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Disgraced Congresswoman Katie Hill Forms Political PAC And Announces A Coming Memoir

February 28, 2020 12:20 pmFebruary 28, 2020 12:21 pm

Disgraced former Congresswomen, Katie Hill is determined to capitalize on her political scandals with a memoir, “She Will Rise” and a political action committee called, HER Time. Hill resigned in October after a public saga of alleged criminal and ethical...

Legislator Misclassification: The Key to AB 5

February 28, 2020 7:48 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:54 am

According to its defenders, Assembly Bill 5 addresses “worker misclassification.” As recent developments confirm, the measure is really a matter of legislator misclassification. Legislators purport to represent the people and uphold their rights under the U.S. and California constitutions. AB...

CA 2020 Primary: Is California Going to have Iowa-style Primary Chaos?

February 28, 2020 7:05 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:05 am

A bill to permit a voter to change their party preference or update their residence address without reregistering to vote has been passed in the California Legislature, and was just signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom February 13th, two...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

The Role of the Legislative Ethics Committees

February 28, 2020 6:27 amFebruary 28, 2020 6:32 am

Ethics in the California Legislature is an important topic. As such, both houses of the Legislature have their own ethics committees. The Senate has adopted an official Code of Conduct for its members, while the Assembly has not. Nonetheless, both...

2020 March Primary Preview: 2nd Congressional District

February 28, 2020 2:34 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:30 am

The 2nd Congressional District: Riding the coastline from the Oregon border all the way down to just outside San Francisco, the 2nd District is the oddball northern California district in that it is solidly blue. Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino,...

California Lottery Found to Have Not Paid Schools $36 million

February 27, 2020 7:50 pm

According to a report by the California State Auditor’s office on Tuesday the California Lottery owes schools across California $36 million in unpaid funding. $36 million not paid in one fiscal year The audit found that, within the 2017-2018 fiscal...

California Legislature Rejects Asm. Kiley’s Effort to Suspend Harmful Economic Impacts of AB 5

February 27, 2020 2:25 pmFebruary 28, 2020 3:03 pm

Independent contracting allows workers freedom and control of how and when they work. Many said under AB 5, their liberty and freedom has been taken away. Thursday morning, the the California Assembly rejected a motion by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley...