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Conducting Business in the State Capitol During COVID-19

June 16, 2020   10:10 amJune 16, 2020   6:22 am
What business is there to conduct in the California State Capitol during this time of pandemic? The answer is “only committee hearings.” Despite some staff and most legislators working in the Capitol building, at least to participate in legislative hearings,...
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Bill That Bans Mercury, Other Chemicals In Makeup Passed By Assembly

June 12, 2020   3:53 pm
On Thursday, the Assembly voted near unanimously to approve a bill that would ban 12 chemicals from being used in cosmetics in California, mirroring current European Union regulations. Assembly Bill 2762, written by Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), would effectively ban dibutyl...
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Democrat-run Assembly Isn’t Letting This Crisis Go To Waste

June 11, 2020   1:14 pm
The California economy is struggling after the COVID-related state lockdown order by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March. Newsom’s stay-at-home orders forced “non-essential” businesses to close, and led to record unemployment insurance claims. Faced with a $54.3 billion deficit following the...
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Christy Smith

Assembly Approves Bill Giving Special Needs Input, More Arrangement Time For Emergency Planning

June 10, 2020   9:05 pm
On Monday, a bill that would give the Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) more time to complete after-action reports and get greater special needs community input for emergency recovery plans in reports was passed by the Assembly. Assembly Bill...
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Key Provisions of the Legislature’s Internal Rules – The Senate Rules – Part II

March 27, 2020   6:08 amMarch 26, 2020   9:40 pm
This is Part ll  of Key Provisions of the Legislature’s Internal Rules: The Senate Rules — Part l is HERE. Whenever a bill is authored by an individual who is no longer a Member of the Legislature, the Senate Rules...
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Reconsideration of Bills

March 20, 2020   8:56 amMarch 20, 2020   8:59 am
When a bill in the California Legislature fails passage either in committee or on the floor of the Assembly or Senate, it can be granted “reconsideration.” According to the Legislative Counsel, reconsideration means a motion giving the opportunity to take...
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Senate Resolution 86 a Power Grab by Sen. President Toni Atkins During ‘Emergency?’

March 19, 2020   2:21 amMarch 19, 2020   11:21 am
If Senators or Assembly members can vote remotely, does California need a full time Legislature?   While most of the California public and news media was focused on the coronavirus earlier this week, the California State Senate worked into the...
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