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Baja California Governor Criticized For Giving Birth in U.S.

January 18, 2022 11:41 am

Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda, the Governor of the U.S. bordering Mexican state of Baja California, announced this week that she gave birth at a hospital in California, receiving criticism from Mexicans and Americans alike. Born in 1985, Avila Olmeda...

Fix California Continues Effort to Advance School Choice with Californians for School Choice

January 18, 2022 10:52 amApril 3, 2022 3:09 pm

Fix California, the sponsor of Fix California Education, which sponsored a ballot initiative proposing Education Savings Accounts for California students to follow the students’ choice of schools, just announced they are suspending their initiative and will join efforts to advance school choice...

California Election Nominations

January 18, 2022 6:48 amJanuary 18, 2022 7:03 am

The California Elections Code provides for nominations in Chapter 3 of Division 0.5. There are three short sections contained in Chapter 3. Section 200 requires the declaration of candidacy for any primary or final election to provide “in full” the...

San Francisco Sends Out Ballots For Upcoming February 15th Special Election

January 17, 2022 3:49 pmJanuary 19, 2022 12:02 pm

At-home ballots for the February 15th Special Election in San Francisco are expected to begin to reach voters’ homes this week to decide both the recall of three San Francisco School Board members, as well as who replaces David Chiu...

Limitations on Incumbency in California

January 17, 2022 3:03 pmJanuary 17, 2022 7:59 am

California’s Government Code in Title 9, Chapter 9, has a series of code sections related to incumbency of elected officials. Chapter 9 contains Sections 89000 – 89003. Section 89000 provides that the order of names of candidates on the ballot...

California’s Limits on Bill Introductions

January 17, 2022 11:54 amJanuary 17, 2022 12:02 pm

About a quarter of this country’s legislatures, including California, limit the number of bill introductions by their elected officials. According to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), over 100,000 bills are introduced annually in state legislatures in...

Bill To Make Juneteenth an Official State Paid Holiday Introduced in CA Assembly

January 17, 2022 11:50 am

A bill to make Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the emancipations of slavery in the United States, a paid state holiday in California, was introduced to the Assembly late last week. According to Assembly Bill 1655, authored by Assemblywoman Akilah...