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Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s Out of Compliance Charity Was Still Soliciting Donations

January 13, 2023   1:22 pmJanuary 13, 2023   1:22 pm
In August and September 2022, the Globe shared a report by Open the Books, which sued, and then had to file 442 California Public Record Act requests – one with each state agency – in order to obtain California’s line-by-line spending by...
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Pitching Projects for Budget Funding

December 10, 2022   8:39 amDecember 10, 2022   8:44 am
Part of the California budget process, certainly when the State’s General Fund enjoys a surplus of revenues, is for legislators and interested parties to pursue funding for a specific project in California. For example, proponents may desire funding for a...
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OPINION: Using Abortion to Get Votes Causes Heartbreak for Women in California 

October 23, 2022   9:00 amOctober 23, 2022   8:48 am
I have been a political independent my entire life because early on, it was clear to me that both major political parties’ platforms were well-intended but flawed. Part of the problem is the assumptions each party platform makes about the...
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Open the Books: Gov. Newsom Solicited State Vendors For Campaign Donations

September 22, 2022   1:36 pmSeptember 24, 2022   8:15 am
“California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign donations from state vendors, key people, employees, or their affiliated corporate political action committees,” Open the Books reports. “While progressives decry corporate money in politics, Governor Gavin Newsom...
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California State Assembly

Open the Books Exposes California Spending & Gov. Newsom’s Donor Base

August 29, 2022   7:43 amAugust 30, 2022   11:37 am
In January 2020, Open the Books sued California Controller Betty Yee in a Sacramento Superior Court after her office rejected their sunshine request for state spending. Yee claimed that she “couldn’t locate” any of the nearly 50 million bills she...
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California’s Named Legislative Acts

April 5, 2022   6:30 amApril 5, 2022   6:40 am
Prior to adoption of Joint Rule 10.6, the California Legislature named Acts after the legislator(s) who principally authored those Acts. Joint Rule 10.6. provides: “A bill may not add a short title that names a current or former Member of...
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California State Assembly

Would MORE Legislators Better Govern California?

December 13, 2021   2:20 amDecember 15, 2021   3:32 pm
Author’s note – I’m sorry you just spilled – or worse – your coffee or whatever all over your screen when you read the headline.  I suggest taking a minute to clean up and then take a deep calming breath...
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