proposal

March 17, 2020 2:19 amMarch 17, 2020 11:27 am

A new state constitutional amendment proposed last week to reinstate affirmative action in California gained more political support during the weekend, potentially setting up the largest fight over the issue in California since 2014. A new challenge to affirmative action...

California Election Integrity in Jeopardy With Vote-by-Mail Ballots to Every Voter

March 16, 2020 2:31 pmMarch 17, 2020 7:26 am

‘Regular people, regardless of party affiliation, they really do want fair and honest elections.’ The Election Integrity Project California is warning that an all-vote-by-mail ballot election in the state and the state’s largest cities, means hundreds of thousands of...

California Legislature: Concurrence in Bill Amendments

March 16, 2020 6:15 amMarch 15, 2020 8:52 pm

As the California Legislature is a bicameral body, after a bill has been passed by its house of origin, it is transmitted to the other house for further consideration. If the second house makes amendments to the bill, then the...

Two New Cannabis Bills Would Set Violation Fines as High as $50,000 Per Day

March 14, 2020 2:28 amMarch 13, 2020 5:28 pm

Landlords and others who allow or assist unlicensed commercial cannabis companies to operate would face fines as high as $50,000 under two new bills currently awaiting committee hearings in the Assembly. AB 2094 and AB 2122 The two bills differ...

March Primary Shows San Diego County Voters Are Taxed Out

March 13, 2020 12:29 pmMarch 13, 2020 12:49 pm

San Diego County voters sent a message on Super Tuesday that they are tax fatigued to local and state government officials. Lawmakers are now forced to go back to the drawing board to figure out how they will fund their...

Are California Roads Still a Mess Even When Cities and Counties are Receiving Millions From Gas Tax?

March 12, 2020 2:15 amMarch 12, 2020 5:28 pm

California has the highest gas taxes in the country, and some of the worst roads and highways. Californians were promised that if voters refused to repeal Senate Bill 1, the gas tax, as Proposition 6 on the ballot in 2018,...