
A Bill to Advantage Labor over Business in Using Direct Democracy
The latest effort by the legislature to reduce law-making competition from the initiative process now on Governor Newsom’s desk favors the majority party’s labor allies

The latest effort by the legislature to reduce law-making competition from the initiative process now on Governor Newsom’s desk favors the majority party’s labor allies

When the Attorney Generals of 48 states joined AGs from Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico to announce a widespread probe of dominant technology firms, the
To borrow a term from the legal world, prima facie evidence indicates the governor and legislature have little regard for what the voters think and

If the governor says okay, we will soon see public banks established in local jurisdictions pop-up around California, another step of government officials invading the

If AB 5 to reclassify workers in the new economy becomes law it will set up future trouble for the state much like the bills

Does it take a two-thirds vote or a majority vote of the people to raise local taxes placed on the ballot via the initiative process?

One might look at the last week of the legislative session like the last episode of a TV series. The job of the performers, writers

In the California legislature, standing up for the environment while taking a shot at the Trump Administration is business as usual. But when business as

Now that SB 276, which tightened the law to prevent children from avoiding vaccinations, has passed the question is: What Will Gavin Do? Gov. Newsom