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AG Rob Bonta Issues Warning Letter to Black Lives Matter Over Delinquent Tax Records

February 2, 2022 3:43 pm

Attorney General Rob Bonta warned activist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) this week that they are now delinquent in sending fees and filing tax forms with the state, and may face large fines and loss of tax-exempt status if the...

Truth in Election Campaign Endorsements

February 2, 2022 3:11 pmFebruary 2, 2022 3:01 pm

California’s Elections Code provides laws related to the endorsement of candidates in election campaigns in Division 20, Chapter 1. Section 20000 provides that Chapter 1 is known as the Truth in Endorsements Law. Section 20001 provides four legislative findings: The...

California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris Abruptly Resigns

February 2, 2022 11:56 amApril 3, 2022 3:19 pm

California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris abruptly resigned with no explanation on Tuesday after serving for three years since the post was first created by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019. Press play to hear a narrated version of this...

Sacramento Mayor Calls City’s 11K Homeless ‘Guests’ as if They Were Invited

February 2, 2022 11:03 amFebruary 3, 2022 6:39 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced Wednesday the City of Sacramento is opening a temporary safe camping site “for people experiencing homelessness” in a small section of the “Peninsula” parking lot at Miller Park. “People experiencing homelessness.” “Miller Park will be...

Are Regulations Promulgated or Adopted?

February 2, 2022 10:30 amFebruary 2, 2022 8:23 am

Pardon me in advance for this wonky piece. The Office of Legislative Counsel in California makes grammatical or stylistic changes to statutes when its attorneys come across provisions in California Codes that need revisions. One of those changes is the...

Boycotting the Winter Olympics? #MeToo

February 2, 2022 8:51 amFebruary 2, 2022 9:04 am

Through the years, there have been several boycotts of the Olympic Games by nation states for political reasons. Most notably, The United States refused to send a team to the 1980 Olympics in Moscow in protest of the 1979 Soviet...

California Fair Political Practice Commission Statutory Provisions

February 2, 2022 6:21 amFebruary 2, 2022 6:25 am

California’s Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) was created by Proposition 9, which was adopted by the voters in June 1974. Under Title 9 (“Political Reform”) of the Government Code is Chapter 3, which is titled “Fair Political Practices Commission,” and...