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Automatic Repeal of Reporting Requirements in California Bills

April 13, 2022 6:39 amApril 13, 2022 6:47 am

In reviewing bill language, a reader may come across a measure that requires a report to be submitted by a state agency. The following example contains language commonly found in statute: A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)...

Can Gavin Newsom Save California from ‘1984’?

April 12, 2022 2:11 pmApril 12, 2022 10:14 am

In his podcast the other day Joe Rogan was interviewing the writer David Mamet, who had just flown into Austin to appear on Rogan’s show. “I’m happy to be in back in the United States,” joked the Pulitzer Prize-winning author...

CA’s Ethnic Studies Law Based on ‘Shoddy Works,’ Distorted Data, ‘Research Quicksand’

April 12, 2022 9:30 am

Last fall, California Gov. Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 101, a mandatory K-12 Ethnic Studies requirement authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside). The governor vetoed Medina’s controversial previous version, Assembly Bill 331, saying it was “insufficiently balanced and inclusive” and would...

Section 2229 Waivers in California Legislation

April 12, 2022 7:21 amApril 12, 2022 7:21 am

When readers are looking at bills that affect the California Revenue and Taxation Code, they might come across the following provision that would be near the end of a bill: Notwithstanding Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no...

Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change!

April 11, 2022 11:07 amApril 11, 2022 11:19 am

Over the last several months or longer, if one were to peruse any one of California’s most read newspapers, the one topic that would most certainly be referenced at least once each and every day would be the (and excuse...

California Lawmaker Proposes Official State Milkshake

April 11, 2022 8:11 amApril 11, 2022 11:02 am

California’s has a long list of official state symbols: flower, animal, reptile, sport, tree, motto and even an official state nut. Most Californians know California’s official State Flower is the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica: On March 2, 1903 the California...

Properly Addressing the Presiding Officer of a Legislative Body

April 11, 2022 6:28 amApril 11, 2022 6:44 am

There are two areas of confusion regarding properly addressing the presiding officer of a legislative committee or on the floor. In committees, the presiding officer may be addressed by fellow legislators, advocates, or members of the general public. On the...