By California Legislator Kevin Kiley An Illinois Court has ruled: the State of Emergency expired, the Governor’s emergency powers lapsed, and his Executive Orders are void. The Court further declared the Governor had “no constitutional authority to restrict a citizen’s movements or activities and/or forcibly close business premises.” The plaintiff says “this ruling means there […]
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Relative to terminating the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020. WHEREAS, On March 4, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in California to mitigate the spread of COVID-19; and WHEREAS, Since proclaiming a state of emergency on March 4, Governor Newsom has issued 39 executive orders, unilaterally
Assembly Concurrent Resolution 196: Terminating Emergency Powers Read More »
By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Yesterday the State Assembly announced it was getting rid of public testimony on bills, abandoning the most basic requirement of democracy: the right of the people to participate in their government. Just when you thought the Capitol couldn’t get any more insular, the Speaker’s Office announced there will no longer
The Day Democracy in California Just About Slipped Away Read More »
By California Legislator Kevin Kiley Few things at the Capitol surprise me anymore. But what happened last week was a nuclear event. Gov. Newsom has routinely put special interests before kids, so I expected he’d use the COVID crisis to advance their agenda. But no one expected anything as vicious as the attack on students,
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By California Legislator Kevin Kiley The State Assembly is recessing again. After the 7-week COVID Recess, it’s moved ahead with a 3-week Summer Recess. Rather than work through summer, the Legislature used a shortened calendar as an excuse to put its usual undemocratic practices on steroids. Committee Chairmen threw out hundreds of bills without explanation.
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As Californians waited at the DMV for hours last year, Legislators had their own private DMV across from the Capitol. I tried to shut it down. As the Sacramento Bee reported: “It’s all but impossible to find for those who don’t know what they’re looking for. “Room 121 rests at the end of an isolated
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JUNE 27, 2020 Last Friday, Governor Newsom asked that everyone buy PPE from “California-based manufacturers.” Yet he bought $1 billion in masks from China’s disreputable BYD Company. He even resurrected the contract after the masks failed safety tests, when he could have paid an American company a fraction the price. That’s one reason I’m now
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My speech on the Assembly Floor in opposition to the State Budget *I’m a California Legislator fighting Newsom’s one-man rule. This is my blog, with dispatches from inside the Capitol. To receive them by email ⇩
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