A resolution to block the sharing of election data with federal investigators--the first of its kind--authored by California Senator Henry Stern of Malibu was approved by the State Legislature. Senate Joint Resolution 11, passed on Sept. 15, asks other states to join California in refusing to share election data with President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission.
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Knowledge is power. When a person meets with us, argues for or against legislation, and asks for our votes, we and our legislative colleagues insist on knowing who they are representing, because that’s critical in helping us assess the credibility of the arguments.
The push is on to get 16- and 17-year-olds pre-registered to vote.
That push came to Reseda High School on Monday, where state leaders set in motion Voter Education Week.
SACRAMENTO, CA, Sept. 18, 2017 — With an overwhelming bipartisan vote in the State Assembly, California’s legislature sent the nation’s most comprehensive election disclosure law to Governor Brown’s desk. Assembly Bill 249, authored by Assemblymembers Kevin Mullin (D-San Mateo) and Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) and sponsored by the California Clean Money Campaign, requires ballot measure ads and independent expenditure ads for and against candidates to clearly and prominently disclose the identity of their top three funders, with first-in-the-nation follow-the-money rules to make ballot measure ads show their true funders.
SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, State Senator Henry Stern’s SB 794, which would require each single serving of an edible marijuana product to be marked with a universal symbol and sold in child-resistant packaging, was approved on the Senate floor with no “no” votes. The bill now heads to the Assembly for consideration.
Some of the newest members of the California Legislature are inheriting seats that come with long-established roles. Two new senators aim to build on the work of their predecessors.
It’s Opening Day in Sacramento.
While the official start of the state Senate and Assembly 2017-18 session was on Dec. 5, when lawmakers were sworn in, today marks the real beginning of the political season in the state capital – though, as with all marathons, it’s expected to get off to a slow start.
California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León released committee assignments and floor leadership posts for the upcoming session Wednesday, shuffling the chairmanships of some influential panels.