A Unique Role for the Legislature in the Rulemaking Process
The State of California has over 200 agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that can make public policy via their authority…
GOP Assemblyman Brian Maienschein Defects to Democrats, Blames Trump
Blaming President Donald Trump, Assemblyman Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego), a well-known moderate, announced Thursday morning that he just left the…
Gavin Newsom Places Ads in Key 2020 States
Transitioning from San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to Mayor to California’s Lt. Governor to Governor, Gavin Newsom has proven that…
The Audacity of Harris
“Kamala Harris aiming to pull off an Obama-sized feat in 2020,” ran the Sacramento Bee headline on the junior California…
Sen. Bates: SB 57 Doesn’t ‘Scrap’ California’s Motor Voter Law
Offering voter registration opportunities at the California Department of Motor Vehicles is causing people to question the integrity of our election…
Erin Brockovich to California Politicians: ‘Take Control of the Runaway PG&E Monopoly’
Activist Erin Brockovich, who took on mega-utility Pacific Gas & Electric in the 1990s for the contamination of drinking water…
California Democrat Wants Campaign Funds Used for Babysitting Costs
California Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) recently introduced Assembly Bill 220 to allow candidates to use campaign funds to pay for…
Kamala Is In!
Senator Kamala Harris, the much-hyped Democratic presidential candidate who announced her decision to run for President today, was just walloped from…
Adam Schiff Is Blindly Credulous toward Website’s Debunked ‘Scoop’
News stories spark congressional investigations all the time. But whoever heard of a discredited news story sparking an investigation about…
The Mechanics of California’s Forms of Direct Democracy
California has three forms of direct democracy and they are set forth in Article 2 of the state constitution. The…