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CA Lawmakers Pass Bill to Require 100% Clean Energy Statewide

August 30, 2022 1:08 pmAugust 31, 2022 7:28 am

Assembly Bill 1020, a bill to establish 100% clean energy statewide, and require state agencies to accelerate their 100% clean energy policy goal by 10 years, passed the Senate Tuesday. This is just one of many 2022 climate change bills...

Mandatory Kindergarten Bill Passes Senate, Headed To Governor

August 30, 2022 12:02 pm

A bill to make kindergarten mandatory for all students entering the first grade in California was passed by the Senate on Monday, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom. Senate Bill 70, authored by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park), would...

Addressing Some Other End-of-Session Queries

August 30, 2022 11:28 amAugust 30, 2022 11:39 am

With the final days of Session upon us, there is some confusion about several procedural items that regularly occur on the Floors of the California Legislature. These items include “reconsideration” of bills, as well as placing measures “on call.” How...

UFW Labor Union Trying to Force Unionization on All Calif. Farm Workers

August 30, 2022 8:14 am

It’s deja-vu all over again. Assembly Bill 2183 authored by Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) and sponsored by the United Farm Workers to allow farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, will go to Gov. Gavin Newsom a year after he...

CA Legislature Passes Bill to Unionize Fast Food Workers

August 30, 2022 7:04 amAugust 31, 2022 8:28 am

California is gearing up to become the first state in the country to unionize fast food employees by creating a new Fast Food Council within the Department of Industrial Relations to set minimum health, safety and employment standards across the...

Who Holds Greater Lawmaking Power: The Legislature or the People?

August 30, 2022 6:28 amAugust 30, 2022 6:33 am

Who holds more lawmaking power in California? Do elected members of the Legislature or the People of the state have greater lawmaking power? California’s Constitution provides the three branches of government, as well as the rights of direct democracy. Article...

Energy Poverty Coming with Bill to Require 3,200-foot Setbacks Around Oil and Gas Wells

August 30, 2022 2:50 amAugust 29, 2022 7:26 pm

Senate Bill 1137, gut-and-amend legislation by Democrat Senators Lena Gonzalez and Monique Limón, would require 3,200-foot mandatory setbacks around California oil and gas wells. Really disconcerting is “the bill would authorize the State Air Resources Board, and the State Water Resources...