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School Choice Can Save Children and Salvage our Education System

January 17, 2022 9:53 amJanuary 17, 2022 8:38 am

“The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind,” Martin Luther King, Jr. said. Yet for years our education system has tried its best to ignore parents and discouraged involvement. That must change. Across the...

Loans to California Public Officials

January 17, 2022 2:06 amJanuary 16, 2022 8:49 pm

There are state laws in California regulating loans made to public officials. These legal provisions are contained in Government Code Title 9, Chapter 7, Article 4.6, which contains Sections 87460 to 87462. Article 4.6 is title “Loans to Public Officials”...

Candidacy Under California Law

January 16, 2022 3:13 pmJanuary 16, 2022 11:49 am

Candidates for elected state offices have limitations on contributions and must comply with certain candidacy requirements pursuant to Government Code Title 9, Chapter 5, Article 2, that were passed by the electorate in June 1988 pursuant to Prop. 73. Article...

Auditing Under California’s Political Reform Act

January 16, 2022 8:40 amJanuary 16, 2022 8:44 am

California’s Political Reform Act contains auditing requirements in Chapter 10 of Title 9, which includes Sections 90000 – 90009. Section 90000 requires the Franchise Tax Board to make audits and field investigations with respect to the following: Reports and statements...

California’s Ballot Pamphlets Requirements

January 15, 2022 6:30 pmJanuary 15, 2022 6:08 pm

Ballot pamphlets are authorized in California law pursuant to Government Code Title 9, Chapter 5, Article 6, which contains Sections 85600 – 85601. Article 6 was enacted by Chapter 102 in 2000. Section 85600 requires the Secretary of State to...

Is Voting Secret in California?

January 15, 2022 5:52 pmJanuary 15, 2022 5:56 pm

California’s Constitution, in Article II, Section 7, requires that voting be secret. What does that mean? This constitutional requirement is also captured in the Voter Bill of Rights, which is found in Government Code Section 2300. The Voter Bill of...

Independent Expenditures in California Elections

January 14, 2022 4:24 pmJanuary 14, 2022 4:29 pm

California’s Political Reform Act permits independent expenditures. The general definition of an “independent expenditure” is an expenditure for a communication, such as a website, newspaper, TV or direct mail advertisement that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly...