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California Commission on the Governorship

January 1, 2022 3:11 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:24 am

Have you heard of the Commission on the Governorship? In the California Constitution, Section 10, there are provisions related to what happens when a vacancy occurs in the office of the Governor. This includes the “order of precedence” for succession...

California State Officers and Rules on Honoraria and Gifts

January 1, 2022 1:00 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:19 am

Among other provisions, Article V, Section 14 of the California Constitution prohibits any honorarium being paid and limits gifts being made to state officers. Who are “state officers?” Section 14(f) defines “state officer” to mean the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General,...

Governor Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over Winter Storms In 20 Counties

January 1, 2022 2:05 amJanuary 1, 2022 7:41 am

Governor Gavin Newsom issued a State of Emergency in 20 counties on Thursday due to winter storms that brought unprecedented rain and snowfall across the state over the past week. In Northern California, many cities saw massive amounts of rain,...

California Listed 27 Times on WalletHub’s 2021 Study of U.S. Neediest Cities

December 31, 2021 8:02 amJanuary 3, 2022 4:18 am

As California labors under a growing homeless vagrant population, the state has achieved yet another dubious honor: the Golden State is listed 27 times on WalletHub’s 2021 study of the county’s Neediest Cities. And out of the 182 U.S. cities...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

Gifts and Honoraria and California Legislators

December 30, 2021 3:05 pmJanuary 3, 2022 4:21 am

The California Constitution, in Article IV, Section 5, prohibits any honorarium being paid and limits gifts being made to state legislators. Government Code Title 9 (Political Reform), Chapter 9.5 (Ethics) deals with both topics as well. The following is a...

48,000 Californians are Without Power in the Sierra Nevadas

December 30, 2021 1:31 pmDecember 30, 2021 1:37 pm

News reports Thursday morning said PG&E announced that 48,000 residents in Northern California living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains region are without power. With more than 202 inches of snow (17+ feet of snow) dumped, a large section of Interstate-80...

Lockdowns, Biz and School Closures, Mandates: Nearly 400K Californians Move Out

December 29, 2021 9:26 amDecember 29, 2021 9:26 am

With California Governor Gavin Newsom extending his emergency powers and a “State of Emergency,” enforced mask mandates, vaccine mandates, and lockdowns for nearly two years, almost 400,000 Californians picked up and moved to red states opened for business and education...