Legislation
Legislative Update: September 15th, 2020
Tragically, whether you look at fatalities, structures burned, or acres burned, California sets new records every wildfire season. In 2020, the SCU, LNU, and August Complex fires have all made their way onto the top five list of destructive fires measured by size. Yet another California community, Berry Creek, has been destroyed by the Bear…
Read MoreLegislative Update from EGRS: Final Session for 2019-2020 Results
September 3, 2020 On Monday August 31, the Legislature adjourned for final recess, marking the end of the 2019-2020 legislative session. As we have detailed in previous updates, the 2020 legislative year has been the strangest in modern times. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced legislators out of the Capitol twice this year, both in the…
Read MoreLegislative Update: August 28th 2020
The 2020 legislative year has been the strangest in modern times. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced legislators out of the Capitol twice this year, once between March and mid-May and once for two weeks at the end of July when two Assemblymembers contracted the virus. The unanticipated recesses have injected a dose of chaos into…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Blackouts, Wildfires and Budgets
No one ever said being the Governor of California was easy, but things were looking pretty good for Governor Newsom when he took office in 2019. His fellow Democrats held some of their largest majorities in the Legislature in history with well over 2/3 of the Senate and Assembly in their control. Newsom also inherited…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Director of Public Health Resigns
The state’s Director of Public Health, Dr. Sonia Angell, resigned Sunday after a week of embarrassing revelations for the Governor’s Administration. During his July 3 press conference, Governor Newsom pointed out a 21% weekly drop in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and described it as a positive signs for the state’s efforts to combat the spread of…
Read MoreLegislative Update: COVID-19, Budget & Taxes
Governor Newsom has walked a political tightrope since March when he issued a first-in-the-nation order for Californian’s to shelter in place. The shelter in place order was highly effective at reducing the rate at which COVID-19 spread in California. At the same time, it brought economic devastation on a level that pales in comparison to…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Stimulus, House Warfare & COVID-19
California continues to face challenges on many fronts related to COVID-19. As you know, roughly 9,000 new cases of COVID-19 pop up every day. The state has set record death rates four times this week. While the Governor continues to grapple with the spread of the virus, he is facing political challenges on a number of other fronts. …
Read MoreCAA Legislative Update
On March 19, California became the first state to issue a statewide shelter in place order. The shelter in place order proved to be an effective tool to slow the spread of COVID-19. In fact, California bent the curve so successfully that Governor Newsom confidently sent hundreds of ventilators to the east coast and began…
Read MoreGovernor and Legislature Reach An Agreement on State Budget
On Monday, Governor Newsom and legislative leadership announced that they had reached agreement on a state budget. As you know, the Legislature adopted its own version of a budget last Monday to meet its constitutional deadline to do so by June 15. In adopting their “legislative budget,” the Legislature rejected the Governor’s proposed $14 billion…
Read MoreLegislative Update
by Edelstein Gilbert Robson & Smith, LLC This was a busy week in Sacramento. The Legislature passed a budget, acted on several high-profile bills, and the Assembly adjourned for a summer recess. Oversight? When the Legislature returned several weeks ago despite the guidance of public health officials to keep nonessential workers home, we explained that…
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