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Highlights as the 2022 California Legislative Session Winds Down

August 27, 2022 7:49 amAugust 27, 2022 7:53 am

The California Legislature is scheduled to adjourn its 2022 Legislative Session likely around midnight on Wednesday, August 31. The following is a quick look at some of the highlights as the Session winds down next week: How Many Measures Are...

Bill To Give Resident Classification For Team USA Athletes Training in CA Passes Assembly

August 26, 2022 4:59 pm

A bill to give in-state resident tuition availability to Olympic and Paralympic members of Team USA who train in California passed the Assembly in a unanimous vote earlier this week, moving in to the Governor’s desk to await his signature...

California Trial Court Interpreter Employment

August 26, 2022 3:23 pmAugust 26, 2022 3:24 pm

California has numerous formal acts in statute. Government Code Title 8, Chapter 7.5 provides the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act, which is contained in Section 71800 to 71829. Chapter 7.5 was added in 2002 by Chapter 1047....

Sen. Wiener’s Bill to Strip Nonprofit Status from Groups that Participated in Jan. 6 ‘Insurrection’

August 26, 2022 8:39 amAugust 27, 2022 10:08 am

California’s Democrat Legislators set their sites recently on non-profit organizations they say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol, following a speech by then-President Donald Trump. Lawmakers have passed a bill to allow the California Attorney General...

California’s Natural Community Conservation Planning Act

August 26, 2022 6:36 amAugust 26, 2022 6:54 am

California has a number of formal acts in statute. Fish and Game Code Division 3, Chapter 10 provides the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act, which is contained in Section 2800 to 2835. Chapter 10 was added in 2002 by Chapter 4....

Through the Green Looking Glass at California’s Electrical Grid

August 26, 2022 2:05 amAugust 25, 2022 6:09 pm

California is squarely in the middle of another of our iconic summer months, where families can enjoy endless sunshine and warm evenings. Unfortunately, due to our inability to meet our power demands, this iconic time has become synonymous with the...

What Are the Requirements for Elections to the California Legislature?

August 25, 2022 2:30 pmAugust 25, 2022 2:37 pm

Article IV, Section 2 of the California Constitution provides the main requirements for California legislative elections. As most are aware, the 80 members of the Assembly are elected to 2-year terms, while the 40 members of the Senate are elected...