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As California Capitol Reopens, Leg Staff Required to Show Proof of Vaccine, Continue Masking, Distancing

June 14, 2021 3:26 pm

As California prepares to fully reopen Tuesday June 15th, legislative leaders appear to be reluctant to allow the State Capitol to fully reopen and return to normal. Yet government should be the first to fully reopen, not the last. Both...

Bill to Increase Transparency of Lobbying Activities Passed In Senate Committee

March 16, 2021 2:26 pm

On Monday, a bill that would increase the transparency of lobbying activities in the Capitol was approved unanimously by the Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee. Senate Bill 305, authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-Santee), would specifically amend the Political...

California Senate Suspends 30-Day-in-Print Rule

February 22, 2021 2:58 pmFebruary 23, 2021 8:09 am

The California State Senate voted Monday, February 22, to suspend the “30-day in print” rule contained in the state Constitution, for the 2021 Legislative Session, as the Globe reported Friday. That rule requires bills to be in print for 30...

California Senate Plans to Suspend the Constitution to Hear Bills Before 30-Day Rule

February 19, 2021 2:15 amFebruary 21, 2021 1:04 pm

The California Legislature appears to dislike transparency… as well as the public being able to lobby the body directly. Senate Pro Tem President Toni Atkins and Senate leadership is preparing to suspend the Constitution (specifically Article IV, Section 8 (a))...

California State Capitol – the People’s House – Also Under Lockdown

January 15, 2021 5:15 pmJanuary 15, 2021 5:35 pm

The gallery in the California State Senate was closed to the public Friday disallowing the usual public review. The gallery is the seating area above the Senate chambers where visitors can sit and observe the Senate debate and vote on...

How to Realign California Politics

September 25, 2020 2:07 amSeptember 25, 2020 5:20 pm

The working class, which still constitutes a supermajority of California’s voters, is being destroyed by the policies enacted by the Democratic party. This is why political realignment in California can happen fast. In three fundamental areas, public education, land use, and...

A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California by and Ray LeBov

First-of-Its-Kind ‘Practitioners Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California’

January 30, 2020 12:17 pm

The first-of-Its-kind ‘Practitioners Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California,’ written and edited by well-known California lobbyists, political practitioners and contributors to California Globe Chris Micheli and Ray LeBov, will be published this week. More than four dozen California lobbyists,...